Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tin Mountain Mine, Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1580

mindat Locality ID: 4121
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4121.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tin Mountain Mine, Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°44'49"N
Longitude: 103°43'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.746944444444,-103.72055555556

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Arsenic	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Covellite
Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Meta-autunite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Schoepite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dawsonite ()*	Ferrisicklerite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fourmarierite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Triphylite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
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 As B Be Bi C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Bi C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn U Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Arsenic Autunite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Covellite
Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Meta-autunite Mica None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Schoepite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tourmaline Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1710	1580	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1710	1580	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1710	1580	244
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1710	1580	919
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1710	1580	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1710	1580	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1710	1580	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1710	1580	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1710	1580	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1710	1580	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1710	1580	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1710	1580	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1710	1580	27198
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1710	1580	181
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1710	1580	4165
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	1710	1580	90
Ferrisicklerite ()*	Olivine	Li_1-x(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)(PO₄)	1710	1580	108
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1710	1580	2740
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O	1710	1580	61
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1710	1580	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1710	1580	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1710	1580	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1710	1580	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1710	1580	198
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1710	1580	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1710	1580	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1710	1580	12537
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1710	1580	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1710	1580	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1710	1580	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1710	1580	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1710	1580	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1710	1580	140
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1710	1580	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1710	1580	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1710	1580	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1710	1580	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1710	1580	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1710	1580	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1710	1580	688
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1710	1580	313
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1710	1580	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1710	1580	890
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	1710	1580	52
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1710	1580	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1710	1580	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Be-00046	1702	1702	1702			high			Yes	Faheyite	Be	45259	Roosevelt Group (Rough Rider), Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA		Dahl and Foland (2008)	10.2138/am.2008.2633	AM93_1215
Scott-GCA51_1101-0001	1710	1580	1710-1580	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion		k-feldspar	11-4A				4121	Tin Mountain Mine, Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA	Tin Mountain	Clark and Černý (1987)	10.1016/0016-7037(87)90112-8	GCA51_1101	Table 1
Be-00023	1702	1702	1702			high			Yes	Ehrleite, Fransoletite, Greifensteinite, Pahasapaite, Parafransoletite, Roscherite, Tiptopite	Be	4122	Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA		Dahl and Foland (2008)	10.2138/am.2008.2633	AM93_1215

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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