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Locality Name:
Zosell Mining District (Emery Mining District), Powell Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 46570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zosell Mining District (Emery Mining District), Powell Co., Montana, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
Argus Mine
Baggs Creek Sapphire Deposit
Barry Dean Mine
Bell Mine
Bertha May Mine
Black Eyed May Mine
Blue Eye Maggie Mine
Bonanza Mine
Bull Moose Mine
Caroline And William Coleman Mine (Caroline Mine; William Coleman Mine)
Copper Cliff Prospects (Copper Bluff Prospects)
Deep Gulch (MRDS - 10094800)
Ding Bat Mine
Elizabeth Mine
Emery Mine (Black Rock; Carbonate Extension; Carbonate Hill Mine)
Emma Darling Mine
Fred Burr Creek Pumice Deposit
Friday Mine
Harisson Mine
Hercules Mine
Hidden Hand Mine (Baggs Creek; Lower Hidden Hand)
Incline Mine
Katy Mine
Kirby Mine
Little Emery Mine
Matheson Mine
Monday Mine
Mountain Chief Mine
Mullan Gulch Pumice Deposit
Nelson Prospect
Sabbath Day Mine
Sabbath Day Mine (Sabbath; Poor Man)
Saturday Mine
Spring Creek And Rocker Gulch Placers
Sterrett Mine
Sugarloaf Mountain Prospect
Thursday Mine
Tuesday Mine
Unnamed Gemstone Occurrence (MRDS - 10246075)
Wake Up Jim Mine
Wednesday Mine

Latitude: 45°48'2"N
Longitude: 112°34'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.800555555556,-112.57333333333

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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperDiasporeEpidote
GeocroniteMalachiteMicaMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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)25233158,233165,233167,233173,2331743092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS8233158,233163,233165,233167,233171,233173,233174,2331799052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612331682060
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113233164,233171,233173843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4233158,233168,233173,23317427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2233158,2331794979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213233158,233162,233163,233164,233165,233166,233171,233173,233174,233179,233190,233191,23319227198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2233168,2331733846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12331732970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12331688173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19233158,233161,233162,233163,233164,233165,233166,233167,233170,233171,233173,233174,233179,233182,233184,233190,233191,233192,23319524243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231233173133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12331797437
Gold  (*)CopperAu13233158,233162,233163,233164,233165,233166,233167,233173,233174,233191,233192,233194,23319530554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142233165,233173784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123317312537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2233158,2332001066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123317317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216233158,233161,233162,233163,233164,233165,233167,233170,233171,233173,233174,233179,233182,233190,233191,23319239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217233158,233161,233162,233163,233164,233165,233166,233167,233168,233171,233173,233174,233179,233184,233190,233191,23319261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12331731711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12331844894
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3064
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17233158,233162,233163,233164,233165,233166,233167,233170,233171,233173,233174,233179,233182,233190,233191,233192,23319521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32233164,2331733418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1310233162,233164,233165,233166,233171,233173,233184,233190,233191,2331925317



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