Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carter Creek, Ruby Range, Madison Co., Montana, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 242118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carter Creek, Ruby Range, Madison Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Diopside ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Corundum Feldspar Garnet None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	70	70	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	70	70	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	70	70	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70	70	27770
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	70	70	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	70	70	4135
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	70	70	84
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	70	70	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	70	70	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	70	70	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70	70	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	70	70	375
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	70	70	1516
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	70	70	2562

1 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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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