Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3404
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3404.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Avant Mine
Cruse Anderson Mine
Dug Hill

Latitude: 34°39'15"N
Longitude: 93°19'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.654166666667,-93.328333333333

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Diaspore	None	Quartz	Turquoise	Wavellite

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: Al C Ca F Fe H O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Diaspore None Quartz Turquoise Wavellite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Fluorwavellite ()*	Goethite ()*
Planerite ()*	Quartz ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	149675	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	149671	27770
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	3	149673,149674,149675	310
Fluorwavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₂F·5H₂O	1	149673	26
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	149673	43
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	149671,149672,149674	61156
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	3	149673,149674,149675	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	2	149674,149675	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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