Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 211004
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211004.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goldflint Mountain, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Beehive #1 Pegmatite
Beehive #2 Pegmatite
Beehive #3 Pegmatite
Foolhen #2 Pegmatite

Latitude: 45°58'3"N
Longitude: 112°21'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.9675,-112.3575

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.

Astrophyllite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rutile	Titanite	Tourmaline

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 B Ca F Fe H K Mn Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Astrophyllite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rutile Titanite Tourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Epidote ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*
Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	229096,229098,229099	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	229099	2162
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1	229099	161
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	229098	8173
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	229096,229098,229099	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	229096,229098,229099	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	229096,229097,229098,229099	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	229096	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	229096,229099	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	229099	1214
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	229098	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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