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Locality Name:
South Boulder Creek Mining District (Princeton Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50257
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50257.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Boulder Creek Mining District (Princeton Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 62

Number of Child Localities: 62
Child Localities:
A & M Prospect
Albion Mine
Apex Mine
Banker Claim (Bryan And Banker Claim)
Bloomington Mine
Blue Bird
BM 1-66 And COR 105 Claim Group
Boulder Creek (MRDS - 10220766)
Boulder Creek (Princeton Mine)
Brooklyn Mine (Pierre Mine; S. Brooklyn Mine)
Contact Number 1 Claim
Copper Lode Occurrence
Copper Ridge
Deerlodge Basin Prospect
Delaware Mine
DG Prospects (11 Quartz Lode Claims; DG 1)
East Brooklyn Lode Claim
Fairview Quartz Lode Claim
Finley Basin Prospect
Goat Mountain Vein Occurrence
Gold Hill Mine (Gold King Mine)
Gold Reef Mine
Granite Creek Prospect
Jefferson Mine
Jenny Lind Prospect (Iron Mountain; Caroline; Caroline And Lion Mtn)
Last Chance Quartz Lode Claim
Lead Streak
Little Gold Creek Placer
Marjea Mine
Mayflower Vein
Maywood Placer
Montpark Mine (Pitman; Gypsy Queen)
Moonlight (Sunlight Mine)
Moonlight Quartz Lode Claim
Mountain Lion Mine
Nonpareil Mine (Lucky Lead Mine)
North Fork Granite Creek Prospect
Northernlight Quartz Lode Claim
Ohio Fraction Quartz Lode Claim
Ohio Quartz Lode Claim
Powell Mine (Spring Lode Claims; Mt. Powell; Sullivan And Wilson; Lodge; White Pine; Highland Chief)
Princeton Gulch Placer (Summit Placer; Montana Tonapah; Maywood Placer)
Princeton Mine
Queen Mine (Pikes Peak Mine; Sunday Mine)
Rombauer Mine
Royal Basin Mine
Royal Mine (Royal Basin Dump)
Sallie Mellen Claim
Saranac Mine (Mediterranean)
Silverlight Quartz Lode Claim
Sixteen-To-One Claim
Snow Cap Mine
Starlight Quartz Lode Claim
Sunday Extension Mine
Sunday Mine
Sunlight Quartz Lode Claim
Tolean Prospect (Wit And Hut Claims)
Travonia Claim
Tussle Mine
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10094565)
Upper Granite Prospect
W. J. Bryan

Latitude: 46°24'14"N
Longitude: 113°7'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.403888888889,-113.12555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovellite
FluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Creaseyite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61228930919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22228913,2289305509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2228882,22893011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61228930413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71228930450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412288865516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2228893,22893027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12289304979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26228886,228892,228894,228917,228923,22893027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3228874,228913,2289303531
Copper  (*)CopperCu7228878,228882,228913,228920,228923,228930,2289313846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12289304165
Creaseyite  (*)NoneCu2Pb2Fe3+2Si5O17·6H2O122893027
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2228884,2289202970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612289134135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212288769617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11228874,228876,228877,228878,228882,228886,228908,228917,228919,228930,22893124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu24228874,228877,228878,228884,228893,228894,228895,228897,228900,228904,228905,228906,228911,228914,228917,228919,228920,228922,228923,228925,228927,228928,228930,22893130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3122889414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12289301689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32228900,2289145433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43228893,228894,22891714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27228874,228884,228908,228913,228920,228930,22893312537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12289301107
Platinum  (*)CopperPt2228900,228914485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213228877,228878,228882,228886,228892,228894,228913,228917,228919,228920,228923,228930,22893139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12289201725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219228874,228876,228877,228878,228882,228884,228886,228887,228892,228893,228894,228895,228913,228919,228920,228923,228930,228931,22893361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2228891,2289044894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3228876,228882,22893021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134228874,228882,228913,2289315317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12289005251


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