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Locality Name:
White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1702
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1702

mindat Locality ID: 19847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°39'22"N
Longitude: 103°34'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.656111111111,-103.5825
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 As B Ba Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArseniosideriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteArthuriteAutuniteBerauniteBerylCalcioferriteCerite
ClayFairfielditeFeldsparHureauliteLöllingiteLaueiteLeucophosphiteMicaNoneOlivine
PharmacosideritePhosphosideriteQuartzRockbridgeiteStewartiteStrunziteSymplesiteTourmalineTridymiteVivianite
Walentaite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beraunite  (*)
Bermanite  (*)Beryl  (*)Collinsite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Heterosite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Laueite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Messelite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Parasymplesite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Quartz  (*)Robertsite  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Schneiderhöhnite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sicklerite  (*)
Stewartite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tavorite  (*)Tinsleyite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Walentaite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Xanthoxenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1702170208803
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3170217020231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1702170209052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1702170201272
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O170217020136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O17021702055
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181702170204286
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O17021702038
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1702170202740
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)170217020204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O170217020125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH170217020367
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17021702070
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O170217020110
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2170217020762
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O17021702043
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1702170204924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O170217020129
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O17021702044
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217021702017380
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O170217020124
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O170217020428
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O170217020182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217021702061156
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O17021702036
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5170217020206
Schneiderhöhnite  (*)NoneFe2+Fe3+3As3+5O1317021702015
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1702170202705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1702170201153
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)17021702066
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17021702048
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O17021702098
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O17021702092
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)17021702035
Tinsleyite  (*)LeucophosphiteKAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1702170209
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O170217020433
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2170217020458
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)170217020313
Walentaite  (*)Walentaite[Mn(H2O)6][   As3+3Fe3+3(PO4)2O7]1702170206
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6170217020104
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O17021702029


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00046170217021702  high   YesFaheyiteBe45259Roosevelt Group (Rough Rider), Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA Dahl and Foland (2008)10.2138/am.2008.2633AM93_1215 
Be-00023170217021702  high   YesEhrleite, Fransoletite, Greifensteinite, Pahasapaite, Parafransoletite, Roscherite, TiptopiteBe4122Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA Dahl and Foland (2008)10.2138/am.2008.2633AM93_1215 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050165White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050165

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