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Locality Name:
Philipsburg, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Philipsburg, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bi-Metallic Mill
Hope Mine (Little Emma; Shapleigh Mine; Shapleigh Tunnel; Cuno Shaft; Porter; Jubilee; Hope Tailings; Field; Imperial; Potosi; Take All; Prince; Comanche)

Latitude: 46°19'0"N
Longitude: 113°16'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.316666666667,-113.28305555556
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: Ag Al Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteLudwigiteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boleite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Malachite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12287122793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212287125509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)122871211547
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48122871165
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122871227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12287125707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12287121382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12287123531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212287129617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS122871224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu122871230554
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)0134
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2122871212537
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1228712716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2122871239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2122871261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12287121711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Silver  (*)CopperAg12287125186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312287125317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562


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