Locality type: | Prospect |
Classification |
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Type: | Chert |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chert data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Stapleton prospect, Stapleton Gulch, Argenta, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 404101 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:404101:6 |
GUID (UUID V4): | fd5058ee-d1ba-44cd-9f6f-d0c14a38d75d |
Nearest other occurrences of Chert |
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94.2km (58.5 miles) | ⓘJohnny Gulch Iron (Ruby Creek), Madison County, Montana, USA |
96.0km (59.6 miles) | ⓘGolden Sunlight Mine (Telluride and Excelsior; Moonlight Buffalo; Blue Moose; Minera Hill; Sunlight), Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA |
96.9km (60.2 miles) | ⓘUnidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10094562), Anaconda Range, Granite County, Montana, USA |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Figure 2. Western side of Stapleton Gulch in the Argenta district. The Stapleton workings are visible in...of the center below the crest of the hill. in Montana Unless otherwise noted, all photographs by the... CHRISTOPHER S. TUCKER PO Box 22575 Billings, Montana 59104 tuckerj@mcn.net W ith the variety of colors...wulfenite; however, they seldom have specimens from Montana in their collections. When one thinks of wulfenite...Southwest come to mind, not the mountains of western Montana. Figure 1. Wulfenite, with vanadinite, 8 mm across | | | Journal (issue) | Mineral Collector's The Minerals of the Stapleton Prospect, Montana Lanny R. Ream PO Box 2043 Coeur d 'Alene... Larry B. French 21 N. Winchester Miles City, Montana 59301 T he discovery o f significant amounts of...interest in m ine ral wealth o f the area that is now Montana. By the m id 1860s, m iners had spread from Bannac...lesnake Creek, abo ut 12 mi les northwest of Dillon, Montana. This discovery became the foc us of pros pecting...istence; o rigina lly named " Montana", the name was changed to "Argenta" after the Fre nch word for silver |
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