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Locality Name:
Wallace Mining District (Clinton Mining District), Missoula Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50298
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50298.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wallace Mining District (Clinton Mining District), Missoula Co., Montana, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Adaline Mine
Aladdin Mine
Belleview Mine
Blue Lode Occurrence
Cape Nome Mine (Moose; Bullion)
Charcoal Mine (Shawbut Mine)
Clinton Pit
Copper Bell Mine
Daisy Mine
Eureka Mining Company
Gowrie Mine
Hidden Treasure (Hidden Treasure Group)
Hobo Claim (Blue Grouse)
Jack Pot Mine
Jenlo Mines
Kennebeck
Klondike
McDonald-Southerland Prospect
McQuarrie Quarry
Mongar Mine
Nellie Mine
Queen Mary Copper Prospect (Northern Spy; Wisconsin)
Senate Mine
Sumpter (Black Hawk)
Triangle And Grass Widow Mines (Morning Mine)
Unnamed Barite (MRDS - 10124588)

Latitude: 46°47'56"N
Longitude: 113°38'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.798888888889,-113.64972222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Enargite	Malachite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Enargite Malachite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	232228	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	232218,232230,232241	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	232221,232238	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	232218,232221,232238	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	232217,232218,232222,232227,232241	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	232221,232228,232230	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	13	232217,232218,232219,232221,232222,232224,232225,232228,232230,232237,232238,232239,232241	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	232218,232229	3846
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2	232221,232228	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	232217,232221,232222,232225,232227,232228,232237	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	232217,232218,232219,232221,232222,232224,232225,232226,232228,232230,232237,232238,232241	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	232217,232218,232230,232241	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	232221,232228,232238	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	232230	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	232221,232228	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	232217,232218,232221,232222,232227,232228,232230,232241	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	232221	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	232228	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	232228	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	232221	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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