Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rose Mountain Mining District (Gold Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 186105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rose Mountain Mining District (Gold Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Blue Streak No. 2 Claim
Blue Streak No. 2 Prospect
Clear Grit Claim (Lost One)
Copper Queen Occurrence
Eldorado Claim
Gold Creek Mine
Gold Creek Syncline Prospect
H. O. Group (Owner: Union Carbide Corp.)
Independence Mine
Ivanhoe Mine
John G. Carlisle Mine
Josephine Prospect (Hawkeye Claim; Florence Claim)
Majestic Claim
Master Mine Placer (Master Placer; Perl Smith)
McFarland's Placer (Gold Creek Placer)
Moondyne
Morning Star Claim
Mountaintop Nos. 3 & 5 Claims
Mudhole Prospect
Never Sweat Mine
Ophir Claim
Pineau Placer Mine
Potosi Shaft
Rose Mountain Gold Creek District Occurrence
Sally Ellen Mine
September Snow Claim
Sunlight Mine
Sunset Placer
Thursday Friday Mine
Tibbits Placer (Gold Creek Placer)
Unknown Ag Mine Rainbow Lake (MRDS - 10013222)

Latitude: 46°26'5"N
Longitude: 113°3'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.434722222222,-113.06416666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*
Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	228816	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	228836	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	228816,228836	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	228828	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	228824	3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	228815,228816,228818,228825,228827,228828,228832,228833,228834,228835,228836,228837,228843	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	228836	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	228815,228816,228832,228834,228836,228837	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	228815,228816,228824,228832,228834,228837	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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