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Locality Name:
Silver Star Mining District, Madison Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 85
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 24045
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24045.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Star Mining District, Madison Co., Montana, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
American Pit
Antler Mine (Antler Mining Company Pit)
Aurora Mine (Aurora And Borealis)
Baccharat Mine
Beverly Group
Blue Jay Group
Brown Mine (1)
Clancy Mine
Clifford Mine
Clipper Mine
Cricket Mine (Crickett)
Edgerton Mine
First Creek Placer
Frida Marie Claim
Galena Mine
Golden Antler Mine
Golden Rod Mine (Iron Rod Mine)
Hells Canyon Placer
Hudson Group
Julia Lee Mine (Cannon Ball Mine)
Keystone Mine
King Shaft Occurrence
Mammoth Mine (Stella Mine)
Mohawk Mine
Moonlight Mine-White Elephant Mine
New Career Mine
Ohio Quartz
Pollinger Mine
Rhyolite Mine
Shamrock Mine
Silica Butte Occurrence
Silver King Mine (King)
Silver Star
Silver Star Chromite
Silver Star Placer
Stella Mine
Upper Hells Canyon Placer

Latitude: 45°40'21"N
Longitude: 112°20'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.6725,-112.34027777778

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Descloizite	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Cu Fe H O Pb S V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Descloizite Epidote Garnet Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	85	70	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	85	70	0		5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	70	70	1	231468	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70	70	1	231481	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	70	70	2	231464,231473	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	70	1	231481	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	70	6	231455,231459,231464,231468,231473,231481	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	70	70	1	231471	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	70	70	1	231481	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	70	70	1	231481	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	70	70	1	231468	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	70	70	1	231481	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	70	70	3	231455,231463,231481	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	70	70	7	231450,231457,231459,231462,231464,231470,231479	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	70	70	11	231457,231458,231464,231465,231468,231470,231472,231473,231479,231481,231486	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	70	70	1	231481	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	70	70	1	231481	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	85	70	0		14640
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	70	70	1	231483	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	70	70	1	231455	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	70	70	4	231464,231470,231479,231481	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	70	70	1	231481	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	85	70	0		362
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	70	4	231459,231464,231468,231481	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	70	70	1	231481	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	70	70	1	231481	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	70	70	1	231481	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70	70	6	231450,231459,231463,231464,231473,231481	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	70	70	1	231463	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	85	70	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	70	70	7	231457,231458,231462,231468,231470,231472,231479	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	70	70	1	231464	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70	70	1	231481	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	70	70	1	231481	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	70	70	1	231481	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	70	70	1	231463	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00186	70	70								Yes		Molybdenite, Powellite, Wulfenite	Mo	23236	Madison Co., Montana, USA	Madison County	Gammons et al. (2006)	10.1007/s10230-006-0113-7	MWE25_70
	NAVDAT-76274	85	70	77+8/-7					76274						161453	First Creek Placer, Silver Star Mining District, Madison Co., Montana, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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