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Locality Name:
Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 123
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 118

Number of Child Localities: 112
Child Localities:
3-Aces Mine
Amaranth Mine
Anaconda Mine
Anita Mine
Argenta
Argenta Pyrophyllite Deposit
Badger Gold Group (North Ermont)
Bell Ranch Clay Prospects
Bella Mine (Whopper Mine)
Birch Creek-Cave Gulch Area Prospect
Boaz Mine
Brownell Mine
Calcar Prospect
Capital Mine (Cave Gulch; Silver Jack)
Carbonate Mine
Carpita Prospect (McLaren; Mac's Lode; Brothers)
Cave Creek Occurrence
Comstock Lode
Coolidge Mine (St. Joseph Claim)
Copper Bell Mine
Dexter Mine
Dolphin (Gold Pistol)
Dutchman Mine (Dutchman Mining Company Mine)
Eight Ball
Ermont Mine (Ermont No. 2 Ermont No. 19)
Ferdinand Mine
Fisher Mine
Fleming's Halloysite Prospect
Florida Claim
Fluorite No. 1 Occurrence (Grand Deposit 17)
Fraction Claim
French And Watson Gulches Placer
French Creek Mine
Frying Pan Basin Placer
Frying Pan Complex Area Prospect
Galena Occurrence (MRDS - 10012860)
Galena Prospect (MRDS - 10147676)
Gladstone-Argenta Mine (Gladstone Group)
Gold Day Occurrence
Golden Era Mine
Golden Gate Mining Company Occurrence
Goldfinch Group
Goldfinch Group (Golden Crower; Harmon; Jack; Southside; Goldfinch; Caledonia; Dolphin Claims; All Nations; Three Cheers; Sunny Day; Big Lode)
Goldsmith Mine
Graybird Group
Ground Hog Mine
Hand Mine (Mauldin Mine)
Henry Mine
Hillside Lode (Silver Rule Mine; Katherine)
Horn Silver Mine
Ingersol Group (Ingersoll And Silver Rose; Bob Ingersoll Mine)
Jack Rabbit Mine
Joker Mine
Kelley Gulch Occurrence
Lead Springs Prospect (Camp Bird; Snowshoe; Jack Knight Prospect; Bluebird; Silver Moon)
Leah May Mine
Leap Year Prospect (Jade; East May Day)
Legal Tender Mine
Leo And Jana Occurrence
Lone Wolf Mine
Long John Gulch
Loumont Claims
Lucky Strike Mine (3)
Madison Prospect (Madison Claims)
May Day Mine
McDonald Claim (Colin McDonald Property; Golden Dawn; Iris; Florence)
Midnight Mine (Midnite Mine)
Nelson Prospect
Oro Placer
Payday Claim
Paymaster
Polar Bear Mine
Rattlesnake Creek Placer
Red Bluff No. 1-14 Occurrence
Rena Mine
Rosemont Mine
Sata Maira Rainbow Group
Shafer-Renz Mine
Shelly No. 6-12
Silver Glow & Sunflower Groups (Sunflower 1-8; Silver Glow 1-6)
Silver Water Mine
Sir Walter Scott Group (Argenta Mining Company)
Spanish Mine
Spring Prospect (Includes Fraction Placer; Spring; Reform Claims; Burleigh)
Starlight Claim
Storm King Mine (Lucky Strike)
Stringer Mine
Summit Occurrence
Sunlight Prospect
Sunnyside & Violet Claim Block
Sunrise Claim
Susan No. 1-2 Prospect
Sylvia Mine
Tender Group
Tuscarora Group
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10124151)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10196382)
Unknown Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10172412)
Unknown Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10245013)
Unknown Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10269119)
Unnamed Aluminum Occurrence (MRDS - 10123591)
Vacation Prospect
Virginia Gulch Mine (Stimson; Stinson)
Virginia No. 1 Prospect
Wapita Mine
Watson Gulch (Snowshoe; Blue Birt; King Tut)
West Ermont Mine
White Lime Group Mine
Wooley
Yellow Band Shafer Group (Shafer Group)
Yellow Bird (West Ermont)
Yukon

Latitude: 45°18'30"N
Longitude: 112°52'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.308333333333,-112.88222222222

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bismutite	Brackebuschite	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Fornacite	Linarite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Corkite ()*	Creaseyite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Linarite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Mimetite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tsumebite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Vauquelinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismutite Brackebuschite Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Fornacite Linarite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	226202,226246	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	226237	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	226202,226242	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	226202	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	226199	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	226228	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	226282	716
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	226202	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	226202	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	226202,226219,226234,226236,226237,226246,226314	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6	226199,226201,226202,226203,226246,226267	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	226207,226251	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	226224,226246	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	226202,226237	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	226199,226202,226218,226243	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	226314	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	226243	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	226202	151
Creaseyite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₂Fe³⁺₂Si₅O₁₇·6H₂O	1	226202	27
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	5	226199,226202,226207,226218,226243	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	11	226205,226217,226223,226257,226275,226283,226285,226291,226295,226303,226315	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	226228	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	226202	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	22	226199,226202,226203,226207,226212,226213,226219,226224,226234,226236,226238,226242,226244,226246,226257,226266,226267,226268,226282,226283,226293,226295	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	226199,226202	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	11	226218,226223,226230,226232,226237,226243,226267,226273,226275,226312,226314	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	226202,226237,226267	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	4	226199,226201,226202,226246	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	226199,226202,226246	2228
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	226202	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	226246	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	226199,226202,226207,226218,226243	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	226314	397
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	226199	1107
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4	226202,226203,226246,226293	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	226199,226202,226219,226224,226234,226238,226242,226251,226267,226268,226270,226275	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	226231	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	226202	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	226204	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	22	226201,226202,226203,226207,226212,226218,226223,226224,226236,226238,226242,226244,226246,226251,226267,226270,226282,226293,226295,226312,226314,226315	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	226199,226202,226246	454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	226237	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	226218,226266	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	226202	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	226224,226242	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	226314	3418
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	3	226199,226218,226243	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	226219,226234,226314	5317
Tsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	1	226202	32
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	226246	605
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	1	226202	63
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	226199,226201,226202	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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