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Locality Name:
Lost Creek Mining District, Deer Lodge Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 43828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43828.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lost Creek Mining District, Deer Lodge Co., Montana, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Anaconda Clay Pit
Bull Elk Occurrence
Clay Deposit SE Of The Town Of Lost Creek
Diamond Placer
George Mine
Great Eastern Mine (Diamond Mine; Contact Lode)
Lost Creek Canyon Granite Occurrence
Lost Creek Falls
Lost Creek Placer (Antelope Creek & Spring Creek)
Nettie Lou Mine
Pixie Boy Mine
Silver King Mine
Silver Queen Mine
Summit Placer

Latitude: 46°11'6"N
Longitude: 112°57'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.185,-112.96472222222
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 C Ca Cl Cu H K O P Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneApatiteCalciteClayCopperFeldsparKaoliniteMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12278382793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212278305509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122782827770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12278383531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2227837,22783824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2227834,22783830554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42227826,2278285591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23227830,227831,22783812537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12278334924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2122782817380
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12278351725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26227826,227828,227830,227831,227837,22783861156
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1227837332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132227837,2278385317


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