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Locality Name:
South Moccasin Mts, Fergus Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 186081
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186081.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Moccasin Mts, Fergus Co., Montana, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Lead Chief And Lead Chief No. 2 (Parrent)
South Moccasin Occurrence
Unnamed Clay Location (MRDS - 10293714)
Unnamed Fluorine-Fluorite Location (MRDS - 10221150)
Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit (MRDS - 10123557)
Unnamed Limestone Occurrence (MRDS - 10124058)
Whiteware Clay Occurrence (Lewistown Kaolinite)

Latitude: 47°10'2"N
Longitude: 109°32'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.167222222222,-109.54361111111
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 C Ca F Fe H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousClayFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMicaNoneOrpimentPyriteSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Fluorite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Realgar  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22228001,2280069617
Graphite  (*)NoneC12280062812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12280066890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412280065591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4122800614899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2122800617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12280062994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31228006511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2122800639462
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1228006712


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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