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Locality Name:
Deadwood, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 48273
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48273.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deadwood, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Belle Eldridge Gold Mine (Deadwood Lead And Zinc Company Mine; Helen Gould Claim)
City Creek
Deadwood Formation
Deadwood Gulch
French Mine
Montezuma Mine
Olaf Seim Mine (Gotland Mine; Broken Boot)
Pahasapa Limestone
Route 85
Whizzers Mine

Latitude: 44°22'23"N
Longitude: 103°43'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.373055555556,-103.73027777778
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasite
MelanteriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite
Titanite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12655159052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212655155509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)126551911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126552327770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3265520,265521,265524925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24265515,265520,265521,26552427198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12655163846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212655159895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126551524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3265515,265520,26552130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12655162812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412655155591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2126551512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212655155674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1265521915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25265515,265516,265520,265521,26552439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812655159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22265520,26552461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12655155186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS126551521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312655193418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312655165317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12655154899


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