Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cascade Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cascade Co., Montana, USA": 109
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 105

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Albright Deposit
Albright Group (Thunder Mountain Deposits)
Belt Clay (Anaconda Copper Mining Clay Pit; Kootenai Fm High Alumina Clay)
Cascade Quarry
Copes Prospect (Ajax No. 1 And No. 2; Leadville No. 1 And No. 2)
East Bench Deposit
Fred Remmington Property
Gavander (Overlooked Claim; Gold Bug Claim; Admiral Dewey Claim)
Goodman Deposit
Great Falls Bentonite
Great Falls Slag Dump
Hughesville Mining District (Barker Mining District)
Hurricane And Tornado Occurrence (Frank Marion Group; Thunder Mountain)
Iron Mountain Prospect (Iron Mines Park; Iron Mountain Deposit)
Keystone Mine
Monarch Area
Monarch Stone Quarry
Neihart Mining District (Montana Mining District)
Riceville Gypsum Deposit
Sand Coulee District
Sand Coulee It (Sand Coulee Siderite)
Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10148815)
Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10221139)
Titanium-Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10172706)
Titanium-Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10232486)
Treasurelite Shale Mine
Unnamed Clay - Bentonite Location (MRDS - 10245415)
Unnamed Clay - Bentonite Location (MRDS - 10293934)
Unnamed Clay Location (MRDS - 10148985)
Unnamed Clay Location (MRDS - 10149119)
Unnamed Gypsum-Anhydrite Location (MRDS - 10173250)
Unnamed Gypsum-Anhydrite Location (MRDS - 10232680)

Latitude: 47°16'33"N
Longitude: 111°11'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.275833333333,-111.19527777778

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite
Copper	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenic ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Merwinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scawtite ()*
Schorl ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl O P Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aphthitalite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite
Copper Epidote Fluorite Malachite Molybdenite None Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wollastonite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	227599	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4	227599,227607,227623,227650	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	227644	363
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	227644	379
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	227625	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	227599,227607,227608,227623,227628,227641,227642,227650	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	227597	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	227625,227642	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	227661	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	227599,227601,227602,227607,227608,227616,227623,227630,227644,227650,227657,227661	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	227628	1382
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	227625	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	227601	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	227602	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	13	227600,227601,227602,227607,227608,227616,227623,227630,227635,227644,227650,227657,227662	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	227599	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	227657	12537
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	227625	23
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	227601,227602,227630	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	227601	140
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	227602	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	5	227600,227602,227608,227623,227641	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	227625	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	6	227602,227607,227608,227623,227628,227641	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	7	227599,227602,227607,227608,227623,227628,227662	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	227601,227602,227608,227616,227623,227641,227642,227644,227650,227654,227657,227661	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	227599,227601,227607,227608,227616,227623,227650,227662	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	3	227607,227641,227642	1711
Scawtite ()*	None	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	227625	25
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	227597	2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	6	227599,227600,227623,227628,227650,227662	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	227650	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	13	227601,227602,227607,227608,227616,227623,227628,227630,227635,227644,227650,227657,227662	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	227662	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	227607,227623,227644,227657	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	227625	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	227595	605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	227625	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	227625	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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