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Locality Name:
Orofino Mining District, Deer Lodge Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 186080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orofino Mining District, Deer Lodge Co., Montana, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Butte Pacific Mine
Champion Silver Mine
Chicken Hawk Claims (Cabin Claim)
Cottonwood Mine
Dry Cottonwood Creek
Mystery
Orofino Creek Placer
Ruby Mine
Ruby Queen Occurrence
Sand Hollow
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10013218)
Unknown Ag Mine (MRDS - 10013225)
Unknown Ag Mine E Of S Fork Cottonwood Creek (MRDS - 10013227)
Unknown Ag Mine N Fork Dry Cottonwood Creek (MRDS - 10013223)
Unknown Ag Mine Near Head Of Sand Hollow (MRDS - 10013219)
Unknown Ag Mine S Fork Cottonwood Creek (MRDS - 10013226)
Unknown Ag Mine SE Of Cottonwood Creek Guard Station (MRDS - 10094569)
Unknown Ag Occurrence NE Of Blizzard Hill Occurrence (MRDS - 10013217)
Unknown Ag Occurrence NW Of Gospel Hill Occurrence (MRDS - 10013220)
Unknown Cu Occurrence SW Of Cottonwood Mountain Occurrence (MRDS - 10013224)
Unknown Cu-Pb Mine W Side Of Gospel Hill (MRDS - 10094567)
Unnamed Corundum Occurrence (MRDS - 10148455)

Latitude: 46°13'7"N
Longitude: 112°37'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.218611111111,-112.62888888889
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe O S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumGarnetNonePolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Almandine  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)Gold  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12278712793
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312278752353
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122789027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12278905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122789027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12278711382
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312278751797
Gold  (*)CopperAu2227875,22787730554
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1227871716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312278711425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2122787139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22227871,22789061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS122787121482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41227871586


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