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Locality Name:
South Gold Creek Area, Pioneer Mining District (Gold Creek Mining District), Powell Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 277195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Gold Creek Area, Pioneer Mining District (Gold Creek Mining District), Powell Co., Montana, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Au Ba C Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCopperCovelliteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12330822734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123308211547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12330824979
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12330824165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123308224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu123308230554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123308212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123308239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12330821725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123308261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123308221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312330825317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412330821655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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