Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Walkerville, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 220374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Walkerville, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 45
Child Localities:
Alice Mine (Alice Pit)
Amy Silversmith Mine
Atlantic Mine
Belcher Prospect
Belle Of Butte Mine
Black Rock Mine
Blackstone Vein Prospect
Bland
Corra Mine (United Copper)
Dixon
East Gray Rock Mine
Elvina Prospect (Elvina Vein)
Excelsior
Florida Vein Prospect
Glengarry Mine
Goldsmith Mine
Green Mountain Mine
Gregory
Illinois
Lexington Mine
Magna Charta Mine
Marget Ann Mine
Marie Prospect (Maria Vein)
Millside Prospect
Moose Mine
Moulton Mine
Night Hawk (South Wabash; South Wabash Vein; North Wabash)
Rainbow Project (Alice Mine)
Rising Star Prospect
Ryan Prospect
Silver Lick Mine (Belchor; Batchelor; Nonesuch; Wabash; Springfield; Snowdrift)
Silver Safe Prospect
Silver Smith (Silversmith; Amy-Silversmith)
Snow Drift Mine
Snow Flake Prospect
Sooner Prospect
Springfield Mine
Sun Dorg Prospect
Syndicate Pit
Tiger Lily Prospect
Valdemere Mine
Wabash Mine
Wake-up-Jim Mine
Walkerville Area
West Gray Rock Mine

Latitude: 46°2'1"N
Longitude: 112°32'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.033611111111,-112.53805555556

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Covellite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Jalpaite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Helvine ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pearceite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Argyrodite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Covellite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Jalpaite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	10	233849,233850,233859,233864,233868,233869,233870,233885,233890,233893	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	233849	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	233849	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	233849	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	233857,233859,233893	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	233857,233859,233864,233865,233891,233893	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	233849,233857,233859,233863,233868,233870,233882,233893	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	233849	359
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	1	233868	91
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	233849	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	233849	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	7	233849,233857,233859,233863,233865,233891,233893	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	233849,233851,233857,233859,233865,233868,233869,233873,233879,233885,233891,233893	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	233891	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	233849,233857,233859,233893	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	233849	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	233849,233868	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	6	233857,233859,233863,233865,233891,233893	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	233868	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	233854,233857,233859,233893	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15	233849,233857,233859,233863,233864,233868,233869,233870,233874,233879,233882,233885,233887,233889,233893	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10	233849,233863,233864,233868,233869,233870,233882,233885,233889,233891	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	233854	6890
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	5	233849,233864,233868,233869,233874	237
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	3	233857,233859,233893	469
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	233870	116
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	233849,233891	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	233868	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	233849,233868	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	233857,233859,233868	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	3	233864,233868,233870	249
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	233885	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	233849,233868,233885	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	21	233849,233850,233851,233853,233854,233857,233859,233863,233864,233865,233868,233869,233873,233874,233879,233882,233885,233889,233890,233891,233893	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	233849,233850,233851,233853,233854,233857,233859,233863,233864,233865,233868,233869,233870,233873,233874,233879,233882,233885,233887,233889,233890,233891,233893	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	15	233849,233850,233853,233854,233857,233859,233864,233868,233869,233870,233873,233874,233885,233890,233893	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	15	233849,233850,233853,233854,233863,233864,233868,233869,233870,233873,233874,233879,233882,233889,233890	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	233868	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7	233849,233859,233863,233868,233869,233882,233893	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	17	233849,233854,233857,233859,233863,233864,233868,233869,233870,233873,233874,233882,233885,233887,233889,233891,233893	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	233850,233864	586
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	233885	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	6	233849,233857,233859,233863,233882,233893	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	233868	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	233868	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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