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Locality Name:
Algonquin Mine (West Algonquin; Trout-Algonquin Mine), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 45242
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45242.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Algonquin Mine (West Algonquin; Trout-Algonquin Mine), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°19'40"N
Longitude: 113°15'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.327777777778,-113.26416666667
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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCoronaditeCovelliteEnargiteFluoriteNoneNot in a structural group
PolybasitePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Manganite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Woodhouseite  (*)
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)203092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4073
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)0770
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x0121
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6062


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