Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hot Shot Mine, Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1702
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1702

mindat Locality ID: 44839
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44839.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 43°44'51"N
Longitude: 103°31'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.7475,-103.51777777778

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.

Alluaudite	Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Hureaulite	Löllingite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Alluaudite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Heterosite ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tavorite ()*
Triphylite ()*

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 Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alluaudite Apatite Beryl Clay Feldspar Hureaulite Löllingite Mica None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Tourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1702	1702	8803
Alluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaMnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃	1702	1702	94
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1702	1702	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1702	1702	4286
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1702	1702	2740
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	1702	1702	204
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1702	1702	125
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1702	1702	762
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1702	1702	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1702	1702	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1702	1702	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1702	1702	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1702	1702	1516
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1702	1702	688
Tavorite ()*	None	LiFe³⁺(PO₄)(OH)	1702	1702	35
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1702	1702	313

2 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	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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
	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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