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:
Comet Mine (Gar Mine; Telstar Group), Elkhorn Mining District (Coolidge Mining District; Wise River Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 63865
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63865.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Comet Mine (Gar Mine; Telstar Group), Elkhorn Mining District (Coolidge Mining District; Wise River Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Caledonite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Quartz	Scheelite	Tetrahedrite

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: As Ba C Cl Cu H Mo O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Cl Cu H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Caledonite Linarite Malachite None Quartz Scheelite Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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