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Locality Name:
Glacier Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 41748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glacier Co., Montana, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Badger Creek Deposits
Bufflo Lake Deposit
Cracker Lake Mine (Cracker Mine)
Cutbank Ridge Occurrence
East Kiowa No. 2 Extension Occurrence
Glacier National Park
High Knob Deposit
Horse Lake Occurrence
Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10173434)
Iron-Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10124234)
Iron-Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10270426)
Kennedy Coulee Occurrence
Kiowa Junction Deposit
Lower Kiowa Deposits
North Browning Occurrence
Radar Station Deposit
Rimrock Butte Occurrence
South Fork Occurrence
Star School Deposit
Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10123600)
Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10270382)
Titanium-Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10270136)
Two Medicine Ridge Occurrence
Unnamed Iron Location (MRDS - 10148689)

Latitude: 48°38'27"N
Longitude: 112°58'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.640833333333,-112.97555555556

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCorundumDiamondFeldsparNonePyritePyroxeneSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12283091036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612283092060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)122830911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412283095516
Diamond  (*)DiamondC0697
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212283099895
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3122830914640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4122830914899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2122830939462
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)1228309251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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