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Locality Name:
Galena, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 58
Youngest recorded age at locality: 46

mindat Locality ID: 31571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Galena, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bear Den Mountain
Gilt Edge Mine (Rattlesnake Jack; Dakota Maid; Ruby Ridge; Gilt Edge Glory Hole; Oro-Fina; Anchor Hill Mines 0460810072)
Merritt Mines (Merritt No. 1 Mine; Merritt No. 2 Mine)

Latitude: 44°20'11"N
Longitude: 103°39'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.336388888889,-103.65083333333
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: Ag Al As Au C Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCopperEpsomiteFeldsparKaoliniteLöllingiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61265553966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1265553272
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126555327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2265553,2655541382
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O126555341
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2265553,26555424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2265553,26555430554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O1265554188
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412655535591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21265554762
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)58462265552,2655532349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22265553,26555439462
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1265553598
Silver  (*)CopperAg2265553,2655545186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12655542473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2265553,26555421482


1 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
NAVDAT-92337584652±6   92337    122218Bear Den Mountain, Galena, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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