Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Confederate Gulch Mining District (Backer Mining District; Canton Mining District; Diamond City Mining District), Broadwater Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Confederate Gulch Mining District (Backer Mining District; Canton Mining District; Diamond City Mining District), Broadwater Co., Montana, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
A & H Placer
Boulder Creek Placer (Confederate Gulch Placer)
Boulder Mountain Occurrence
Cement Gulch Occurrence
Champion Occurrence
Confederate Gulch Lodes
Confederate Gulch Placers (Montana Gulch; Black Tail Creek)
Confederate Gulch; Backer
Diamond City Placer
Eagle Dump Occurrence
Hummingbird (McLaren Gold Mines; Inc.)
Lakeview Mine
Last Hope Placer
McConnell Mine
Miller (Miller Mountain; Slim Jim)
Montana Gulch Occurrence
Patent 2880 Mine
Paymaster Mine
Rainbows End
Ready Cash Gulch Occurrence
Satellite
Shabert
Sullivan And Stewart Claims
Superior Mine
Twin County Occurrence
Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10148954)
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10159638)
Unnamed Thorium Location (MRDS - 10123518)
White City Placer

Latitude: 46°35'48"N
Longitude: 111°25'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.596666666667,-111.41777777778

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.

Copper	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: Au Ca F Fe O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	227186	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	227189,227191,227206	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	227189,227190	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	227189,227191	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	227189	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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