Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50232
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50232.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Artic Claim
Blue Dot Mine
Blue Wing (Silver Buckle Group)
Bon Mine
Bonnie Group
Charter Oak Mine
Cold Spring Placer
Cottontail Mine (Huron Mine)
Del Monte Mine (Bonaparte)
Huron (Cottontail)
Ingersol Mine
Iron Age Claim
Iron Mask Mine
Jeanette Claim
Kent Mine (Blue Wing; Bannack Chief)
Leonie Tunnel Prospect
Logan Mine (Silver Star; Skeets No. 1; Lone Star)
New Departure Mine
Pomeroy Mine (Brick Pomeroy; Silver Buckle; Silver Belt)
Randall Mine
Ruth Mine
Silver Belle Group
Silver Buckle Group (Silver Belt; Quebec)
Stevenson Mine
T. D.-6 Prospect
Taylor Mine
Unnamed Lead - Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10012856)
Wheal Rose Mine

Latitude: 45°11'43"N
Longitude: 112°57'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.195277777778,-112.95333333333

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite
Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Descloizite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Duftite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	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 Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite
Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Descloizite Gypsum Linarite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	226461	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	226458,226461	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	226461	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	226458	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	226449	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	226458,226461	5509
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	2	226458,226461	450
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	226462	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	226454	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	226449,226451,226452,226454,226458,226461,226471	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	226458	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	226449,226454,226458,226461,226462	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	226451,226452,226454,226462	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	7	226451,226452,226454,226458,226461,226462,226471	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	226454,226458	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	226458	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	226454	378
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	2	226452,226462	220
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	226451,226452,226454,226458,226461,226462	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	226450,226451,226461	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	226461	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	4	226449,226454,226458,226462	1689
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	226458,226461	784
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	226458,226462	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	226454,226458,226461,226462	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	3	226449,226454,226462	1107
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	226452	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	226451,226452,226461	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	226452,226458,226461,226462	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	226449,226454	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	226451,226452,226454,226458,226461,226471	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	226451,226452	1711
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	226449,226454,226462	454
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	226451,226461	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	226458,226461,226462	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	226451,226452,226454,226458,226461,226462	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	226452	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	226452	3418
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	226452,226458,226461	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	226452	2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	226449,226454	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	226449,226454,226461	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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