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Locality Name:
Ruby Range, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 186068
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186068.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruby Range, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 94
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 93

Number of Child Localities: 91
Child Localities:
Axes Canyon Manganese Prospect
Banning-Jones Mine (Banjo Mine)
Birds Nest Graphite
Blue Ore Mine
Blue Star No. 1
Bozo Mine (Lobo Mine)
Camp Creek Corundum Occurrence
Chromium Occurrence (MRDS - 10269586)
Crescent Mine
Jenkins Canyon Prospect (Ajax)
Keystone Mine (2)
Little Elk Gulch
Manganese Deposit (MRDS - 10293528)
Manganese Occurrence (MRDS - 10220642)
Manganese Occurrence (MRDS - 10269891)
Nickel Lode Claims
P. L. Clay
Proffitt Gulch Occurrence
Prospect Pits (MRDS - 10269178)
Ruby District
Sheep Creek Occurrence
Sparkle Mine
Talc Deposit (MRDS - 10197073)
Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10123655)
Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10148243)
Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10196481)
Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10196787)
Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10197026)
Timber Creek
Timber Gulch
Unnamed Aluminum Deposit (MRDS - 10196484)
Unnamed Aluminum Deposit (MRDS - 10269797)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10019210)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10019217)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10019218)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10019220)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10019229)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10091639)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10091640)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10091647)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10147566)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10196453)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10196600)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10196961)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10245264)
Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence (MRDS - 10019235)
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence (MRDS - 10019215)
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence (MRDS - 10019236)
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence (MRDS - 10091638)
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence (MRDS - 10244953)
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence (MRDS - 10269879)
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence (MRDS - 10293507)
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10123487)
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10269194)
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10305175)
Unnamed Gold Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10244726)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10019216)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10019226)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10019230)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10019232)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10019233)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10019234)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10019237)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10019240)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10091646)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10123888)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10196500)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10196807)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10220591)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10220653)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10245378)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10269155)
Unnamed Manganese (MRDS - 10010805)
Unnamed Manganese Mine (MRDS - 10101559)
Unnamed Manganese Occurrence (MRDS - 10019227)
Unnamed Manganese Occurrence (MRDS - 10091648)
Unnamed Mica Occurrence (MRDS - 10091644)
Unnamed Mica Occurrence (MRDS - 10293595)
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence (MRDS - 10019211)
Unnamed Stillimanite (MRDS - 10148249)
Unnamed Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10019213)
Unnamed Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10019228)
Unnamed Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10019238)
Unnamed Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10019239)
Unnamed Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10091645)
Unnamed Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10171875)
Unnamed Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10196432)
Unnamed Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10220546)
Unnamed Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10220667)
Wolf Creek Nickel Deposit
Wolf Creek Pluton

Latitude: 45°6'10"N
Longitude: 112°29'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.102777777778,-112.4975

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGarnetHumite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRutileSpinelTalcTitanite
TourmalineVivianiteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Annabergite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gedrite  (*)Graphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Margarite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Willemseite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212268763419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)33226832,226833,2268342353
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2226804,226876445
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21226876718
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)9226789,226818,226819,226820,226821,226823,226824,226858,22685927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS28226818,226819,226820,226821,226822,226823,226824,22682527198
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F21226876236
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312267891797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612267894135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61226876944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12267898173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12267892740
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21226876178
Graphite  (*)NoneC2226785,2267912812
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4122678914899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)21226789168
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22226789,22686217380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212267892273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27226818,226819,226820,226821,226823,226824,22685961156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1226859969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212267895614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12267892705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511226789,226803,226842,226843,226844,226845,226846,226847,226848,226849,2268501516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412268761934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)210226784,226788,226791,226803,226805,226866,226867,226868,226869,2268703337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2226789,2268764899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212267892562
Willemseite  (*)Clay TalcNi3Si4O10(OH)2122687615
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12267895251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12267891025



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