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Locality Name:
Packer Creek Mining District, Mineral Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 41731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Packer Creek Mining District, Mineral Co., Montana, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bell Mine
Ben Hur Mine
Black Traveler Mine And Burlong Mine
Bryan Mine
Coeur D'Alene American Occurrence
Meadow Mountain Mine
Mineral King - Tarbox Mine (Mineral King Mine; Tarbox Mine)
Packer Creek
Saltese
Saltese Consolidated Mine
Silver Cable Mine
Syndicate Mine
U.S. Hemlock Mine
Wabash Mine

Latitude: 47°27'32"N
Longitude: 115°32'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.458888888889,-115.53833333333

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212319753092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2231976,23197811547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12319804979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12319815707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26231972,231973,231975,231978,231980,23198327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12319754165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11231969,231972,231973,231974,231975,231976,231978,231980,231981,231982,23198324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3231970,231978,23198230554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27231972,231974,231975,231978,231980,231981,23198239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27231972,231974,231975,231978,231980,231981,23198261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)7231972,231974,231975,231978,231980,231981,2319826417
Silver  (*)CopperAg4231971,231972,231981,2319825186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5231972,231973,231975,231980,23198321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312319783418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S137231971,231972,231973,231978,231980,231981,2319835317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212319722562



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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