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Locality Name:
Prospect Creek District, Sanders Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50324
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50324.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prospect Creek District, Sanders Co., Montana, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Antimony Mines (Eureka And Ellis; Barto; Babbit; Coeur D'Alene; Interstate; Stibnite Hill)
Apex Mine
Arlington Prospect
Barto Claims (Blackjack; Midday; Mammont; Elda; Excelsior; Mornin View; St. George)
Bull Frog Prospect
Cooper Creek Mining Company Prospect (Neglected Mines Company)
Eagle
Happy Boy Prospect
Idaho Montana Mining Company
Iron Daisy Mine
Jim Fisk Patent Occurrence (Silent Friend Patent; Union Patent)
Montana Standard Mine
Prospect Creek Placer
Rosebud Mining Company Prospect
Shamrock Mine
Silver Cabin 1-6 Occurrence
Stibnite Hill Mines
Swan Prospect
Thompson Falls
Unnamed Flagstone Occurrence (MRDS - 10124523)

Latitude: 47°32'34"N
Longitude: 115°32'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.542777777778,-115.54583333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au C Cl Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12335179052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111233512843
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25233508,233510,233514,233517,23351927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12335211382
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5233510,233512,233514,233517,23351924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2233520,23352130554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141233517784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21233508230
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24233508,233510,233512,23351739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82233510,2335129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24233508,233510,233512,23351761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12335126417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5233508,233510,233514,233517,23351921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312335083418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312335175317


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