Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Quartz Hill Mining District (Vipond Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quartz Hill Mining District (Vipond Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Aurora Mine
Basemark Claims
Bonanza Mine (Quartz Hill Property)
Bozeadar Property
Cannivan Gulch Prospect (Sheep Mountain Tungsten Prospect)
Churchill Mine
Daisy Vein Mine
Dewey
East Aurora Mine
Faithful Mine (Old Faithful; Julian Wegener)
Gold Coin Mine (Last Chance Group)
Great Western Mine
Grey Jockey Mine
Harrison Occurrence (Dora)
Keystone Mine
Knoby Mine
Last Chance Group
Leadville Mine (G-W Mine; Burglerosa Group)
Lime Kiln Gulch Quarry
Log Cabin Lode
Lone Pine Mine (Jay Hawk; Quartz Hill; Argyle)
Mewonitoc Prospect
Monte Cristo Mine
Pettingale Mine (Daisy Group; Rushwhite Tunnel; Pettingill)
Quartz Hill Complex
Quartz Hill Syncline Occurrence
Queen Of The Hills Mine
Sheep Mountain Prospects
Titanus Mine
Tuxedo Mine
Twin Fir Prospect (Quartz Hill)
Unknown Shaft Prospect (MRDS - 10123846)
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10269739)
Windy Claims (Sheep Mountain Prospects; Blue Bell; Blue Belt)

Latitude: 45°42'26"N
Longitude: 112°55'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.707222222222,-112.92611111111

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	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 Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cl Cu H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Epidote Fluorite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

40 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	4	226732,226734,226752,226762	2793
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	226744	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	226732,226746,226751,226752,226756,226757,226762	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	226752	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	226751	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	226762,226770	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	226751,226762	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	226744,226752	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	226757	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	226744	363
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9	226732,226734,226740,226743,226746,226751,226755,226763,226765	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	226736	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	226736	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2	226744,226752	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	226751,226752,226757,226762,226770	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	226737,226762	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	226736	469
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	226762	265
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	226736	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	226744,226757	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	0		1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	226736	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	226736	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2	226736,226763	494
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	226752	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	226736,226752,226762	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	226757	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	226751	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	226732,226736,226744,226746,226751,226752,226754,226755,226756,226757,226770	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	226736,226763	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7	226732,226734,226737,226752,226762,226764,226766	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	226752	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	226734,226752	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	0		332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	226744,226746,226752,226754,226755	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	226754,226768	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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