Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 109
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 9925
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9925.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
American Mine (Kimberlite Mine)
Black Lick Prospect
Crater Of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite)
Plaster Bluff
Twin Knobs No. 1 Mine
Wall Mt.

Latitude: 34°3'44"N
Longitude: 93°39'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.062222222222,-93.654444444444

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diamond
Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Jeppeite	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite	Mica	None	Olivine
Palygorskite	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

Almandine ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Diamond ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Haggertyite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jeppeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Priderite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tetraferriphlogopite ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cr F Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Coronadite Corundum Diamond
Diaspore Epidote Garnet Gypsum Jeppeite Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite Mica None Olivine
Palygorskite Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	109	90	1	150124	2353
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	109	90	2	150122,150124	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	109	90	1	150124	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	109	90	2	150122,150124	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	150132	2600
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	109	90	5	150122,150123,150124,150125,150130	697
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	150132	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	109	90	1	150124	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	109	90	1	150124	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	109	90	1	150124	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	109	90	1	150124	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	109	90	2	150124,150132	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	150129	6890
Haggertyite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	BaFe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂Ti₅MgO₁₉	109	90	1	150124	1
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	109	90	2	150122,150124	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	109	90	1	150124	5433
Jeppeite ()*	Jeppeite	(K,Ba)₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)₆O₁₃	109	90	1	150124	4
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	109	90	2	150122,150124	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	109	90	1	150124	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	150122	306
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	109	90	1	150124	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	109	90	2	150122,150124	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	109	90	2	150124,150130	2273
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆	109	90	1	150124	41
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	109	90	1	150124	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	109	90	1	150124	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	109	90	1	150124	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	109	90	1	150124	148
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	109	90	1	150124	1934
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	150122	27
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	109	90	1	150124	120

2 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
	AREPS5_257-00001	94	90	97±2	K-Ar			phlogopite	AK-1			Phlogopite			14088	Crater Of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite), Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA	Prairie Creek	Zartman (1977)	10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353	AREPS5_257
	AREPS5_257-00002	109	103	106±3	K-Ar			phlogopite	AK-8			Phlogopite			14088	Crater Of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite), Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA	Prairie Creek	Zartman (1977)	10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353	AREPS5_257

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-250	Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-226-to-fkm-250/#FKM-250

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