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Locality Name:
Lost Mountain, Stillwater Complex, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 213239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lost Mountain, Stillwater Complex, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Frog Pond

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: As Bi Ca Cu Fe Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Pd 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCorundumCubaniteMarcasiteMeloniteMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyrite
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Braggite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Vysotskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S41234103101
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123410327198
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS1234103124
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31234103802
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21234103205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123410314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123410314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212341035674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS12341031066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)21234103133
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1234103633
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As037
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812341031512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123410339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812341039056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21234103337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123410321482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312341035317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12341034899
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S41234103380
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS123410353


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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