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Locality Name:
Top O'Deep Mining District, Powell Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 186244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Top O'Deep Mining District, Powell Co., Montana, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bilk And Weasel Gulch Placer
Boston Mine
Elk Creek And Tributaries
Gold Leaf Mine
Mountain Mine
Nelson And Dan 1 And 2 Mines
Pearl Mine
Red Rock Mine

Latitude: 46°49'24"N
Longitude: 113°15'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.823333333333,-113.26333333333
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 Au C Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClayCopperMalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzSpinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23233112,233116,23311727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3233112,233117,2331193531
Gold  (*)CopperAu6233111,233112,233116,233117,233119,23312030554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123311714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23233112,233117,23311912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123312017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25233112,233116,233117,233119,23312039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25233112,233116,233117,233119,23312061156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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