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Locality Name:
Anaconda Range, Granite Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 186091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anaconda Range, Granite Co., Montana, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 39
Child Localities:
100-Acre Meadow Prospect
Banner Mine
Barbara Ann Claim
Carp Mine (Carpp Mine)
Clipper Lode Occurrence
Copper Mountain Lode Occurrence
Gardiner Occurrence
Headache Prospect (Twilight)
Hilltop Prospect (Colwell)
Ivanhoe Lake Prospect
Jasper & Mattlich Claim
Johnson Claim (MRDS - 10014515)
Little Joe Prospect
Lookout Claim
Lucky Seven Claim
Luke Claims
Mayflower Lode Occurrence
Minnie Lee Prospect (Minnie Lee 1 & 2 Mines; Lucky Seven; Black Tail No. 1)
Monk Claim
Muloney Basin Prospect
Muloney Mine
North Warren Peak Occurrence
Pine Squirrel Claim
Rainbow Pass Occurrence
Rock Rabbit And Sunbeam Claims
Senate Mine
South Clipper Prospect
Storm Lake Tungsten (Tarlach Tungsten)
Tamarack Lake Prospect
The Short Stuff Occurrence
Tim Third Chance
Twilight No. 1 Prospect
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10013210)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10094562)
Unknown Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10123925)
Unknown Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10148914)
Unnamed Gemstone Deposit (MRDS - 10294503)
Upper Willow Creek Placer
Warren Peak Property

Latitude: 46°2'59"N
Longitude: 113°25'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.049722222222,-113.41861111111
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 Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122836027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122836827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12283753531
Copper  (*)CopperCu7228346,228347,228348,228354,228359,228367,2283693846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23228346,228375,2283769895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3228353,228368,22838124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5228347,228354,228367,228369,22838030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22228368,22837512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2122834639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24228346,228350,228360,22837561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3228350,228360,2283754894
Silver  (*)CopperAg9228347,228348,228354,228358,228359,228365,228367,228368,2283695186


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