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Locality Name:
Marysville Mining District, Lewis And Clark Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50271
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50271.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marysville Mining District, Lewis And Clark Co., Montana, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 39
Child Localities:
American Flag Mine
Bald Butte District
Bald Butte Mine (Knifeblade Mine)
Bell Boy Mine
Belmont Mine (Bald Mountain Mine - 0300490335; Cruse Mine - 0300490163)
Big Ox Mine
Buckeye Occurrence (Big Ben)
Calumet Mine
Channel Gold Mines; Ltd.
China
Climax Lode Mine
Drumlummon Mine (Marysville Mine; Drumlin Tailings)
Emma Miller
Empire Mine
Jerusha Mine
Larsen Occurrence
Little Ox Mine
Lost Horse Creek Occurrence
M And L Mine
Mammoth Claim
Marysville District (Bald Butte Districts; Ottawa)
Marysville Project (Goldsil Millsite Gnis/Napp; Marysville Mine Gnis/Napp; Drumlummon Mine 0300490043; Drumlummon Plant 0300499004)
Nile Mine
Ottawa District
Ottawa Mine (Prentice Property)
Penobscot Mine
Piegan Gulch Placer
Piegan Gulch Prospect
Piegan-Gloster Mine
Prentice Property
Rathbone Mine
Schockley Mine
Shannon Mine
Silver Creek
Silver Creek Placers
Staples Mine
Strawberry Mine
Towsley Mine
Windy Ridge Prospects

Latitude: 46°45'8"N
Longitude: 112°19'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.752222222222,-112.32861111111

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	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Fluorite
Garnet	Jalpaite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pentlandite	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Geffroyite ()*	Gold ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Se Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Aragonite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Fluorite
Garnet Jalpaite Linarite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pentlandite Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

31 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	1	230154	2793
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	230154	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	230144,230147,230148,230150,230154,230159,230163,230171,230179,230180	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	230174	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	230154	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	230146,230148,230154,230162,230163,230167,230182,230183	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	230156,230161,230163,230182	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	230154,230165	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	230159,230163	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	230145,230146,230154,230182	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	230154	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	230145,230146,230148,230154,230159,230161,230163,230165,230181,230182,230183	24243
Geffroyite ()*	Pentlandite	(Cu,Fe,Ag)₉Se₈	1	230154	10
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	18	230145,230146,230147,230149,230150,230154,230156,230159,230161,230162,230163,230169,230171,230175,230178,230179,230180,230184	30554
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	230154	116
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	230174	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	230154,230156,230161,230163,230182,230183	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	230145,230154,230163	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	230145	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	230154	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	230154	716
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	230154	494
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	230154	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	230145,230148,230154,230163,230167,230171,230179	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20	230144,230145,230147,230148,230150,230154,230156,230159,230161,230163,230165,230167,230171,230177,230179,230180,230181,230182,230183,230184	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4	230154,230163,230167,230184	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	230154	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	230145,230148,230154,230163	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	230145	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	230154	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	230154,230159,230163	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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