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Locality Name:
Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50260
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50260.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson Co., Montana, USA": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 51
Child Localities:
Black Butte Claim
Blue Moose Occurrence
Burgoyne's Claim
Burlington Mine
Butte Cardwell
Camp Owen Claim
Carbonate Mine
Cardwell Clay Pit
Chief Mine
Columbia Claim
Davenport Properties
Examiner Mine (Three Dots And A Dash)
Florence Group (Big Shot; Payday)
Gem Mine
Gold King Mine
Gold Star
Golden Sunlight Mine (Telluride And Excelsior; Moonlight Buffalo; Blue Moose; Minera Hill; Sunlight)
Hay Creek
Hope Mine (Tourmaline Queen)
Hudson Occurrence
Inspiration Mine
Ironside Mine (Ironsides)
Kronholm Claim
Leah Mine (Apex And Leah)
Limerock Claim (Long Walk)
Lucky Hit Mine
M & T Mine
Mary Lucille Mine
Midnight Mine
Minerva Mine
North Sunlight Group
Ogle Property
Ohio
Parrot Mine (Paroll Chief)
Pay Day Group
Perhaps Mine
Pine Tree Claim
Saddle Horse Mine
Shields-Ironsides (Bland-Weaver)
Silver Dollar Claim
South View Mine
Statler's St. Paul Gulch Claim (Hudson?)
Streak-of-Luck Claim (Gold Shaft; Sunnyside Group)
Sunny Corner Mine (Sunny; Milburn)
Sunnyside Mine
Surprise Mine (Olson's Surprise; Perhaps Claim)
Unnamed Gypsum (MRDS - 10124390)
Unnamed U Occurrence (MRDS - 10019546)
Unnamed Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10019529)
Unnamed Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10173230)
Whitehall Mine

Latitude: 45°55'5"N
Longitude: 112°'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.918055555556,-112.01638888889

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Buckhornite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melanterite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Buckhornite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Melanterite Melonite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Buckhornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Friedrichite ()*	Galena ()*	Gladite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*
Krupkaite ()*	Lindströmite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Melonite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	229716	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	229716	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	229717	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	229716	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	229709,229711,229716,229744	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	229716	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	229716	5516
Buckhornite ()*	Buckhornite	(Pb₂BiS₃)(AuTe₂)	1	229716	13
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	229716	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	229725,229736	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	229716	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	229716,229720,229725	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	229706,229711,229716,229720,229736,229743,229744	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	1	229716	169
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	229709,229723	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	229716	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	229716	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	229716	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	229700,229716,229739	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	229716	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	229716	9617
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	1	229716	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	21	229703,229705,229706,229711,229716,229719,229720,229722,229725,229727,229728,229729,229733,229735,229736,229740,229741,229743,229744,229745,229750	24243
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	1	229716	67
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	229744	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	229702,229709,229714,229716,229722,229723,229736,229737	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	229709,229716,229719,229741	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	229716	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	229707,229716	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	1	229716	111
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	1	229716	80
Lindströmite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₃Cu₃Bi₇S₁₅	1	229716	38
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	229716	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	229716	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	229712,229716,229725	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	229716	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	229719,229741	915
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	229716	207
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	229716	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	229716	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	229716	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	229716	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	229716	409
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	229716	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20	229703,229706,229709,229711,229712,229714,229716,229719,229720,229722,229725,229728,229733,229736,229740,229741,229743,229744,229745,229750	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	229711,229716,229736	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	229716	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	229706,229709,229712,229714,229716,229717,229720,229722,229725,229733,229740,229743,229744,229750	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	229711,229716	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	229716	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7	229702,229709,229721,229723,229736,229737,229742	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10	229703,229706,229711,229716,229720,229722,229725,229728,229736,229744	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	229716	668
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	229716	589
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	229716	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	229716	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	229716	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	229716	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	229716	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	229716	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	229717	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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