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Locality Name:
Gordon Butte, Meagher Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31983
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31983.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gordon Butte, Meagher Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°25'0"N
Longitude: 110°19'60"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.416666666667,-110.33333333333

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Ancylite	Apatite	Baotite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Benitoite	Calcite	Catapleiite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Harmotome	Mica	Natrolite
Neptunite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tridymite
Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Augite ()*
Baotite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytolamprophyllite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Belovite-(Ce) ()*
Benitoite ()*	Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*	Calciocatapleiite ()*	Calcite ()*	Catapleiite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Dalyite ()*	Diopside ()*	Eudialyte ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Henrymeyerite ()*	Lamprophyllite ()*	Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Manganoneptunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nabalamprophyllite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Neptunite ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Richterite ()*	Rinkite-(Ce) ()*
Sanidine ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wadeite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sr Th Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P REE S Si Sr Th Ti W Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Ancylite Apatite Baotite Baryte Bastnäsite Benitoite Calcite Catapleiite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Coronadite Corundum Eudialyte Feldspar Harmotome Mica Natrolite
Neptunite Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Thomsonite Titanite Tridymite
Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	92
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baotite ()*	Baotite	Ba₄(Ti,Nb,W)₈O₁₆(SiO₃)₄Cl	27
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Barytolamprophyllite ()*	None	(BaK)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	21
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Belovite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	NaCeSr₃(PO₄)₃F	15
Benitoite ()*	Benitoite	BaTiSi₃O₉	20
Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO₃)(OH,H₂O)	46
Calciocatapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	CaZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	8
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	113
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Dalyite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₆O₁₅	15
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	182
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Henrymeyerite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Ti₇Fe²⁺)O₁₆	9
Lamprophyllite ()*	None	(SrNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	63
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Perovskite	(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂O₆	57
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	79
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Manganoneptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiMn²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	26
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nabalamprophyllite ()*	None	(BaNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	4
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	49
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	75
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	148
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	53
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wadeite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₃O₉	27
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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