Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Superior, Mineral Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 48854
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48854.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Superior, Mineral Co., Montana, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cedar Creek
Dry Creek Valley
Mill Gulch
Sloway Gulch

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	232035,232037,232038	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	232042,232044	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	232035	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	232035,232037,232038	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	232035,232037,232040,232042,232043,232044	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	232035	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	232037,232038	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	232037,232040,232042,232044	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	232034	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	232035,232040,232043,232044	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	232035,232037,232038,232040,232042,232043,232044	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	232037,232040,232043	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	232040,232042,232044	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	232037,232040,232043	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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