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Locality Name:
Melrose Mining District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 186270
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186270.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melrose Mining District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 36
Child Localities:
Apex No. 2 Claim (Juniper Copper Bottom)
Big Hole Syncline
Camp Creek Placer
Carnotite Claims (MRDS - 10019963)
Christainsen Group
Clipper-Columbia Group
Copper Hill Occurrence
East Soap Gulch Iron Deposit
Emma Nevada Mine
Glory Copper Prospect
Goat Mountain
Gold King Mine
Grey Lock
Hecla Mine
Horn Silver Mine
Ida Prospect
Kaserman
King And Queen Claims
Little Butte Ore Mine
Little Group
Lucky Strike Mine
Maiden Rock Mine
Maiden Rock Quarry
McKeg Placer
Monte Clark Group
Old Glory Mine
Old Glory North Iron Deposit
Pandora Claim
Peabody Mine (George Peabody)
Ruth & Copper Bottom
Soap Creek Area
Soap Gulch Barium Occurrence
Soap Gulch Iron
Soap Gulch Locality
Soap Gulch Placer
Unnamed Barium Occurrence (MRDS - 10148557)

Latitude: 45°41'28"N
Longitude: 112°37'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.691111111111,-112.62638888889
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
Rocksalt

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Tenorite  (*)
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)23233962,233966,2339765509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123398811547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24233961,233962,233966,23397627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3233965,233968,2339901382
Copper  (*)CopperCu12339573846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12339622970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22233985,2339889895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123396824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4233959,233968,233985,23399130554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412339615591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24233961,233962,233966,23397612537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22233962,23396839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25233961,233962,233966,233968,23397661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2233961,2339825186
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12339761101


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