Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rochester Mining District (Rabbit Mining District), Madison Co., Montana, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 50286
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50286.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rochester Mining District (Rabbit Mining District), Madison Co., Montana, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine
Anything Mine
April Claims
Beacon Light Mine
Big Bonanza
Blowout Mine
Brazill Claim
Buffalo Mine
Carpenter Mine (Abbie Alice; Silver King; Nellie Gray)
Champion Mine
Cooper Mine
Eclipse Claim
Elgin Mine
Emma Mine
Germania Mine
Gold Nugget Claim
Independence And Silver Note
Index Mine
Longfellow Mine
Mutch Mine
New Mine
Picard Mine
Quartz Hill Prospect
Red Horse Mine
Rochester
Rochester Creek Placer
Shoemaker Mine
Shortfellow Mine
Sugar Bowl Claim
Sunrise Mine
Thistle Mine
Unnamed Feldspar (MRDS - 10270028)
Upper Rochester Creek Placer (Klondike Creek)

Latitude: 45°36'49"N
Longitude: 112°29'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.613611111111,-112.49944444444

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Ecdemite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	70	70	2	231216,231225	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	70	4	231207,231215,231219,231224	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	70	70	2	231209,231225	3531
Ecdemite ()*	None	Pb₆As³⁺₂O₇Cl₄	70	70	2	231216,231225	12
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	70	70	8	231206,231207,231215,231216,231219,231224,231225,231231	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	70	70	5	231220,231225,231226,231232,231239	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	70	70	1	231231	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	70	70	3	231207,231209,231225	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	70	70	1	231208	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	70	2	231208,231224	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70	70	9	231206,231209,231215,231216,231219,231220,231224,231225,231231	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	70	70	2	231219,231225	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70	70	2	231219,231231	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	70	70	1	231225	605

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00186	70	70								Yes		Molybdenite, Powellite, Wulfenite	Mo	23236	Madison Co., Montana, USA	Madison County	Gammons et al. (2006)	10.1007/s10230-006-0113-7	MWE25_70

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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