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Locality Name:
Anaconda Range, Deer Lodge Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 186076
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186076.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anaconda Range, Deer Lodge Co., Montana, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Big Six Prospect
Ceto Prospect
East Fork Prospects
Lower Seymour Lake Mo Occurrence
Main Range Beryl Occurrence
Mill And Clear Creeks Placer
Mill Creek Occurrence
Sioux Placer
Storm Lake Tungsten Prospect
Sunshine Mine (Best; August-September; Tungstar Mine; Tarlach Mine; Pearl)
Weathervane Hill Occurrence
White Cliff Quarry

Latitude: 46°4'26"N
Longitude: 113°5'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.073888888889,-113.09777777778
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: Ag Al Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteCopperFeldsparFluoriteMolybdeniteNoneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteVesuvianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12277218803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812277214286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2227723,22772627770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22227725,2277269895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22227723,2277279617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS122772624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2227719,22772230554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4122772114899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12277214924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212277205800
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24227717,227721,227723,22772661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3227717,227725,2277264894
Silver  (*)CopperAg12277205186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS122772621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132227725,2277265317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012277231395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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