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Locality Name:
Broadway Mine (Victoria Mine; Bowery; Delaware), Silver Star, Silver Star Mining District, Madison Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 68411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broadway Mine (Victoria Mine; Bowery; Delaware), Silver Star, Silver Star Mining District, Madison 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
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: Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGarnetMalachiteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7070027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S707005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27070027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O707003531
Copper  (*)CopperCu707003846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O707002970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)707008173
Gold  (*)CopperAu7070030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3707001544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O670700741
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27070012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl707001107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27070039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2707003106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl707001725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8707009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27070061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7070021482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl70700605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4707001655


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-001867070      YesMolybdenite, Powellite, WulfeniteMo23236Madison Co., Montana, USAMadison CountyGammons et al. (2006)10.1007/s10230-006-0113-7MWE25_70 

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