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Locality Name:
Tidal Wave Mining District, Madison Co., Montana, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 50290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tidal Wave Mining District, Madison Co., Montana, USA": 87
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 84

Number of Child Localities: 79
Child Localities:
Argenta Property
Bear Gulch
Bear Gulch Adit Occurrence
Bear Gulch Placer
Bismark-Nugget Group
Bismuth Prospect (MRDS - 10019918)
Black Ace Mine
Boulder Cobalt Mine
Bryzant Mine (Deutschland Mine)
Bullidick Prospect
Carolina Mine
Cop Prospect
Copper Queen
Corn Cracker Mine
Democrat
Diamond Hitch Mine
Dry Boulder Gulch Deposit
Dry Georgia Gulch
Dry Georgia Gulch Placer
Dullea Prospect
Dutchland
Ella Mine (Ella Jay)
Empire State Prospect
Falcon Prospect
Florida Giant
Fork Prospect
Giant Mine
Goodrich Gulch
Gray Eagle
Hamilton Prospects (Hamilton No. 1 And No. 2.)
Hawkeye Mine
Heller Prospect
High Ridge Mine (Highridge; Highridge Fraction; Hi-Ridge Mine)
Inspiration Gold (Bielenberg And Higgins Mine)
Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10294354)
Isabelle
Kathleen Prospect
Keynote
Klondike Mine
Kreuger Property (Edwin Forest)
Little Bear Gulch Properties (Copper King; Little Bear; Giant; Grouse)
Little Goldie-Eleanora Group (Crystal Lake; Eleanor Property; Elenora; Blacksmith; Goldie; Minnie; Montreal; Sunbeam)
Lone Star Prospect
Lottie Mine
Main Street Prospect
Moffet Johnson (Moffat Mine)
Montana Mine (Montana Mining Company Mine)
Mountain View Mine
Mountain View Mine (2)
New York Prospect
Ohio Mine (Ohio Lode)
Pearson Occurrence
Pete And Joe (U. S. Gold Corporation; B & H Mine; B/H Pete & Joe Mine; Bielenberg And Higgins Mine)
Plainview Prospect
Rainbow
Ranger Mine (Ranger And Badger Mines)
Red Bell Mine
Rex Prospect
Richmond Group (Eagle Adit; Hummingbird)
Schmidt Prospect
Sheridan
Smith Prospect
Strawn Mine
Sunflower Mine
Tidal Wave Mine
Tipperary
Topeka Mine
Union Mine
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10197522)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10197900)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10221385)
Unnamed Gold Deposit (MRDS - 10197357)
Unnamed Gold Deposit (MRDS - 10197664)
Unnamed Gold Deposit (MRDS - 10305448)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10148528)
Unnamed Surface Pit (MRDS - 10270048)
Urbane Prospect (Adits No. 2 And No. 3)
Walker Prospect
White Angel Quarry

Latitude: 45°33'45"N
Longitude: 112°10'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.5625,-112.17972222222

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wollastonite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Corundum ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Wollastonite

33 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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	70	70	1	231618	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	70	70	3	231536,231549,231585	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	70	70	1	231535	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	70	70	3	231535,231536,231599	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70	70	2	231535,231569	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	70	70	3	231538,231559,231599	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	70	1	231536	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	70	7	231535,231536,231538,231557,231583,231585,231599	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	70	70	3	231536,231585,231599	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	70	70	2	231536,231544	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	70	70	1	231534	1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	70	70	2	231536,231599	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	70	70	3	231533,231536,231585	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	70	70	5	231570,231580,231584,231602,231604	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	70	70	4	231533,231534,231536,231585	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	70	70	9	231532,231537,231538,231545,231559,231579,231583,231596,231599	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	70	70	17	231535,231540,231544,231547,231551,231556,231559,231566,231572,231576,231583,231586,231590,231599,231603,231606,231607	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	70	70	3	231536,231557,231585	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	70	70	4	231536,231549,231585,231599	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	70	70	1	231579	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	70	15	231532,231535,231536,231537,231538,231544,231545,231547,231549,231559,231581,231583,231585,231596,231599	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	70	70	1	231555	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70	70	12	231532,231535,231545,231547,231549,231551,231557,231559,231572,231579,231583,231599	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	70	70	2	231535,231544	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	70	70	7	231544,231545,231559,231572,231576,231583,231590	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70	70	8	231538,231545,231557,231579,231583,231596,231599,231603	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	70	70	1	231596	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	70	70	1	231536	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	70	70	1	231535	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	70	70	1	231533	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	70	70	1	231585	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	70	70	2	231567,231599	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	70	70	1	231533	1025

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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