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Locality Name:
Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis And Clark Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis And Clark Co., Montana, USA": 64
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 59
Child Localities:
Alice Lode Occurrence
Alley Mine
American Flag Mine
Armstrong Mine
Banner Creek
Basin Creek Mine (Columbia; Luttrell; Paupers Dream; Paupers Dream Project)
Beatrice Mine (Key West; Golden Gate; Beatrice; Combination; Great Western No.1)
Betsy Ross Mine (1900 Group)
Buffalo Gulch (MRDS - 10167723)
Bunker Hill Mine
Cappolis (Cappolis Extension; Carrol)
Carlson Mine
Copper Dyke Mine
Daniel Stanton Mine (Stanton Mine)
Eureka Mine
Evergreen Mine
Free Speech Mine (Free Speech No. 1 Mine)
General Mine
Gould Placer Mine
Hamlet Mine
Horsefly Mine (Horsefly Adit)
Interocean Tunnel Occurrence
J J Hill Claims
Johny Mine (Johnnie Mine)
Jolly Roger Mine
Justice Mine (Justice-Clementh Mine; Clementha Mines)
Lee Mountain
Lexington Mine
Little Lilly (Little Lily)
Little Sampson Mine
Locality 18
Lucky Joe Mine
Lucky Linda Mine
Mammoth Mine
McCawber Mine (M'Cawber)
Monitor Creek Placer
Monte Cristo Mine
O. H. Bassett Mine
Peerless Jennie Mine (Peerless Mine; Pearless Jenny Mine)
Porphyry Dike Mine
Ray Jensen Mineral Deposit Claim
Red Mountain Tunnel (Montana Lead Crosscut Tunnel No. 1.)
Red Water
Rimini
Russel Mine (96 Mine)
S. P. Bassett Occurrence
Silver Cord Mine
Silver Cresent Mine
Teal Lake Mine
Tenmile Creekand Gould Placer (Bear And Try Again Creeks; Minnehaha; Monitor; Tucker)
Transit Mines
Travis Placer
Unnamed Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10148431)
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10221283)
Unnamed Prospect SE SE Sec13 (MRDS - 10221778)
Unnamed Uraniun Occurrence (MRDS - 10232522)
Valley Forge Mine
Wolftone Mine
Woodrow Wilson Mine

Latitude: 46°28'8"N
Longitude: 112°15'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.468888888889,-112.25333333333
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: Ag Al As Au C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteKaolinite
MalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12304272793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112230420,230437843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS312304201089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210230389,230393,230397,230406,230416,230420,230427,230432,230437,23044827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12304204165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12304272970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS24230389,230392,230393,230395,230397,230400,230404,230405,230406,230407,230410,230414,230416,230417,230418,230420,230425,230428,230429,230432,230436,230437,230438,23044824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu30230390,230391,230392,230393,230396,230397,230398,230400,230402,230404,230405,230406,230407,230410,230416,230417,230418,230420,230422,230427,230428,230430,230432,230436,230440,230441,230442,230443,230448,23044930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33230395,230427,23042914640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412304515591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123042712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22230400,23045117380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1230420716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312304201425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225230389,230392,230393,230395,230396,230397,230398,230405,230406,230407,230410,230414,230416,230417,230418,230420,230425,230427,230428,230429,230430,230432,230436,230448,23044939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812304499056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226230389,230392,230393,230395,230397,230398,230400,230405,230406,230407,230410,230414,230416,230418,230420,230425,230427,230428,230429,230432,230436,230437,230438,230440,230448,23044961156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12304056417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3230390,230427,2304415186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18230389,230392,230393,230395,230397,230400,230404,230405,230406,230417,230418,230420,230428,230429,230432,230436,230437,23044821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312304283418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S136230406,230416,230417,230418,230420,2304285317


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