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Locality Name:
Flint Creek Range Area, Powell Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 186238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flint Creek Range Area, Powell Co., Montana, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Amethyst Prospect
Arrowhead And South America Prospect
Blue Bird Claim
Blue Diamond Prospect
Bluebird Claim Prospect
Comet Prospect
Copper Lode Prospect (Manley Claims; Bonanza Prospect)
Daughters Prospect
Deceiver Prospect
Dewey Prospect
Dolo Prospect
E. G. Prospect
Emery Ridge Lease (Pikes Peak Lease; Pikes Peak Mine)
G. M. Prospect
Gilt Edge Prospect
Independence Mine
Lake View Prospect (Viking; Alaska; W; Canyon)
Moose Creek Placer (Highland Chief And Big Chief Placers)
Nugget Prospect
Pauline Mine (Lois Mine)
Pineau Placer Mine
Poker Chip Lode/Claim
Queen Mine
Ryan Mine
Schramm Prospect (White Rock Lode Claim; Eagle; Cougar Hill)
Tolean Prospect
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10013215)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10094561)
Unnamed Pumice Occurrence (MRDS - 10197590)
Willow Creek Placer

Latitude: 46°26'1"N
Longitude: 112°58'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.433611111111,-112.98222222222

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: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteCopperMolybdeniteNoneQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123289311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123288127770
Copper  (*)CopperCu12328933846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212328849895
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1232896345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123289324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12232871,232874,232875,232876,232880,232881,232885,232888,232889,232892,232895,23290030554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22232882,2328965800
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26232871,232872,232880,232889,232893,23289661156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312328935317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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