Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cowles Mining District (Haystack Mining District; Boulder Mining District; Independence Mining District), Park Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50305
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50305.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cowles Mining District (Haystack Mining District; Boulder Mining District; Independence Mining District), Park Co., Montana, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Amit No. 5
Baboon Mountain Prospect
Baldy Prospect
Basin Creek
Black Diamond Prospect (War Eagle Prospect)
Buffalo No. 3 Prospect
Carter No. 50 Prospect
Charity Prospect
Corina Prospect
Falcon Occurrence
Gent No. 59 Prospect
Henke-Beer Placer
Holy Terror Occurrence
Lawyer Group
Minnesota Prospect
Mountain Sheep Prospect
Ray And Al Rudd Property
Red Fox Mine (Gray Eagle; Red Bird)
Robert Prospect
Rudd Property (Bridge Creek)
South Fork No. 1 Prospect
The Four Sevens Group (4-Sevens)
Upper Hellroaring Prospect (Regina & Red Chief Claims)
Way Bell Prospect

Latitude: 45°14'42"N
Longitude: 110°15'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.245,-110.26527777778

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.

Chalcopyrite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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: Cu Fe Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	232267	27198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	232267	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	232267	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	232267	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	232267	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	232267	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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