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Locality Name:
First Choice Mining District (Garnet Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50259
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50259.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "First Choice Mining District (Garnet Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 40
Child Localities:
Baker And Sullivan Mine
Bear Creek Placers
Bearmouth Placer Mine
Big Horn Calcium Quarry (MRDS - 10012519)
Big Horn Calcium Quarry (MRDS - 10123843)
Bohrer Mine
Cascade Mine
Deep Creek Placer
Dewey Mine
Drummond Quarry (Spring Gulch Mine)
Elk Creek And Tributaries
Elmo Placer
Fairview Mine
Fourth Of July
Garnet
Gold Leaf Mine
Grant And Hartford Mine
Hitchcock Quarry
Independence Prospect
International Mine
Jackie Marie Mine (Spokane Mine)
Lannen Placer
Limestone Mine (MRDS - 10108519)
Limestone Occurrence (MRDS - 10269950)
Lowery Mine
Lynx Mine
Magone & Anderson Mine
Mitchell Copper Prospect
Mountain View Mine (2)
Nancy Hanks Mine (Minnie Palmer)
Peggy Ann
Red Cloud Group (Crescent; Lead King)
Robert Emmet
Shamrock Mine
Sierra Mine
T & H Extension Claim
Ten Mile Placer
Tiger Mine
Unnamed Lead Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10294560)
Willie Mine

Latitude: 46°47'22"N
Longitude: 113°18'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.789444444444,-113.30666666667
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: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23228499,228509,2285173092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)8228491,228495,228496,228499,228509,228512,228514,22851611547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12284951966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5228495,228499,228509,228514,22851727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS29228489,228491,228495,228496,228499,228509,228512,228514,22851627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12284893531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6228483,228496,228510,228512,228514,22851624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18228484,228489,228491,228496,228499,228501,228502,228503,228507,228508,228509,228512,228514,228515,228516,228517,228520,22852230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3122851414640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22228489,22851012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22228495,2285145800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22228489,22849117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217228489,228491,228495,228496,228499,228501,228502,228508,228509,228510,228512,228514,228515,228516,228517,228520,22852239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216228483,228489,228491,228495,228496,228499,228501,228502,228508,228509,228512,228514,228515,228516,228517,22852061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12284955186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1310228489,228491,228495,228496,228499,228509,228512,228514,228516,2285175317


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