Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 50230
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50230.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bannack Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Bea Ann Claim
Blue Grass Mine
Davis Syndicate Placer (Bonnecord)
Excelsior Mine
Goldbug Mine (Dakota Mine; Dacotah Mine)
Golden Leaf Group (Sleeping Princess Group; Sleeping Princess; Bannack; New York-Montana)
Grasshopper Claims No. 1 (Grass Hopper Claims No. 1; Grasshpper Mine)
Grasshopper Creek Placers
Grasshopper Prospect
Gulch Placer
Hendricks Mine (Graeter Mine; Bannack-Apex)
Hillside Placer Mine (Thompson Mine)
Hope Placer
Laurilene No. 1 Occurrence
Lookout Mine
Missouri Prospect
Pioneer Mine (1)
Priscilla Mine
Silver Rose Mine
Sleeping Princess Group
Unnamed Gold Bismuth Occurrence (MRDS - 10305383)
Wadams Mine
Wallace Lode Mine
Washington Mine

Latitude: 45°9'18"N
Longitude: 112°58'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.155,-112.97138888889

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Gypsum
Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Gypsum
Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite

28 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)	1	226361	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	226361,226377	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	226359,226361,226370	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	226357,226359,226361,226370	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	226361,226377	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	226361,226364,226377	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	226361	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	226361,226377	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	226377	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	226357,226359,226361,226370,226377	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	226361,226377	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	226359,226360,226361,226363,226364,226368	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	226361	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	226357,226359,226361,226370	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	226361,226364	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	226361,226377	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	226364	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	226357,226359,226360,226361,226364,226370	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	226357,226360,226361	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	226361	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	226361,226364	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	226361	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	226361	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	226361	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	226361	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	2	226357,226359	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	226361	5317
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	226361	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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