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Locality Name:
South Boulder Mining District, Madison Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 186218
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186218.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Boulder Mining District, Madison Co., Montana, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Billie Prospect
Bismark Mine
Bonanza Mine
Castle Rock Prospect
Craig Property
Crystal Butte Occurrence
Curly Bill No. 3 Prospect
Curly Bill Prospects 1 And 2
General Jackson Mine
Highland Mary Prospect
Inha Prospect
Lester Baker Prospect
Mammoth Mine (Leviathon Mine; Liberty Monyana Mines)
Midnight Prospect
Moggolion Mine (Mogullian)
Mountain Boy Mine
Nicholson Mine (Bangus-Hughes No. 1 Prospect; Ridge Way Mine; Nichols Mine)
Quartz City Occurrence
Sailor Lake Mine
Snyder Group
Snyder Group (Old Cabin; Old Cabin Extension; Snyder's Mine; Lakeview)
South Boulder River Placer (Gold Bug)
Sultana Mine
White Chief Prospect

Latitude: 45°36'57"N
Longitude: 112°3'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.615833333333,-112.05111111111
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 Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2707012314905509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4707012314905516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS270705231490,231493,231495,231501,23151427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O707012314903531
Copper  (*)CopperCu707012315063846
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O70701231490345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS70709231490,231492,231493,231497,231499,231500,231501,231503,23151424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu707018231489,231490,231491,231492,231493,231495,231496,231497,231498,231500,231502,231504,231505,231510,231511,231512,231513,23151430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O37070123149014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27070123149012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2707012314905800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS270704231490,231491,231496,23149739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO270705231490,231491,231494,231503,23150561156
Silver  (*)CopperAg707017231489,231492,231493,231495,231497,231498,231499,231500,231502,231503,231504,231505,231506,231510,231511,231513,2315145186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS70704231490,231493,231499,23150121482


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-001867070      YesMolybdenite, Powellite, WulfeniteMo23236Madison Co., Montana, USAMadison CountyGammons et al. (2006)10.1007/s10230-006-0113-7MWE25_70 

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