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Locality Name:
Treece, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 68
Youngest recorded age at locality: 64

mindat Locality ID: 3765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Treece, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bendelari Mine
Boska Mine
Chubb Mine
John Bailey Mine
King Brand Mine
Lawyers Mine
Lucky Jew Mine
Mid-Continent Mine
Robinson Mine
Treece Mine
Tulsa Quapaw Mine
Vinegar Hill
Webber Mine

Latitude: 37°0'24"N
Longitude: 94°51'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.006666666667,-94.858888888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteEnargiteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteWurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)68645215109,215111,215115,215116,21511727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)686412151144979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS268645215109,215111,215115,215116,21511727198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)268649215109,215110,215111,215113,215114,215116,215117,215121,2151229895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS468644215116,215119,215121,215122910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS686410215109,215111,215112,215114,215116,215117,215118,215119,215121,21512224243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O68642215114,2151166890
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS468641215114198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26864121512112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS268645215109,215111,215116,215117,2151185674
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)668641215121477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS268644215109,215111,215116,21511739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO268644215109,215111,215116,21511761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS68646215109,215111,215116,215117,215118,21512221482



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
G28_795_001686466±2U-Pb calcite  YesCalcite  12395Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USAPicher fieldCoveney et al. (2000) G28_795 


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