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Locality Name:
Butte Co., South Dakota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 30376
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30376.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Butte Co., South Dakota, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Banato Pit
Belle Fourche District
Hoover
Kinsfather Pit No. 1
Opeche Formation

Latitude: 44°39'38"N
Longitude: 103°51'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.660555555556,-103.85583333333
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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteClayGypsumMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)126469911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126469927770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12646951184
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12646996890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl12647011398
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212646945674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12646931508
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126469439462


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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