Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Georgetown Mining District (Southern Cross Mining District; Cable Mining District), Deer Lodge Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 44118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Georgetown Mining District (Southern Cross Mining District; Cable Mining District), Deer Lodge Co., Montana, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Apex Mine
Atlantic Cable Mine (Cable Mine)
Black Moon Claim
Boca Placer Claim
Cable Placer
Champaign Lode Claim
Daly Placer Mine
Georgetown Placers
Holdfast-Shortshift Mine (Goldenwedg Mine)
Honorah G. Occurrence
Luxemborg Mine
McKay Adit
Minnehaha & Horseshoe Group
Montana Mine
North Atlantic Occurrence
Ontario Mine
Oro Fino Mine
Orphan Boy Mine
Paregon Placer Claim
Pomeroy Mine
Pyrenees Mine
Pyrite Mine (MRDS - 10269833)
Reliance Claim (Reliance Mine)
Revenue Mine
Southern Cross Mine
Twilight Mine
Unnamed Gold & Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10245745)
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10173198)
War Eagle Claim (War Eagle Mine)

Latitude: 46°12'7"N
Longitude: 113°13'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.201944444444,-113.22888888889

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Garnet	Ludwigite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Garnet Ludwigite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	227766,227789	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	227766	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	227766	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	227766,227778	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	227780	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	227766	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	227766,227775,227778,227789	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	227766	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	227766,227773,227781,227782,227785,227789	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	227766,227789	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	227766	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	227766	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	227766	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	227766	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	227766,227780	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	17	227766,227767,227768,227769,227771,227772,227773,227775,227778,227781,227782,227783,227785,227788,227789,227790,227793	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	227766	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	227766,227781,227789,227790	14640
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	227784	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	227766,227773,227781,227782,227784,227789	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	227766,227778,227785,227789	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	227766	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	227766,227767,227773,227775,227778,227781,227782,227785,227789,227790	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	227766,227773,227781,227782,227789	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	227766,227767,227773,227775,227778,227781,227782,227785,227789,227790,227793	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	227766	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	227766	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	227789	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	227766	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	227778,227780	5317
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	227766	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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