Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Lion Mountain Group (Lion Mountain Tunnel; Cleopatra; Atlantis; Ariadne; Condor; Alta; True Fissure; Mark Anthony; Oneida; Pride Of The West; Blue Bird; Sheep Mountain; Ramshorn; Silver Quartz), Bryant Mining District (Hecla Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 63965
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63965.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lion Mountain Group (Lion Mountain Tunnel; Cleopatra; Atlantis; Ariadne; Condor; Alta; True Fissure; Mark Anthony; Oneida; Pride Of The West; Blue Bird; Sheep Mountain; Ramshorn; Silver Quartz), Bryant Mining District (Hecla Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cleopatra Mine

Latitude: 45°36'11"N
Longitude: 112°56'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.603055555556,-112.93638888889
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 H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltScheeliteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Silver  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61226482919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212264825509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21226482172
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12264824979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12264821689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12264821107
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21226482454
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412264821655


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