Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Alberton, Mineral Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 250939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alberton, Mineral Co., Montana, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fish Creek

Latitude: 46°46'45"N
Longitude: 114°47'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.779166666667,-114.79333333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcanthite	Clay	Diaspore	Fluorite	Mica	Millerite	None	Parisite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Sulphur	Vivianite	Zircon

Annabergite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*
Pentahydrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sulphur ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 As C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Ni O P S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcanthite Clay Diaspore Fluorite Mica Millerite None Parisite Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Spinel Sulphur Vivianite Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	231864	445
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	231864	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	231864	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	231864	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	231864	7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	231864	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	231864	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	231864	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	231864	767
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	231864	112
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	231864	32
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	231864	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	231864	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	231864	5614
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	231864	2045
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	231864	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120061	Snowbird Mine, Fish Creek, Alberton, Mineral Co., Montana, USA	https://rruff.info/R120061

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