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Locality Name:
Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 65103
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65103.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bald Mountain
Best Wish Placer
Boulder District
Boulder Iron Mine (Boulder Deposit)
Delmoe Lake Area
Goldflint Mountain
Homestake Pass
Little Gem Mine
Little Pipestone Creek
Marcus Pruett's Feldspar Claim
Rader Creek
Toll Mountain
Wissikihon Creek

Latitude: 46°4'6"N
Longitude: 112°11'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.068333333333,-112.18777777778

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 As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteAstrophylliteAutuniteAxiniteBaryteBerylBrookite
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumDanburiteDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
TitaniteTopazTourmalineVesuvianiteZircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Astrophyllite  (*)Autunite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Cosalite  (*)Danburite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12290762793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11229070,229076,229093,229095,229096,229098,229099,229100,229103,229104,2291068803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO24229099,229100,229101,2291062162
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12290761036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12290769052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F2229099,229100161
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12290761272
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)21229103260
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)122907611547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21229100606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812291004286
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO23229100,229101,229106700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122907127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12290745707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23229074,229076,22908727198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12290832600
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S52229093,229100344
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O81229100148
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612290714135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5229093,229098,229100,229101,2291038173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12291032740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3229074,229076,22908524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3229070,229101,2291077437
Gold  (*)CopperAu7229074,229079,229081,229085,229087,229088,22909130554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312290711544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3122909314640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312291005433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412290765591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21229076238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4122910614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2122910112537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1229076443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)10229070,229093,229096,229098,229099,229100,229101,229103,229104,2291064924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22229076,2290875800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)27229076,229093,229096,229098,229099,229100,22910617380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12290762349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1229100326
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1229087494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312290761425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24229074,229076,229085,22908739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218229070,229074,229076,229087,229093,229094,229095,229096,229097,229098,229099,229100,229101,229102,229103,229104,229106,22910761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22229096,2291005614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81229076353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12290874894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)6229093,229096,229099,229100,229101,2291062705
Silver  (*)CopperAg12290765186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33229093,229099,2291001214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS122907421482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12290871101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O7229070,229098,229100,229101,229103,229104,2291064899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22229093,2290941476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212290762718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1229076890
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012290711395
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O1229076185
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12291005251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061082Little Gem Mine, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, USAhttps://rruff.info/R061082


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