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Locality Name:
Berkeley Pit, Butte, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 8655
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8655.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Berkeley Pit, Butte, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Adams Mine
Alex Scott Mine
Anaconda Mine (St. Lawrence; Neversweat)
Bellona Mine
Berkeley Mine
Cambers Mine
Dutton Mine
East Colusa Mine
Gopher Mine
Ground Squirrel Mine
Harrington Mine
Henry George Mine
High Ore Mine
Iduna Mine
Independence Mine (Independent Mine)
Modoc Mine
Moonlight Mine
Mountain View Mine
Parnell Mine
Pennsylvania Mine
Phases I-Berkeley Neck Prospect
Ramsdell-Parrot Mine
Rarus Mine
Saint Lawrence Mine (St. Lawrence Mine)
Silver Bow Mine
Tramway Mine
West Colusa Mine

Latitude: 46°1'5"N
Longitude: 112°30'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.018055555556,-112.51611111111

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beraunite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Enargite	Epsomite	Fluorite	Germanite	Gypsum	Kieserite	Malachite	Melanterite	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Römerite	Scheelite	Sepiolite
Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Voltaite	Wavellite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si U W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beraunite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Enargite Epsomite Fluorite Germanite Gypsum Kieserite Malachite Melanterite Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Römerite Scheelite Sepiolite
Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Voltaite Wavellite Wurtzite

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antlerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beraunite ()*	Betekhtinite ()*	Boothite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Copper ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Goslarite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Römerite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Voltaite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Wurtzite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	233644,233647,233649	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	0		246
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	233651	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	233627,233632,233637	11547
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	0		136
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	0		45
Boothite ()*	Melanterite	Cu(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	233651	18
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	14	233626,233627,233628,233632,233637,233640,233641,233642,233643,233644,233647,233648,233649,233650	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	233627,233637	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	233642	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	3	233627,233642,233649	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	18	233625,233627,233628,233630,233632,233634,233637,233638,233640,233641,233642,233643,233644,233647,233648,233649,233650,233651	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	233626,233627,233632,233637,233638,233640,233642,233649	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	4	233632,233642,233650,233651	110
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	0		382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	4	233627,233647,233649,233651	3846
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	0		136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	7	233627,233632,233637,233642,233643,233650,233651	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	233636	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0		1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	0		300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	14	233627,233628,233632,233634,233637,233638,233641,233642,233643,233644,233647,233648,233649,233651	910
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	233637	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	233627,233637,233643	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	233625,233627,233634,233638,233643	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	1	233650	72
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	233647	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	233627	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	0		82
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	6	233627,233637,233642,233648,233650,233651	469
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	0		198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	233627,233647,233649	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	233627	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20	233625,233626,233627,233628,233630,233632,233634,233635,233637,233638,233640,233641,233642,233643,233644,233647,233648,233649,233650,233651	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18	233625,233627,233628,233632,233634,233635,233637,233638,233640,233641,233642,233643,233644,233647,233648,233649,233650,233651	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	233632,233637	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	233643	969
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	0		115
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	0		241
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	233644,233647,233649	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	233627,233628,233630,233632,233637,233638,233641,233649,233651	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	0		332
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	0		139
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	233637	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	233627,233628,233637,233641,233642,233644,233648	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		636
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	0		111
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	233642	374
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	0		297
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	233644	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	233651	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070568	East Colusa Mine, Berkeley Pit, Butte, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA	https://rruff.info/R070568

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