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Locality Name:
Bull Moose Mine (Bull Moose Pegmatite; Bull Moose Lodes), Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1702
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1702

mindat Locality ID: 4107
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4107.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bull Moose Mine (Bull Moose Pegmatite; Bull Moose Lodes), Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°44'21"N
Longitude: 103°32'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.739166666667,-103.54472222222
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 As Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteBerylCeriteClayFairfielditeFeldsparGraftonite
GypsumHureauliteJahnsiteLaueiteLazuliteLeucophosphiteMicaNickelineNoneOlivine
PhosphosideritePyriteQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteSphaleriteStewartiteSymplesiteVivianiteWagnerite
Wicksite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)Kryzhanovskite  (*)Laueite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Metavivianite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Reddingite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Sarcopside  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sicklerite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Tavorite  (*)
Triphylite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Wicksite  (*)Wolfeite  (*)
Xanthoxenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1702170208803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1702170209052
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)217021702043
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O17021702055
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181702170204286
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O170217020280
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O17021702072
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1702170202740
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2170217020107
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1702170206890
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)170217020204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O170217020125
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O17021702018
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)317021702034
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17021702070
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O170217020110
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O17021702066
Metavivianite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O17021702026
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1702170204924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O170217020129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217021702017380
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O17021702031
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O170217020182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217021702039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81702170209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217021702061156
Reddingite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+3(PO4)2·3H2O17021702024
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5170217020206
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)217021702058
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1702170201153
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)17021702066
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17021702021482
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17021702048
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O170217020263
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)17021702035
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)170217020313
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O170217020636
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6170217020104
Wicksite  (*)WicksiteNaCa2Fe2+2(Fe3+,Mn2+,Fe2+)4(PO4)6·2H2O1702170203
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)17021702043
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O17021702029


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00046170217021702  high   YesFaheyiteBe45259Roosevelt Group (Rough Rider), Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA Dahl and Foland (2008)10.2138/am.2008.2633AM93_1215 
Be-00023170217021702  high   YesEhrleite, Fransoletite, Greifensteinite, Pahasapaite, Parafransoletite, Roscherite, TiptopiteBe4122Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA Dahl and Foland (2008)10.2138/am.2008.2633AM93_1215 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070358Bull Moose Mine (Bull Moose Pegmatite; Bull Moose Lodes), Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070358
R070153Bull Moose Mine (Bull Moose Pegmatite; Bull Moose Lodes), Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070153
R050459Bull Moose Mine (Bull Moose Pegmatite; Bull Moose Lodes), Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050459
R070553Bull Moose Mine (Bull Moose Pegmatite; Bull Moose Lodes), Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070553
R070523Bull Moose Mine (Bull Moose Pegmatite; Bull Moose Lodes), Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070523

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