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Locality Name:
Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 58
Youngest recorded age at locality: 46

mindat Locality ID: 24003
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24003.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA": 63
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 50
Child Localities:
Alexander Mine (George Alexander Claim)
Alice Mine
Anaconda Mining Company Occurrence
Anchor Mountain Mine
Barton
Bion Fraction; Lehigh Claim
Bion Mine (Chico Claim)
Branch Mint Mine
Bullion Mine
Carter Mine
Coletta Mine
Commonwealth Mine
Cora Mine
Crown Point Mine
Custer Mine (Double Rainbow Group)
Deadwood
El Refugio Mine
Emma Drift Prospect
Escondido Mine
Florence Mine (Double Rainbow Group)
Galena
Garfield Formation
Gertie Prospect
Golden Crest Mine
Goshog Mine (Groshong Mine; Silver Queen Group)
Hayes Mine (Hayes Group Claims; Silver Queen Group; Rutherford B. Hayes)
Hester A Mine
Hoodoo - Union Hill Mine (Eureka Mine)
Hoodoo Shaft (Hoodoo - Union Hill Group; Branch Mint Group)
Horseshoe-Comet Mine
King Tunnel (Gilt Edge Group)
Langley Tunnel (Gilt Edge Group)
Last Chance Mine (Hercules Group)
New Silver Mine
Oro Fino Mine
Puritan Mine
Queen Mine
Red Cloud Mine
Rich Mine
Richmond-Sitting Bull Mine
Robin Mines (Hercules Group)
Roubaix
Ruby Ridge Prospect (Anchor Hill Mines; Gilt Edge Mine - 0460810142)
Saint Anthony Prospect
Savage Mine (Double Rainbow Group)
Seth R Smith Group (Two Bit; Comstock; SR Smith)
Sunday Pit (Gilt Edge Group)
Union Hill Shaft (Hoodoo - Union Hill Group; Branch Mint Group)
War Eagle Mine (Double Rainbow Group)
Washington

Latitude: 44°19'37"N
Longitude: 103°39'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.326944444444,-103.65944444444

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Baryte
Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite
Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Natrochalcite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

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 Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Br C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Arthurite Baryte
Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copiapite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite
Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Natrochalcite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

68 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anglesite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Arthurite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferricopiapite ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Goslarite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tsumcorite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	265545	2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	265547	254
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	265553	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O			1	265553	272
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	265573	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	265582	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	58	46	0		3250
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	58	46	0		58
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	58	46	0		194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	265545,265575,265576	9052
Arthurite ()*	Arthurite	CuFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	265573	35
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	265575,265578	5509
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	265573	413
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	58	46	0		716
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	58	46	0		227
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	58	46	6	265536,265546,265547,265550,265571,265573	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			1	265573	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	58	46	8	265545,265546,265553,265559,265563,265575,265576,265578	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	58	46	14	265530,265536,265539,265541,265546,265547,265550,265553,265554,265558,265559,265563,265571,265573	1382
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	265575	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	265578	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	58	46	0		4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	58	46	2	265546,265573	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	58	46	1	265546	9895
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	265553	41
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	265581	271
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	58	46	1	265546	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	58	46	22	265529,265530,265536,265537,265539,265541,265543,265545,265547,265549,265550,265553,265554,265558,265559,265563,265568,265570,265571,265573,265576,265591	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	265573,265577	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	58	46	20	265531,265534,265535,265538,265546,265553,265554,265557,265561,265562,265563,265568,265572,265573,265575,265576,265579,265583,265589,265591	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	265554	188
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	265578	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	265581	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	58	46	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	265550,265573,265579,265582	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	58	46	0		1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	265582	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	265553	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	265554	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	265582	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	265575,265578	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	58	46	0		770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	265545,265555	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	265573	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	58	46	1	265546	362
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	58	46	2	265552,265553	2349
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			2	265570,265573	428
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	265580	260
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	58	46	0		158
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	265545	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	265545	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	58	46	14	265534,265535,265545,265549,265551,265553,265554,265561,265563,265568,265570,265575,265576,265578	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	265550	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			2	265547,265573	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	265575,265576,265578	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	58	46	7	265531,265538,265546,265550,265573,265576,265579	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	265553	598
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			2	265570,265573	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	58	46	2	265545,265546	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			28	265529,265530,265531,265534,265535,265536,265537,265539,265541,265543,265545,265547,265550,265553,265554,265557,265558,265559,265560,265561,265563,265569,265571,265573,265579,265583,265586,265590	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	265554	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	58	46	9	265545,265546,265549,265553,265554,265563,265568,265575,265576	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			2	265575,265578	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	265545,265559,265563	5317
Tsumcorite ()*	Natrochalcite	PbZn₂(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	265573	29
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			2	265570,265573	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			2	265547,265573	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	265582	1025

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-92344	58	46	52±6	92344	23014	Silver Queen Mine (New Silver Queen Mine), Deadwood, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-92337	58	46	52±6	92337	122218	Bear Den Mountain, Galena, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-92333	58	46	52±6	92333	121812	Oro Fino Mine, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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