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Locality Name:
Broadwater Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23035
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23035.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broadwater Co., Montana, USA": 366
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 357

Number of Child Localities: 62
Child Localities:
Avalanche Creek
Bar Gulch
Beaver Creek Mining District (Winston Mining District)
Blacksmith Occurrence
Bluebird Group
Buena Vista Occurrence
Cazier Quarry
Confederate Gulch Mining District (Backer Mining District; Canton Mining District; Diamond City Mining District)
Confederate Gulch Tuff Occurrence
Crosscut Mine
Deep Creek
Dobler
Duck Creek
Endevour Occurrence
Erickson Nos. 1; 2; 3 Mine
Gold Bug & Mary Rose Mine
Granite Hill No. 1 And No. 2
Granite Hill No. 2
Greyson Creek Diatomite Occurrence (Greyson Creek)
Hawkeye
Hellgate Mining District
Homestead Prospect
Iron Wedge Occurrence
Last Hour
Little Brown Egg Thorium Occurrence (Little Brown Egg Claims)
Little Fannie Mine
Lombard Meteorite
Longhorn Claim
Loomis Mine
Lupine Mine
Nary Time Gulch Occurrence
Normandy Occurrence
Park Mining District (Indian Creek Mining District)
Poe Lead Portable Screening
Radersburg Mining District (Cedar Plains Mining District; Lone Mountain Mining District)
Silver Dike Group
Silver King & Queen Mine
Silver Reef Occurrence
Silverine And Wasp Lodes Prospect
Sky Mine
Snowshoe Prospect
Spokane Creek
Spokane Hills Mine (Spokane Hill Mine)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10019256)
Unnamed Barite (MRDS - 10196573)
Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10172074)
Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10172129)
Unnamed Diatomite Location (MRDS - 10196873)
Unnamed Diatomite Location (MRDS - 10269896)
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10148478)
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10172130)
Unnamed Marble - Dimension Location (MRDS - 10220841)
Unnamed Property (MRDS - 10197089)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Location (MRDS - 10245538)
Unnamed Uranium Occurrences (MRDS - 10294096)
V. C. No. 2 Placer
Warner Creek Prospect
White Gulch
White Gulch Mine
Winston Area Ash No. 1 Occurrence
Winston Area Ash No. 6 Occurrence
Winston Area Ash No. 8 Occurrence

Latitude: 46°20'53"N
Longitude: 111°36'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.348055555556,-111.61055555556

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo N Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Th V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDescloiziteEpidoteFluoriteIronLazuliteLinariteMalachiteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePhenakitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTetrahedriteZircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carlsbergite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cohenite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Iron  (*)Lazulite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Niningerite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Troilite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)24227226,227302,227304,2273793092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3227365,227384,2274133250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS6227126,227131,227302,227318,227328,2274019052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63227384,227400,227413919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212273025509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2227384,22741311547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412273545516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10227302,227304,227332,227363,227365,227377,227379,227384,227402,22741327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61227332359
Carlsbergite  (*)RocksaltCrN122725326
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)10227332,227337,227344,227363,227365,227384,227402,227404,227408,2274134979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12272265707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215227105,227108,227121,227126,227131,227178,227226,227235,227290,227302,227324,227354,227395,227401,22741327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3227384,227402,2274131382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3227226,227399,2274013531
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe3122725377
Copper  (*)CopperCu12273543846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12273024165
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41227253157
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)5227332,227363,227365,227384,227413378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22227384,2274029895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12273458173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25227186,227258,227384,227402,2274139617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS39227089,227090,227105,227107,227108,227121,227125,227126,227128,227131,227150,227160,227161,227175,227178,227189,227191,227206,227281,227284,227290,227297,227302,227304,227318,227324,227332,227334,227337,227344,227365,227379,227384,227388,227395,227402,227404,227408,22741324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13227108,227189,227190,227271,227289,227302,227332,227341,227350,227367,227377,227384,22739930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34227328,227365,227388,22739914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O5227363,227365,227384,227402,2274131689
Iron  (*)IronFe12272531089
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)21227283232
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21227332987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4122740014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26227226,227235,227302,227399,227400,22740112537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3227332,227384,2274131107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22227094,2273025800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1227413362
Niningerite  (*)RocksaltMgS122725328
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO25227332,227363,227365,227384,227413158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229227089,227090,227105,227107,227108,227121,227125,227128,227131,227161,227175,227176,227178,227189,227191,227271,227290,227302,227304,227318,227350,227354,227379,227395,227401,227402,227404,227408,22741339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO28227126,227328,227334,227337,227345,227379,227388,2274043106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2227332,2273841725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812273029056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217227160,227189,227226,227290,227297,227302,227304,227318,227324,227337,227354,227365,227379,227384,227388,227399,22741361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12271261711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1227377969
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22227384,227413454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12272714894
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1227253374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)5227302,227304,227328,227379,2273886417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)5227384,227402,227404,227408,2274132473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17227108,227121,227126,227131,227150,227160,227176,227178,227281,227290,227302,227354,227395,227402,227404,227408,22741321482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41227131586
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1227253703
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312273021803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12273991101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S2227271,227371510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S136227108,227126,227131,227160,227290,2273025317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2227217,2272511006
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12272531044
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl7227332,227344,227365,227384,227404,227408,227413605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41227384303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO49227332,227337,227344,227363,227365,227384,227404,227408,2274131655



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