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Locality Name:
Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 45458
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45458.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA": 131
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 124

Number of Child Localities: 114
Child Localities:
Albicaulis Lake Dam
Algonquin Mine (West Algonquin; Trout-Algonquin Mine)
American Beauty Prospect
Annie Claim
Annie Marony Mine (Climax Mine; Marony Mine)
Barich Mine
Basin Mine
Bay Horse Mine
Bellum Mine
Bernard Mine
Big Expectation Mine
Billie Goat Prospect
Black Eagle
Black Trail Occurrence
Blackmail Mine
Boulder Creek (MRDS - 10294663)
Bryant (Lady Bryant; Seal Rock)
Cadgie Taylor Mine
Chicago Mine (Little Dandy)
Cliff Mine (Cliff Millsite Mine)
Comanche Mine (Comanche Extension; Comanche Extension Lease)
Comanche Prospect
Copper Jack Mine (Copper Jack Claim)
Coyle Mine (John Coyle And Torrit Claims)
Dissett Mine (Red Hill)
Douglas Creek
Durango & Moorlight Group (Durango & Moonlight Group)
Erm
Flagstaff Hill Occurrence
Flint Creek Placer
Franklin Hill Iron Deposit (Tarriff; Courtney Manganiferous Iron Deposit; Courtney Prospect)
Frost Creek
Gem Mine (Part Of Trout Group)
Gertrude Claim
Granite Belle Claim
Granite Creek Prospect
Granite-Bimetallic Mine (Granite Mine; Bimetalic Mine; Ruby Shaft; Granite Mountain; Granite Tailings; Blaine Shaft)
H & H Claim (Cape; Cliff Millsite)
Henry Lode Prospect
Hidden Treasure-Ramona Occurrence
Homestead Mine
Horseshow Occurrence
Horton Mine (Horseshow; Lady Byron; Myrtle; Bryant; Wb. Dance No. 2; Bayhorse Fraction)
Huffman
I. B. Claim
Illogan
Indian Meadows Prospect
Isabelle Queen Prospect
Jack Knife Mine
John Long Mts
Jupiter Claim
Lamont Claim
Levi Burr Mine
Little Dandy Mine
Little Emma Mine
Little Gem (Trout Mine Group)
Lycoming Mine
Marie Mine
Maxville Tailings
Midnight Mine (Imperial)
Mitchell Mine
Mont-York Company Occurrence
Morning Claim
Mountain Boy
Mountain Top Prospect
Mullen Mine (Little Gem; Elienore; Derby)
Murphy Mine (Wilkie; Mr. Bob)
Myrtle Mine
Mystery Mine (Owens Shaft)
N. G. Group (Manganese Fraction; Mountain View; Mystery)
National Tungsten & Silver Company Prospect
Needle Gun Claim
New Hope Mine (New Hope Claim)
New York Prospect
North Star Mine
North Star Prospect
Olympic Mine
Parnell Group Mine
Pearl Mine
Philipsburg
Philipsburg Area
Phillipsburg Manganese Occurrence
Phosphorus Deposit (MRDS - 10294395)
Pocahontas (Part Of Trout Mine Group)
Rock Creek Mine (Rock Creek Prospect)
Ross Hayworth Mine
Royal Metals Tunnel Occurrence
Rumsey Tailings
Salmon Mine
Samuel Lode Prospect
San Francisco Mine (Frisco Shaft)
Sanders Mine (Saunders Mine; Mountain View)
Saunders Mine (Sanders Mine; Mountain View)
Scratch Awl Mine (Scratch All Mine; Silver Prince; Cliff; Salmon; Blackmail Mine)
Shapleigh Shaft Occurrence
Sharktown Mine (Sharktown Glory Hole)
Silver Eagle
Silver Prince Occurrence
Silver Spike
Spawn (McKay)
Swamp Gulch Prospects
Sweet Home Mine
Terrid Mine
Thompson Lake Prospect (Ho; Silver Banner; Norita; N And R.; Billy Goat Claims)
Three Metals & Salt Hill Tunnel
Trout Mine (Gem; Algonquin Group; Speckled Trout; Pocahontas; Brooklyn; Kitty Clyde; Neversweat)
Tungsten Mine Prospect (National Tungsten; Silver; Entrepreneur)
Two Percent Mine
Unnamed Shaft
Wenger No. 2 (Wegner No. 2)
West Exposure Manganese Prospect (Kristle; Broman Claims)
West Granite Shaft
White Horse Mine (White House)
Young America Claim

Latitude: 46°20'44"N
Longitude: 113°14'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.345555555556,-113.23777777778

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteArthurite
BaryteBrackebuschiteBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteColumbiteConnellite
CopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDugganiteEnargiteFluoriteGypsum
HumiteLinariteLudwigiteMalachiteMolybdeniteMurdochiteNatrochalciteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
OrpimentPharmacosideritePhilipsburgitePolybasitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRocksalt
RutileScapoliteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteVeszelyiteWurtzite

117 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Arsendescloizite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)Arthurite  (*)
Auriacusite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Boleite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Corkite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Dugganite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Joëlbruggerite  (*)Kipushite  (*)Kuksite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Mawbyite  (*)Meionite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Murdochite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Philipsbornite  (*)Philipsburgite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Powellite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Strashimirite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tsumebite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Veszelyite  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)
Wroewolfeite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S5228636,228665,228710,228712,2287262793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)1228680254
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12286802734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212286203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12286463250
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)122868024
Arsendescloizite  (*)AdelitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)122872620
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12286659052
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)122868037
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O122868035
Auriacusite  (*)AndalusiteFe3+Cu2+(AsO4)O12286806
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62228680,228726919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23228680,228712,2287265509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)8228636,228648,228680,228690,228710,228712,228726,22874111547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)22228680,228726172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61228680413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71228680450
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48122871165
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111228680843
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1228716483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62228680,2287261633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11228620,228648,228657,228661,228665,228680,228690,228710,228712,228723,22872627770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21228680178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4228680,228726,228727,2287424979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1228680925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4228620,228648,228680,2287125707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O5228638,228648,228727,228739,228742197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26228620,228647,228648,228680,228710,22872627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl4228636,228665,228710,2287121382
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F21228657285
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O5228665,228680,228712,228726,2287373531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)31228680127
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1228680363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1228680295
Copper  (*)CopperCu8228647,228663,228680,228690,228699,228705,228719,2287263846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)61228680151
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41228680175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O163228680,228727,228742227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3228620,228648,2287264165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O164228620,228714,228726,228739599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2228648,2286802970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1228680366
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612286574135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26228620,228659,228661,228690,228726,2287399895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)4228646,228648,228680,228726220
Dugganite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3(TeO6)(AsO4)2122868018
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42228620,228726910
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12287262740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF27228620,228646,228648,228699,228712,228726,2287399617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12286571188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121228680663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27228620,228623,228633,228647,228648,228653,228661,228663,228665,228667,228680,228691,228699,228710,228712,228719,228721,228722,228723,228724,228725,228726,228727,228738,228739,228741,22874224243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O122868041
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12286807437
Gold  (*)CopperAu25228621,228622,228648,228651,228653,228658,228665,228680,228687,228689,228691,228694,228695,228706,228710,228712,228720,228723,228724,228725,228726,228735,228739,228741,22874730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12286806890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3122868014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3228620,228680,2287261689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O44228620,228648,228727,22874273
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)2228680,228740469
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612286802228
Joëlbruggerite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3Sb5+As2O13(OH)12286802
Kipushite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu6(PO4)2(OH)6·H2O12286808
Kuksite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3TeO6(PO4)212286806
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1228680593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21228680987
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)2228657,228710134
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41228680198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42228657,22871614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26228625,228665,228680,228712,228726,22873712537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)4228620,228636,228638,228642770
Mawbyite  (*)NatrochalcitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2122868019
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)1228657176
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2228680,2287261107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22228621,2287045800
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl2122868034
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x4228620,228638,228648,228739121
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1228680492
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31228665511
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1228680428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6122868051
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O122868031
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2228620,228712716
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1228706494
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS34228620,228661,228665,228723733
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41228680369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33228620,228648,2286651425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS223228620,228621,228622,228625,228646,228647,228648,228656,228663,228665,228680,228691,228699,228705,228710,228712,228719,228722,228723,228726,228737,228738,22873939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO210228620,228628,228636,228648,228661,228671,228680,228716,228739,2287413106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl7228648,228653,228665,228680,228724,228725,2287361725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO251228620,228621,228622,228623,228625,228628,228633,228635,228636,228638,228642,228646,228647,228648,228653,228656,228657,228659,228661,228663,228665,228671,228676,228680,228683,228690,228691,228695,228697,228699,228705,228706,228710,228712,228716,228719,228721,228723,228724,228725,228726,228727,228735,228736,228737,228738,228739,228740,228741,228742,22874761156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2122863688
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS3228647,228653,228665712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)17228620,228633,228646,228648,228653,228656,228661,228665,228680,228691,228710,228712,228721,228723,228726,228739,2287411711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22228680,228726454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4228676,228697,228706,2287104894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12286801153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)61228680134
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1228680292
Silver  (*)CopperAg12228620,228635,228638,228642,228665,228680,228691,228710,228712,228716,228726,2287395186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2228648,2287262473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16228620,228633,228647,228648,228653,228661,228665,228680,228683,228691,228710,228721,228722,228723,228726,22873921482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1228680446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32228653,2286653418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)1228680156
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O122868090
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S136228620,228648,228665,228680,228726,2287391803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311228625,228647,228653,228656,228661,228665,228680,228710,228712,228723,2287265317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14122868058
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O5228620,228648,228710,228714,228726433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23228657,228659,2287102562
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)122868032
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1228726605
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O122868020
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6122862062
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O122868095
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2122872628



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070474Black Pine Mine (Combination Mine; Black Pine Tailings; Black Pine Dump), Black Pine Ridge, John Long Mts, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070474
R061036Black Pine Mine (Combination Mine; Black Pine Tailings; Black Pine Dump), Black Pine Ridge, John Long Mts, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USAhttps://rruff.info/R061036
R070312Black Pine Mine (Combination Mine; Black Pine Tailings; Black Pine Dump), Black Pine Ridge, John Long Mts, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070312


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