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Locality Name:
Flathead Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 48036
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48036.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flathead Co., Montana, USA": 86
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 83

Number of Child Localities: 62
Child Localities:
Big Four Prospect
Black Bear Creek
Blacktail Prospect
Blue Grouse Group
Bob Marshall Wilderness
Boorman Peak
Bungalow Mountain Prospect
Copper King Prospect
Corkscrew Copper Prospect
Crosley-Sucetti Prospect
Essex
Felix Creek Prospects
Flathead Sunset Quarry
Foolsburg Mine
Glacier Prospect
Great Northern
Griffin Creek Prospect
Grubb Mountain Area
Hamilton Pit
Harvey-Nickolas Prospect
Helen Creek Lead-Zinc Occurrence
Herrig Placer
Hog Heaven Mining District (Flathead Mining District)
Humdinger Prospect
Hungry Horse Dam
Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10148519)
Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10304586)
Kalispell
Lippincott
Lucky Strike Prospect
Micho Mine
Moonlight Claim
Okedale
Old Dominion Prospect
Salish Mts
San Mezcalito Mine
Sanko Creek Mine
Section 18 Tuff Occurrence
Section 8 Tuff No. 1 Occurrence
Section 8 Tuff No. 2 Prospect
Stahl Prospect
Truman Creek - Blacktail Mountain Road Occurrence
Unnamed Copper & Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10196915)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10220725)
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10123718)
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10148442)
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10172732)
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10220567)
Unnamed Kaolinitic Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10245879)
Unnamed Kaolinitic Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10269665)
Unnamed Kaolinte (MRDS - 10270464)
Unnamed Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10148607)
Unnamed Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10220838)
Unnamed Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10245903)
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence (MRDS - 10196447)
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence (MRDS - 10207797)
Unnamed Quartzite (MRDS - 10148801)
Unnamed Silver & Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10269342)
Unnamed Silver; Gold; Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10197117)
West Virginia Mine
Wort Prospect
Yukon Mine

Latitude: 48°12'7"N
Longitude: 114°20'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.201944444444,-114.34833333333

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAragoniteAramayoiteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteEnargiteFeldsparGeocroniteKobelliteLillianiteMalachite
MarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTetrahedrite
TridymiteWurtziteXanthoconite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Aramayoite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beidellite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Eskimoite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gold  (*)Gustavite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kalinite  (*)Kobellite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rectorite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tridymite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S5228133,228138,228142,228145,2281502793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)65228133,228138,228142,228145,228150966
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S6122814229
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212281065509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6228133,228138,228142,228145,228150,22815211547
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O2228138,22815085
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62228138,228142413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42228142,2281455516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS312281421089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122815227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12281064979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22228106,22814227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12281063531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12281424165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42228142,228145910
Eskimoite  (*)LillianiteAg7Pb10Bi15S36122814220
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5228106,228133,228141,228142,22814524243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231228142133
Gold  (*)CopperAu122813630554
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S61228142113
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3122816914640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612281422228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S231228142105
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O122814254
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35122814287
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2122810612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212281425674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21228142252
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2122814217380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31228142733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25228106,228133,228142,228145,22815039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25228106,228133,228142,228145,22816961156
Rectorite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2H2O122814249
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1228142598
Silver  (*)CopperAg12281365186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS122814421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312281505317
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21228142458
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3122814289



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