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Locality Name:
Flathead Mine (Hog Heaven Project), Kofford Ridge, Hog Heaven Mining District (Flathead Mining District), Flathead Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 20080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flathead Mine (Hog Heaven Project), Kofford Ridge, Hog Heaven Mining District (Flathead Mining District), Flathead Co., Montana, 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 Al As Ba Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAramayoiteBaryteBournoniteChalcopyriteClayCorrensiteCovelliteEnargite
FeldsparGeocroniteKobelliteLillianiteMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
TridymiteWurtziteXanthoconite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Aramayoite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Eskimoite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Jordanite  (*)Kalinite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rectorite  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Tridymite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S6029
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Eskimoite  (*)LillianiteAg7Pb10Bi15S36020
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S230133
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S60113
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S230105
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O054
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35087
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS20252
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rectorite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2H2O049
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3089


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