Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 252823
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252823.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lead, Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alder Creek Gold Mining Company (Little Blue Claim; Pansy Claim)
Homestake Mine

Latitude: 44°19'32"N
Longitude: 103°45'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.325555555556,-103.75916666667

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	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Vivianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Copper ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vivianite ()*	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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper
Corundum Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica Monazite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Vivianite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	265662	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	265662	2353
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	265662	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	265662,265663	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	265662	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	265662	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	265662	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	265662	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	265662	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	265662	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	265662	577
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	265662	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	265662	344
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	265662	327
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	265662	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	265662	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	265662	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	265662	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	265661,265662	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	265662	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	265662	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	265662	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	265662	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	265662	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	265662	12537
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	265662	945
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	265662	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	265662	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	265662,265663	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	265662	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	265662,265663	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	265662	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	265662	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	265662	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	265661	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	265662	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	265662	589
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	265662	3337
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	265662	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	265662	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	265662	2562
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	265662	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	265662	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070186	Homestake Mine, Lead, Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA	https://rruff.info/R070186

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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