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Locality Name:
Norwegian Mining District (Whitehall Mining District), Madison Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 50284
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50284.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Norwegian Mining District (Whitehall Mining District), Madison Co., Montana, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Bisch's Mine (Perry Mine)
Blue Grouse Mine
Bonanza Fraction
Colorado Mine
Florence Mine (Cook)
Golden Link Mine
Iron Blossom No. 1 Claim
Iron Blossom Number 3
Iron King Claim (Lepp; Sunbeam; Jackman-Ogle Prospect)
Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10270288)
Little Nugget
Macmasters Mine
Mary Ingaber Mine (Gold Hill Mine)
Mayflower Prospect (West Mayflower Mine)
Meadowlark Prospect
Montana No. 1 Mine
Norwegian Mine
Now Property (Now Nos. 1-4; Emma Jean; Lucky Strike; Gold Crown)
Perry Canyon Tungsten Occurrence
R Y & K Mine
Red Chief
Sliderock Mountain-Greenhorn Area Occurrence (Sliderock Mountain)
Sunlight Claim
Surprise Mine
Unnamed Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10019513)
Unnamed Phosphorus Deposit (MRDS - 10197823)
Vesta No. 1 Occurrence

Latitude: 45°47'38"N
Longitude: 112°2'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.793888888889,-112.03444444444
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 Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneApatiteBrackebuschiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovellite
DescloiziteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Benleonardite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Calderónite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Coloradoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roscoelite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stützite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tangeite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S707012311392793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe70701231139489
Benleonardite  (*)PolybasiteAg15Cu(Sb,As)2S7Te47070123113920
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe270701231139361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7070027770
Calderónite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)7070123113929
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S707012311395707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS270703231139,231142,23114827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4707012311303902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O70702231142,2311483531
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe70701231139169
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS707012311394165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)70701231139378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2707009895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1270701231139663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7070123113924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu70703231139,231142,23114830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O37070123115014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O707012311391689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te70701231139804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O470702231134,23114114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)270702231142,23114812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2707012311395674
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)27070123113934
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)37070123113967
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe270701231139409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27070123113939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2707012311343106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO270704231138,231142,231148,23115061156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)270701231139253
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)70702231143,2311444894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)707006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg707012311265186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7070123113921482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)7070123113992
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe470701231139337
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)7070123113960
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe70701231139190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13707012311395317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl70701231139605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4707012311391655


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-001867070      YesMolybdenite, Powellite, WulfeniteMo23236Madison Co., Montana, USAMadison CountyGammons et al. (2006)10.1007/s10230-006-0113-7MWE25_70 

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