Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sanders Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45

mindat Locality ID: 50323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50323.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sanders Co., Montana, USA": 180
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 162

Number of Child Localities: 62
Child Localities:
Allen Property Mine
Barite Occurrence (MRDS - 10245904)
Bay Horse Occurrence
Big Chief Mine
Blue Bell Prospect
Blue Ox Mine
Burns Mining District
Camas Prairie Mining District
Carmi Lode Occurrence
Colcar Peak Block Occurrence
Commercial Mines
Coyote Mine (Coyote Bill Mine; Bay Horse Mine)
Deacon Placer
Diamond Point Quartz Crystal Deposit
Dustan And Protection Prospect (Iron Clad Mine; Dustan Mine; Daniels Mine)
Eagle Mining District
Eddy Creek Mining District
Ester No. 3 Placer
Fishtrap Quarries
Freeman Prospect
Glaucus Mine (Glaucus-Cardiff; Herman)
Goat Creek Occurrence
Golden Roc Mines
Green Mountain Mine (Green Mountain Copper Mine; Drake Mine; Mayflower Lode - MS No. 10911; Dixon; See Lucky Strike - 0300890034)
Haines Point Silica Deposit
Hog Heaven District
Homestead Mining Claims
Judith Ann No. 1 Placer
Kennelty Mine
Larch-Recco Groups
Little Pittsburg Mine
Lucky Lode Prospect
Max 1 & 2 Prospects
Mint Mine
Montana-Utah Copper Comoany Mine
New Deal Mine
Noxon District
Paradise
Paul Bunyon Prospect
Pay Rock Mine
Perma District
Perma Sill Nickel Deposit
Pilgrim Creek District
Pine Cone Prospect
Plains District
Prospect Creek District
Razorback
Silver And Lead Prospect (MRDS - 10124322)
Silver Butte Mining District (Vermillion Mining District; Cabinet Mining District)
Slow Poke Occurrence
Spring Gulch District
St. Paul Pass Prospect
St. Regis Copper Company
Sullivan Hill Tuff Occurrence
Swamp Creek Mining District
Thompson River Mining District
Trout Creek Mining District
Unknown Clay - Kaolin (MRDS - 10108513)
Unnamed Bentonite (MRDS - 10197185)
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10294774)
White Cloud Occurrence
White Cloud Prospect

Latitude: 47°34'17"N
Longitude: 115°1'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.571388888889,-115.02833333333

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Malachite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*
Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cosalite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

44 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1400	1400	2	233576,233580	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	233485,233517,233573	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	233577	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1400	1400	1	233580	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	233469	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1400	1400	8	233420,233465,233483,233556,233576,233577,233578,233580	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	233512	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	233493,233494,233495	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1400	1400	3	233445,233500,233580	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1400	1400	4	233476,233556,233577,233580	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1400	1400	29	233420,233429,233430,233445,233455,233465,233475,233476,233483,233492,233493,233494,233495,233498,233508,233510,233514,233517,233519,233550,233556,233559,233561,233570,233573,233576,233577,233578,233580	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	233521	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			6	233420,233465,233479,233559,233576,233577	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	233481	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	233445	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			3	233556,233576,233577	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			4	233420,233443,233465,233476	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	233556	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			2	233576,233577	910
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1400	1400	1	233580	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1400	1400	24	233438,233445,233446,233453,233455,233475,233483,233492,233500,233503,233510,233512,233514,233517,233519,233550,233556,233559,233573,233574,233577,233578,233580,233582	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1400	1400	1	233580	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			23	233420,233429,233430,233455,233457,233465,233471,233500,233520,233521,233544,233545,233548,233552,233555,233557,233558,233561,233566,233573,233583,233585,233588	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	233420,233465,233573	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1400	1400	1	233580	82
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	233517	784
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂			1	233508	230
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1400	1400	15	233420,233437,233443,233460,233465,233476,233479,233494,233553,233554,233559,233562,233576,233577,233580	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	233492	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	560	45	1	233461	5800
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	233475	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			20	233420,233455,233465,233475,233483,233492,233493,233498,233508,233510,233512,233517,233550,233556,233559,233561,233573,233576,233577,233582	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1400	1400	2	233445,233580	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			9	233420,233445,233465,233475,233483,233498,233510,233512,233556	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			24	233420,233438,233453,233455,233460,233465,233467,233475,233476,233479,233485,233492,233493,233494,233495,233500,233508,233510,233512,233517,233573,233576,233577,233582	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	233573	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			5	233445,233495,233500,233512,233573	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1400	1400	11	233429,233430,233455,233460,233483,233492,233503,233556,233561,233573,233580	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			2	233420,233465	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			13	233445,233483,233492,233503,233508,233510,233514,233517,233519,233550,233559,233573,233578	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	233423,233508	3418
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			5	233420,233465,233479,233576,233577	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			7	233445,233455,233517,233576,233577,233578,233582	5317
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	233577	297

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01167_206_238	45	45	45	206_238	zircon	Zircon		161658	Goat Creek Occurrence, Sanders Co., Montana, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01167_207_206	560	560	560	207_206	zircon	Zircon		161658	Goat Creek Occurrence, Sanders Co., Montana, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01167_207_235	56	56	56	207_235	zircon	Zircon		161658	Goat Creek Occurrence, Sanders Co., Montana, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
sedcu-00647	1400	1400	Middle Proterozoic (Helikian)				Cu	36226	Daisy Creek Prospect, Thompson Falls, Thompson River Mining District, Sanders Co., Montana, USA	Daisy Creek	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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