Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Elkhorn Mining District (Coolidge Mining District; Wise River Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elkhorn Mining District (Coolidge Mining District; Wise River Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Boston & Montana Group (Blue Eyed Annie; Atlis; Copper Queen; Mono; Simpson; Mammoth; Storm; Boston And Mont; St. Cours; Red Sky)
Central Group
Comet Mine (Gar Mine; Telstar Group)
Eclipse
Elkhorn Mine
Guy Mine
McConnell Wellman Group
Oro Grande Prospect (Oro Grande & Eclipse)
Park Mine (Mono; Blue Jay; Idanha; Elkhorn)
Price Creek Adit Prospect
Red Rock Mine
Storm Mine
Thunderbird Prospect
Tiger Group
Unknown Adit Prospect (MRDS - 10220885)
Unknown Adit Prospect (MRDS - 10269163)

Latitude: 45°28'18"N
Longitude: 113°3'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.471666666667,-113.06416666667

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Linarite	Malachite	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 As Au Ba C Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Copper Linarite Malachite Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	226557	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	226553	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	226552,226559	5516
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	226553	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	226553	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	226552,226557,226559	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	226551,226552,226555,226557,226559	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	226557,226561	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	226551,226552,226555,226556,226557,226559	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	226561	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	226555	1689
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	226553	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	226553	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	226553,226557	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	226553	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	226556	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	226551,226552,226555,226556,226557,226559	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	226551,226552,226553,226556,226557,226559	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	226555	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	226555,226561	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	226556,226557,226559	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	6	226551,226552,226553,226555,226556,226559	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	226553	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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