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Locality Name:
Mayflower Prospect (West Mayflower Mine), Norwegian Mining District (Whitehall Mining District), Madison Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 63352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mayflower Prospect (West Mayflower Mine), Norwegian Mining District (Whitehall Mining District), Madison Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°47'38"N
Longitude: 112°'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.793888888889,-112.00083333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Apatite	Brackebuschite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Descloizite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melonite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Benleonardite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calderónite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mcguinnessite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Roscoelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tangeite ()*
Tellurium ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Apatite Brackebuschite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Descloizite Malachite Marcasite
Melonite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	70	70	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	70	70	489
Benleonardite ()*	Polybasite	Ag₁₅Cu(Sb,As)₂S₇Te₄	70	70	20
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	70	70	361
Calderónite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Fe³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	70	70	29
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	70	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	70	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	70	70	169
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	70	70	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	70	70	378
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	70	70	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	70	70	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	70	70	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	70	70	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	70	70	804
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	70	70	5674
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂	70	70	34
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	70	70	67
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	70	70	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	70	39462
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	70	70	253
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70	70	21482
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	70	70	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	70	70	337
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	70	70	60
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	70	70	190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	70	70	5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	70	70	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	70	70	1655

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00186	70	70								Yes		Molybdenite, Powellite, Wulfenite	Mo	23236	Madison Co., Montana, USA	Madison County	Gammons et al. (2006)	10.1007/s10230-006-0113-7	MWE25_70

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