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Locality Name:
Cone Butte Sub-District, Warm Springs District (Gilt Edge District; Gold Hill District; Maiden District), Fergus Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 73.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53.7

mindat Locality ID: 251122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cone Butte Sub-District, Warm Springs District (Gilt Edge District; Gold Hill District; Maiden District), Fergus Co., Montana, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Geis Mine (Red Metal Claim Group; Gies Mine; Elk Peak Project; Bertha Claim Group)

Latitude: 47°13'16"N
Longitude: 109°9'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.221111111111,-109.16222222222

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Fluorite
Germanite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Benleonardite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Imiterite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Krennerite ()*	Lenaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nagyágite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Tellurium ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Digenite Fluorite
Germanite Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

38 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	73.3	53.7	1	228038	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	73.3	53.7	1	228038	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	73.3	53.7	1	228038	11547
Benleonardite ()*	Polybasite	Ag₁₅Cu(Sb,As)₂S₇Te₄	73.3	53.7	1	228038	20
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	73.3	53.7	1	228038	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	73.3	53.7	1	228038	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	73.3	53.7	1	228038	110
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	73.3	53.7	1	228038	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	73.3	53.7	1	228038	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	73.3	53.7	1	228038	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	73.3	53.7	1	228038	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	73.3	53.7	1	228038	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	73.3	53.7	1	228038	804
Imiterite ()*	None	Ag₂HgS₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	17
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	73.3	53.7	1	228038	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	73.3	53.7	1	228038	111
Lenaite ()*	Chalcopyrite	AgFeS₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	8
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	73.3	53.7	1	228038	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	73.3	53.7	1	228038	67
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	73.3	53.7	1	228038	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	73.3	53.7	1	228038	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	61156
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	73.3	53.7	1	228038	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	73.3	53.7	1	228038	21482
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	73.3	53.7	1	228038	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	73.3	53.7	1	228038	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	73.3	53.7	1	228038	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	73.3	53.7	1	228038	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	73.3	53.7	1	228038	5317

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
	Hg-00101	73.3	53.7		K-Ar, F.T.						Yes		Imiterite	Hg	50255	Warm Springs District (Gilt Edge District; Gold Hill District; Maiden District), Fergus Co., Montana, USA		Marvin et al. (1980); Zhang and Spry (1994)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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