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Locality Name:
Amazon Mining District, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50261
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50261.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amazon Mining District, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Amazon Mine
Australian (Australia Mine)
Big Jim Mine
Bismarck Mine
Bob Ingersol Mine
Cleveland Mine
Fairview Mine
Golden Point (Ella; West Ella)
Mayflower Mine
Mono Group
Montana (Hector And Victor Mine)
Pilot Mines (Silver Star)
Robert Emmet Mine
Unknown U Occurrence Amazon Creek Occurrence (MRDS - 10012380)
Unnamed Lead Mine (MRDS - 10221482)
Unnamed Lead Prospect (MRDS - 10245893)
Van Armin Mine
Virginia C. Mine
Wilbur Silver Mine

Latitude: 46°18'26"N
Longitude: 112°7'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.307222222222,-112.12027777778
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 Au C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS29229015,229016,229020,229022,229024,229025,229028,229032,22903427198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13229015,229016,229018,229019,229020,229022,229024,229025,229027,229028,229032,229033,22903424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13229015,229016,229018,229019,229020,229022,229023,229024,229025,229026,229027,229028,22903430554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2122902712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22229018,22902517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211229015,229016,229019,229020,229022,229024,229025,229027,229028,229033,22903439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211229015,229016,229018,229020,229024,229025,229027,229028,229032,229033,22903461156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12290246417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11229015,229016,229018,229020,229024,229025,229027,229028,229032,229033,22903421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132229024,2290255317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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