Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Colorado Mining District (Prickly Pear Mining District; Corbin Mining District), Jefferson Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colorado Mining District (Prickly Pear Mining District; Corbin Mining District), Jefferson Co., Montana, USA": 88
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 86

Number of Child Localities: 86
Child Localities:
Alice Mine
Argentine Mine (Edelweiss Mine; Argentine Edelweiss Mine; Argentine Silver Chief Claims)
Ariadne Mine
Atlas Mine
Atomizer Occurrence
Bakama Mine (C. V. C.)
Banner Mine
Bazzer Claim
Bell Mine
Bertha Mine (Bertha Group)
Billie Toten Prospect
Black Jack Mine
Black Rock (Madison)
Blackbird Group (Wickes Manganese Property; Wickes-Corben)
Blizzard Mine
Blue Bird Mine (Pen Yan Mine; Penn Yan Mine)
Blue Stone Prospect
Bluebird
Bluestone Mine
Bonanza; Dewey; And Rosalie Tunnels Occurrence (Corbin Copper Company's Property)
Boulder Chief Mine
Brown Silica Deposit
Bunker Hill Tunnel Occurrence (Part Of Wickes-Corbin Copper Company's Property)
Chalcopyrite Mine
Clancy Creek Placers
Comet And Spring Creek Placers (Spring Creek)
Corbin Copper Company
Daily (Atlas; Dailey)
Daly Group
David Copperfield Adit Occurrence
Dewey Tunnels
Dow Crosscut Occurrence
Dump Near Wickes
East Mint Mine
Elkador (Little Nancy)
Emma May Mine
Erickson Claims
Flagstaff Mine
Francis Claim
Freiburg
General Harris Prospect
Glenbeg Mine (Glenberg)
Good Hope Prospect
Grandfather Prospect
Hanna
Horseshoe Claim
Independence
Kady Gulch
Kady Gulch Group (May & Little Sallie Mine)
Kathleen Prospect
King Solomon Ridge (Trinity Mine)
La Casse-Childers Prospect
Little Alta
Lucky Luke Group
Manganese Claim (MRDS - 10124456)
Mary Anne
Matson Group
May
Midway (Mayflower)
Minnesota Mine
Montana American Uranium Mining Company
Montana Tunnels Mine (Part Of Corbin Copper Claims)
Mount Washington Mine (Deer Tunnel; Monongahela-Mount Washington M. Company; Angelica Mining & Development Company; Salvail)
New Albany Mine
North Alta Prospect
Northern Pacific Mine
Pie Ore
Polaris Mine
Portal Mine
Prickly Pear Creek Placers (Golconda Creek Placer)
Rarus Mine (Ratus)
Retriever Prospect
Rosalie Prospect
Rosalie Prospect (Dewey Tunnels; Montana; Bonanza)
Salvail Mine (Bernice Mine; Three Horns)
Silver Claim Mine
Silver King Prospect
Three Horns Mine
Totten Mine (Monitor Mine)
Unnamed Silver Mine (MRDS - 10124978)
Uranium Mine (MRDS - 10245865)
Wasp Claim
West Noble
Wickes Corbin Prospect
Wickes Manganese Prospect (Kady Gulch; Katie Gulch; Clancy Creek; Eckley Gulch; Blackbird)
Winston Brothers Prospect

Latitude: 46°22'2"N
Longitude: 112°7'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.367222222222,-112.12166666667

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.

Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Enargite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Enargite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Wurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	229343	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	229390,229400	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	229391	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	229337,229343	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	229404	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	229341,229342,229343,229390	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	229350	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	229355,229390,229404	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	14	229337,229342,229346,229347,229350,229351,229355,229362,229388,229390,229391,229397,229400,229404	27198
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	229337	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	16	229330,229342,229343,229346,229347,229348,229350,229355,229362,229388,229390,229391,229395,229397,229400,229404	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	25	229330,229334,229336,229337,229339,229342,229343,229346,229352,229353,229355,229357,229360,229369,229373,229388,229390,229391,229395,229398,229399,229400,229404,229405,229408	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	229341,229350,229373	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	229390	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	229390	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	229343	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	229390,229397	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	229390	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	229390	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	229390	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	229390	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	18	229330,229337,229342,229343,229346,229347,229348,229350,229357,229362,229373,229388,229390,229391,229395,229397,229400,229404	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	229341,229342	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19	229330,229337,229341,229342,229343,229346,229347,229348,229349,229350,229355,229357,229362,229388,229390,229391,229397,229400,229404	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	3	229342,229343,229390	1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	229390	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	229390	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	16	229330,229342,229343,229346,229347,229348,229350,229355,229362,229388,229390,229391,229395,229397,229400,229404	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	229346	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	229337,229343,229355,229362,229390,229391,229400	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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