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Locality Name:
Berne, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1702
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1702

mindat Locality ID: 25306
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25306.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Berne, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Custer Claim (Great Eastern; Old Jeff; Custer S.M.; Tin Reef Claim)
Pink Lady Claim
Ross Mine (Highland Lode; John Ross Mine)

Latitude: 43°46'59"N
Longitude: 103°39'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.783055555556,-103.65555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Be Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAndalusiteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylClayFeldsparFluorite
GarnetGraftoniteHureauliteLöllingiteMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePhosphosideritePyrite
QuartzRutileTourmalineVivianiteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Graftonite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montebrasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sicklerite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Torbernite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1702170212647358803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)317021702126473594
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F170217021264735244
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51702170212647341310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1702170212647359052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1702170212647351272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181702170212647354286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1702170212647351966
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2170217022264733,2647355171
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1702170212647352740
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2170217021264735107
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O170217021264735125
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2170217021264735762
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1702170212647354924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)170217021264735200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217021702126473517380
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O170217021264735182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217021702126473539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81702170212647359056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217021702126473561156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1702170212647352705
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)17021702126473566
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31702170212647351214
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1702170212647351059
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)170217021264735313
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21702170212647352718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O170217021264735890
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O170217021264735636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1702170212647355251


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00046170217021702  high   YesFaheyiteBe45259Roosevelt Group (Rough Rider), Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA Dahl and Foland (2008)10.2138/am.2008.2633AM93_1215 
Be-00023170217021702  high   YesEhrleite, Fransoletite, Greifensteinite, Pahasapaite, Parafransoletite, Roscherite, TiptopiteBe4122Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA Dahl and Foland (2008)10.2138/am.2008.2633AM93_1215 

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