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Locality Name:
Quartz Hill Mining District (Vipond Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quartz Hill Mining District (Vipond Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Aurora Mine
Basemark Claims
Bonanza Mine (Quartz Hill Property)
Bozeadar Property
Cannivan Gulch Prospect (Sheep Mountain Tungsten Prospect)
Churchill Mine
Daisy Vein Mine
Dewey
East Aurora Mine
Faithful Mine (Old Faithful; Julian Wegener)
Gold Coin Mine (Last Chance Group)
Great Western Mine
Grey Jockey Mine
Harrison Occurrence (Dora)
Keystone Mine
Knoby Mine
Last Chance Group
Leadville Mine (G-W Mine; Burglerosa Group)
Lime Kiln Gulch Quarry
Log Cabin Lode
Lone Pine Mine (Jay Hawk; Quartz Hill; Argyle)
Mewonitoc Prospect
Monte Cristo Mine
Pettingale Mine (Daisy Group; Rushwhite Tunnel; Pettingill)
Quartz Hill Complex
Quartz Hill Syncline Occurrence
Queen Of The Hills Mine
Sheep Mountain Prospects
Titanus Mine
Tuxedo Mine
Twin Fir Prospect (Quartz Hill)
Unknown Shaft Prospect (MRDS - 10123846)
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10269739)
Windy Claims (Sheep Mountain Prospects; Blue Bell; Blue Belt)

Latitude: 45°42'26"N
Longitude: 112°55'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.707222222222,-112.92611111111
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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cl Cu H O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperEpidoteFluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S4226732,226734,226752,2267622793
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212267445509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)7226732,226746,226751,226752,226756,226757,22676211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412267525516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122675127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2226762,2267704979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22226751,22676227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2226744,2267521382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12267573531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1226744363
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)29226732,226734,226740,226743,226746,226751,226755,226763,2267659895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12267368173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212267369617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S122226744,226752663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5226751,226752,226757,226762,22677024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2226737,22676230554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1226736469
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21226762265
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4122673614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22226744,22675712537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212267365800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2122673617380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2226736,226763494
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312267521425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23226736,226752,22676239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212267573106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812267519056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211226732,226736,226744,226746,226751,226752,226754,226755,226756,226757,22677061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2226736,2267634894
Silver  (*)CopperAg7226732,226734,226737,226752,226762,226764,2267665186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS122675221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42226734,226752586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S135226744,226746,226752,226754,2267555317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42226754,2267681655


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