Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50263
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50263.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson Co., Montana, USA": 134
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 132

Number of Child Localities: 118
Child Localities:
Ada Mine
Adelaide
Alport Mine (All Port Mine)
Apollo Mine (Appollo)
Aquarius Mine
Aurora Mine
Basin Bell Mine (Latsch Mine)
Basin Creek Placers
Basin Gold & Silver
Basin Goldfields
Basin Jibe Mine
Basin Quarry
Basin Quartz Quarry (Basin Blowout)
Big Lumber Gulch
Black Bear Mine
Blubell Health
Bonanza Jack Mine
Boomerang Creek Placer
Boulder Mine
Boulder River Placers
Boulder Vestal Mine
Buckeye Mine (Boston Mine)
Bullion Mine
Buster Occurrence
Butte And Philadelphia Prospect (Lady Leith-Cady Leith Mines; Katie Leith)
Cataract Creek Placers
Cataract Flats Placer
Columbus
Comstock Group
Copper King Prospect
Creden Mines
Crescent Mine
Crystal Mine (Sparkling Water; St. Lawrence; Jack Fraction)
Custer Mine
Daily West Mine
Doris Mine
Dumortierite Deposit
East Katie Mine (Lot 7 Mine)
Eldorado And Plateau
Elmer (Elma)
Enterprise Mine
Eva May Mine (Eva May Tailings)
Evening Star
First Shot Mine-Last Shot
Golconda
Golden Assets Mine
Golden Thread Mine
Great Shield Uranium Mines
Grey Lead (Rufus Turner Mine)
Hattie Ferguson Mine
Hawkeye Mine
Hector Prospect
Helper Mine
Hidden Treasure Mine
High Ore Creek Placer
High Ore Mine (Montana Consolidated Mine Hi-Ore)
Highland
Hope And Bullion Mine (Bullion)
Ida May Mine (Corbett)
Independence Mine
Indian Head Rock Deposits
Industrial Silica Basin Quarry
Jessie
Jib Group (Katie Extension; Hope-Katie)
Joe Metesh Lessee
John T. Mine
Josephine Mine
King Cole (Boulder-California)
Klondyke Mine (Klondike)
Lady Hennessey Mine
Last Chance Mine
Lizzie Osborne Prospect
Lotta Tunnel
Lotta Tunnel (Lotta Mine)
Louise
Lowland Creek Placers (Kit Carson Placer)
Lula Belle
Magdelena Group
Manhattan Mine
Mantle And South Mantle Mine (Rock Of Ages Mine)
Marguerita Mine (Maruerita Mine)
Minneapolis Mine
Morning Mine (Midnight Mine)
Morning Star Mine
Mount Chief Mine
Mount Thompson
Obelisk Mine (Peacock)
PC Mine (P.C. Crystal Mine; Penn Placer)
Perry Parks Placer
Phanton
Quartz Creek
Queen Of The Hills
Red Rock Creek Prospect (MRDS - 10124906)
Red Rock Creek Prospect (MRDS - 10196759)
Redemption
Reliance Mine
Rose Mine
Saturday Night Mine
Silmont Claims
Silver Hill Mine (Placer 68)
Silversmith Mine
Sirius Mine (Morning Star; Sirius Group)
Skookum Placer
Solar Mine (Solar And Pearl; Solar Pearl)
Sparkling Water
St Lawrence
St. Nick Prospect
Sylvan Mine
Thunderbolt Mountain Prospect
Tidewater Investment Company (Hidden Treasure Claim Group; Ruth)
Uncle Sam Mine (Jennie B.)
Unnamed Placer (MRDS - 10124754)
Unnamed Silver; Lead; & Zinc Occurrence (MRDS - 10270366)
Unnamed Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10196652)
Venus Mine
Vindicator Mine
Virginia Mine
Woodrow Wilson Mine

Latitude: 46°18'53"N
Longitude: 112°15'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.314722222222,-112.26166666667

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	Allophane	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Dumortierite	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Polybasite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Dumortierite Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Polybasite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	229187,229213	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	229148,229184	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	229129	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	229226,229255	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	229131	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	229207,229227	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26	229124,229129,229130,229142,229145,229146,229155,229158,229161,229165,229173,229174,229179,229187,229190,229192,229194,229207,229208,229211,229213,229218,229226,229241,229243,229255	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	229152	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	229207	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	229191	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	229160	231
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	46	229124,229129,229130,229138,229142,229145,229146,229148,229152,229155,229157,229158,229161,229164,229165,229173,229174,229179,229181,229182,229187,229190,229192,229193,229194,229196,229203,229204,229206,229207,229208,229211,229213,229214,229215,229216,229218,229220,229222,229225,229226,229227,229241,229243,229250,229255	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	68	229124,229126,229127,229129,229130,229131,229138,229140,229141,229142,229143,229144,229145,229146,229148,229149,229153,229155,229159,229161,229162,229164,229165,229167,229168,229170,229172,229173,229176,229178,229179,229181,229182,229187,229189,229190,229193,229194,229195,229197,229198,229200,229203,229204,229205,229206,229207,229208,229211,229213,229214,229218,229220,229222,229226,229231,229235,229236,229237,229239,229240,229241,229242,229243,229250,229254,229255,229256	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	229190	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	229191	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	229142,229152,229203,229222	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	229243	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	229213	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	229160,229191,229220,229227	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2	229207,229226	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	3	229129,229218,229237	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	45	229124,229126,229129,229142,229144,229145,229146,229148,229152,229153,229155,229157,229158,229161,229165,229172,229173,229174,229179,229181,229187,229190,229192,229193,229194,229197,229198,229203,229204,229205,229206,229207,229208,229211,229213,229214,229218,229220,229222,229225,229226,229243,229250,229254,229255	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	54	229124,229126,229129,229130,229136,229142,229144,229145,229146,229148,229152,229153,229155,229157,229158,229160,229161,229165,229173,229174,229179,229181,229182,229187,229190,229191,229192,229193,229194,229196,229197,229198,229203,229204,229205,229206,229207,229208,229211,229213,229214,229215,229216,229218,229220,229222,229225,229226,229227,229237,229241,229243,229250,229255	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	229187,229226	1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	229227	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	229146,229148,229226,229250	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	229131,229214,229218,229222,229226	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	36	229126,229129,229130,229138,229142,229145,229146,229148,229152,229155,229157,229158,229164,229165,229179,229181,229182,229187,229192,229193,229194,229196,229203,229206,229207,229208,229213,229214,229218,229220,229222,229225,229226,229227,229250,229255	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	15	229124,229146,229153,229158,229165,229174,229187,229206,229207,229208,229213,229214,229243,229250,229255	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	229146,229213	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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