Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Seven-Up Pete Mining District, Lewis And Clark Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 46
Youngest recorded age at locality: 37

mindat Locality ID: 186138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seven-Up Pete Mining District, Lewis And Clark Co., Montana, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Columbia Mine
Dan Oker's Mine
Heddleston (Anaconda Mine - 0300490146; Mike Horse Mine - 0300490362; Carbonate Mine - 0300490040; Heddleston Deposit; Paymaster Mine - 0300490242; Midnight Mine - 0300490284; Heddleston Group)
McDonald Meadows Occurrence
Rover Mine
Seven-Up Pete Creek

Latitude: 46°58'14"N
Longitude: 112°29'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.970555555556,-112.49138888889

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	Covellite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au C Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	46	46	1	230229	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	46	46	1	230229	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	46	46	1	230229	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	46	46	1	230229	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	46	46	1	230229	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	39	37	2	230227,230231	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	46	46	1	230229	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	46	46	1	230229	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	46	46	1	230229	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	46	37	2	230227,230229	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	46	46	1	230229	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	39	37	2	230227,230231	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	46	46	1	230229	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	46	46	1	230229	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	46	46	1	230229	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	46	46	1	230229	5317

2 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
	PorphCu-00202	46	46	46									Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite	Cu	162015	Heddleston (Anaconda Mine - 0300490146; Mike Horse Mine - 0300490362; Carbonate Mine - 0300490040; Heddleston Deposit; Paymaster Mine - 0300490242; Midnight Mine - 0300490284; Heddleston Group), Seven-Up Pete Mining District, Lewis And Clark Co., Montana, USA	Heddleston	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	AJES44_373-00012	39	37	39-37										Au	163219	McDonald Meadows Occurrence, Seven-Up Pete Mining District, Lewis And Clark Co., Montana, USA	McDonald	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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