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Molybdenite from
Golden Sunlight Mine, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Golden Sunlight Mine, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:557001
Long-form Identifier:1:3:557001:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Molybdenite in this Region
North pit, Golden Sunlight Mine, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘNorth pit, Golden Sunlight Mine, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘBonanza prospect, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘRootbeer pegmatite, Delmoe Lake area, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
32.6km (20.2 miles) ⓘNiki Mine (Nikki Mine; Lonnie Stevens Mine), Pipestone Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘBismark Mine, South Boulder Mining District, Madison County, Montana, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘTretheway Lode Prospect, Pipestone Pass Area, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
33.3km (20.7 miles) ⓘPlainview Lode Occurrence, Summit Valley Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
33.4km (20.7 miles) ⓘPentfield lode prospect, Pipestone Pass area, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘThrift Stamp Lode Prospect, Pipestone Pass Area, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
33.9km (21.1 miles) ⓘNickelodeon occurrence, Boulder Mining District, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
References
Economic Geology,(1996) Vol. 91-3, pp.507-526
Spry, P. G., Foster, F., Truckle, J. S., Chadwick, T. H. (1997) The mineralogy of the Golden Sunlight gold-silver telluride deposit, Whitehall, Montana, U.S.A. Mineralogy and Petrology, 59 (3) 143-164 doi:10.1007/bf01161857
Gammons, Christopher H.; Gnanou, Hamadou; Odt, David; Poulson, Simon R. (2020) Mineralogy and sulfur isotope geochemistry of polymetallic, porphyry-epithermal mineralization peripheral to the Golden Sunlight gold mine, Montana. Ore Geology Reviews, 126. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103797
Zhao, Gang, Zhai, Degao, Keith, Manuel, Voudouris, Panagiotis, Tombros, Stylianos, Zhang, Hongyu, Liu, Jiajun (2025) Sulfur and He-Ar isotopic constraints on the origin of alkalic-type epithermal Au-Ag-Te deposits: Insights from the Golden Sunlight deposit, Montana, USA. Ore Geology Reviews, 176. 106435 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106435
 
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