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Locality Name:
Silver Butte Mining District (Vermillion Mining District; Cabinet Mining District), Sanders Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Butte Mining District (Vermillion Mining District; Cabinet Mining District), Sanders Co., Montana, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Ajax Placer
Bonanaza Gold Inc. Mine (Vermillion Gold Inc. Mine)
Bonanza Gold Mine
Brende Deposit
Carl E. No. 2 Placer
Copper Ridge Prospect
Gold King Prospect
Gold Lode Mining Company Occurrence (Harfort Group; Heater S Company)
Goldbar Occurrence
Jeff Group (Wog Group; Circle 8 Group)
Laura Apex Group
May Placer
Montanore Deposit (Noxon Project; Rock Lake Deposit)
Ogoma No. 3 Placer
Russell Placer Claim
Sales Mine (Monia; Wild Horse Claim; Coming Day Claim; Sales Prospect; White Pigeon Lode Claim; Early Day)
Shoestring 1 & 2
Sims Prospect
Unnamed Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10019034)
Vermillion Creek Placer
Vermillion Prospect (Carpenter; Silver Butte)
Walnut-Carl E. Placer
Waylett Placer

Latitude: 47°52'37"N
Longitude: 115°27'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.876944444444,-115.45722222222
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 Al Au C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDigeniteMalachiteNickelineNonePyriteRocksalt
Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412335565516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12335565707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24233550,233556,233559,23356127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12335593531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12335564165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S12335561027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3233550,233556,23355924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu9233544,233545,233548,233552,233555,233557,233558,233561,23356630554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24233553,233554,233559,23356212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24233550,233556,233559,23356139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812335569056
Silver  (*)CopperAg2233556,2335615186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2233550,23355921482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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