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Locality Name:
Harney City, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1700

mindat Locality ID: 48591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Harney City, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Battle Creek
Everly Mine (Riverton Lode)
Horsely Gulch
Lucky Partner Claim
Wood Tin Mine

Latitude: 43°52'26"N
Longitude: 103°21'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.873888888889,-103.36194444444
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 B Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S Si Sn Ti U W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylChalcanthiteClayCorundum
FeldsparMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteTourmalineVivianite
Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Griphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)170017002265944,2659478803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F170017001265947244
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5170017002265945,2659461310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS170017002265944,2659479052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1700170012659441272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181700170012659474286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21700170012659475171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O170017000925
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6170017001265944310
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)170017001265947520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1700170012659472740
Griphite  (*)NoneCa(Mn2+,Na,Li)6Fe2+Al2(PO4)6(F,OH)21700170012659448
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31700170012659465433
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O17001700126594766
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)170017002265944,2659474924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2170017002265944,26594717380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1700170012659472994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2170017003265944,265946,26594761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1700170012659434894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1700170012659472705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5170017002265945,2659461516
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6170017001265947688
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O170017001265947636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1700170012659475251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Alexandra-0372170017001700 Age of pegmatite   Yes Li, Be, Sn, Cs, Ta, Nb, U122418Black Elk Peak (Harney Peak), Pennington Co., South Dakota, USAHarney PeakNorton and Redden (1990)10.2138/am.2008.2633AM75_631 

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