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Locality Name:
Dillon Mining District (Carter Creek Mining District; Frying Pan Basin Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 26284
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26284.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dillon Mining District (Carter Creek Mining District; Frying Pan Basin Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Beaverhead River Canyon
Carter Creek Mine (Sweet Water Hills Iron; Hoffman Gulch; Carter Creek Mine; Carter Iron Deposit)
Elk Gulch Mine
Regal Mine (Keystone Mine)
Ruby Mountains Region
Treasure Chest Mine
Treasure State Mine

Latitude: 45°10'23"N
Longitude: 112°25'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.173055555556,-112.42722222222
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 B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeMordeniteNoneQuartzSerpentine
SpinelTalcTourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Corundum  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spinel  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22226540,2265413419
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512265441310
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21226541718
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122653927770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41226541951
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21226541327
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12265397437
Graphite  (*)NoneC12265442812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3122654014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4122654014899
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1226539405
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22226539,22654061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12265442705
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412265411934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)24226541,226542,226545,2265463337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212265412562


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