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Locality Name:
Stapleton Prospect, Stapleton Gulch, Argenta, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23338
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23338.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stapleton Prospect, Stapleton Gulch, Argenta, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°17'25"N
Longitude: 112°53'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.290277777778,-112.88611111111
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 Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteCorundum
DiasporeFornaciteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Corkite  (*)
Creaseyite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Tsumebite  (*)Vauquelinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr0227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)60151
Creaseyite  (*)NoneCu2Pb2Fe3+2Si5O17·6H2O027
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)085
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)032
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)063
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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