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:
Boulder Mountains Area, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 186266
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186266.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boulder Mountains Area, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fluorite Mine (MRDS - 10019808)
Green Monster Occurrence (Bull Run; Benich)
Niagra Mine
Perry Deposit
Porcupine Lode Prospect

Latitude: 46°3'15"N
Longitude: 112°35'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.054166666667,-112.59972222222

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	Cancrinite-sodalite	Copper	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rhodonite	Sodalite
Sphalerite

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 Be C Ca Cu F H Mn O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Copper Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rhodonite Sodalite
Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Helvine ()*	Malachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	233606	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	233605	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	233609	30554
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	233607	237
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	233606	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	233607	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	233607	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	233607	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	233607	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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