Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eddy Creek Mining District, Sanders Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 186258
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186258.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eddy Creek Mining District, Sanders Co., Montana, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Annie Laurie Prospect (McEvers)
Bay Chief Prospect (US Mineral; Green Mountain; Pansy)
Cherry Creek Mine
Coeur D'Alene Star Mine
Eddy Creek (Russell Group)
Eddy Creek Block Claims 1 & 2
Mineronjou; Eddy And Russel Groups
Russell Group Prospect
State Group Mine (Eddy Creek Mine)

Latitude: 47°29'13"N
Longitude: 115°8'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.486944444444,-115.14888888889

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	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

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 Au Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	233455	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	233453,233455	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	233455	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	233455	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	233453,233455	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	233455	5186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	233455	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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