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Locality Name:
Anaconda Range, Deer Lodge Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 186076
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186076.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anaconda Range, Deer Lodge Co., Montana, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Big Six Prospect
Ceto Prospect
East Fork Prospects
Lower Seymour Lake Mo Occurrence
Main Range Beryl Occurrence
Mill And Clear Creeks Placer
Mill Creek Occurrence
Sioux Placer
Storm Lake Tungsten Prospect
Sunshine Mine (Best; August-September; Tungstar Mine; Tarlach Mine; Pearl)
Weathervane Hill Occurrence
White Cliff Quarry

Latitude: 46°4'26"N
Longitude: 113°5'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.073888888889,-113.09777777778

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite	Molybdenite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Copper Feldspar Fluorite Molybdenite None Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	227721	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	227721	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	227723,227726	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	227725,227726	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	227723,227727	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	227726	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	227719,227722	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	227721	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	227721	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	227720	5800
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	227717,227721,227723,227726	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	227717,227725,227726	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	227720	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	227726	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	227725,227726	5317
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	227723	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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