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Locality Name:
Richmond-Sitting Bull Mine, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 19689
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19689.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Richmond-Sitting Bull Mine, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 As Au C Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArthuriteBaryteCopperCorundumDescloiziteDiasporeNatrochalcite
NonePharmacosideriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O035
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O0197
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O029
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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