Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pipestone Mining District, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 81.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 79.2

mindat Locality ID: 186120
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186120.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pipestone Mining District, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Aluise Lode
Bear Gulch Placer
Big Chief Mine
Big Pipestone Creek Placer
Black Canyon Placer
Blue Bell Mine (Marsh)
Blue Rock Lode
Butte Tungsten Prospect
Connie Jo
Delmoe Lake Road Occurrences
East Ridge Group
Easter Lillie Mine (Ogle Mine)
Fourth Of July & Fifth Of July Mine
Golden Valley
Greater Montana Mine
Grubstake Lode Prospect
Jim Jr. Claim
Jupiter
King Mine
Lost Hatchet
Lucky Irishman Lode Prospect (Jefferson)
Lucky Karen Placer
Mascot Lode Occurrence (Masot)
Minnie Wilson Prospect
Nellie
New Deal Mine (Highland View)
Niki Mine (Nikki Mine; Lonnie Stevens Mine)
Scheelite & Aplite Claims
Silver Queen Mine
Sixteen-To-One (High Grade)
Spire Rock Mine
Sunset Mine
Unnamed Gold & Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10124806)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10172896)
Victory Lode Occurrence

Latitude: 45°58'51"N
Longitude: 112°20'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.980833333333,-112.335

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.

Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Scheelite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Meionite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Silver ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Au B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Enargite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite Scheelite Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	229611	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	229611,229624,229626	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	229617	1756
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	229637	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	229617	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	229611,229624,229626	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	229609,229624,229635,229639,229640	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	229616	1544
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	229616	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	229617	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	229635	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	229636	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	229611,229626,229637	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	229608,229635	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	229635,229636	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	229617	2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	229608,229609	5186
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	229617	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	229616	1395
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	229616	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-76260	81.6	79.2	80.4±1.2					76260						161264	Easter Lillie Mine (Ogle Mine), Pipestone Mining District, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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