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


mindat Locality ID: 17342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Original Mine, Butte, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°1'8"N
Longitude: 112°32'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.018888888889,-112.53805555556
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: As C Ca Cu F Fe Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu F Fe Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteColumbiteEnargiteFluoriteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
TetrahedriteWurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)0469
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372


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