Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Utopia Mining District (Birch Creek Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Utopia Mining District (Birch Creek Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Armstrong Gulch Placer Occurrence
Birch Creek
Birch Creek Iron Prospect (Jumbo)
Birch Creek Placer
Boatman Lake Prospect
Buster Mine
Copper Contact Claim
Glowworm And Greenhorn Occurrence
Gold Nugget Claim
Greenstone Mine
Haggerty Claim
Humbolt Mountain Site (Leo No. 11; Buster Group; Yellow Band Group)
Indian Queen Mine
Laura Mine
Oro Fino Mine
Phyllis Claim
Queen Property
Rocky Hueep Prospect
Sheep Creek Placer
South Greenstone Gulch
Stanfield Prospect (Silver Bell No. 1; Mountain View)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10171950)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10245308)
Unnamed Tungsten (MRDS - 10135284)
Unnamed Tungsten; Molybdenum; Garnet Occurrence (MRDS - 10123844)
Unnamed Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10221103)
Upper French Creek

Latitude: 45°23'45"N
Longitude: 112°49'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.395833333333,-112.82416666667

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	Amphibole	Axinite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel
Talc

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Powellite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tremolite ()*	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: Al Au B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Axinite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Garnet Gypsum Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Spinel
Talc

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	226942	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	226942	1534
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	226942	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	226942	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	226942	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	226932,226937,226939,226942	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	226942	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	226942	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	226942	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	226942	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	226942	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	226942	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	226932,226935	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	226932,226938,226939,226942	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	226930,226933,226948	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	226937	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	226932,226942,226947	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	226932,226938,226942,226947	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	226937,226942	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	226937	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	4	226932,226938,226939,226940	494
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	226937,226939,226942,226947	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	9	226932,226936,226937,226938,226939,226940,226942,226947,226950	4894
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	226939	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	226942	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	226942	2562
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	226942	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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