Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Black Hills, South Dakota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 22519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Hills, South Dakota, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nevada No. 2 Mine

Latitude: 43°51'58"N
Longitude: 103°31'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.866111111111,-103.53222222222
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: Al B Ca F Fe H Li Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleDescloiziteFluoriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneRocksaltRutileScheeliteTourmaline

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Cassiterite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Schorl  (*)Spodumene  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212646775171
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20327
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61264677688
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050359Black Hills, South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050359
R040169Black Hills, South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R040169
R060039Black Hills, South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060039

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