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Locality Name:
Washington Co., Kansas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 130771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Washington Co., Kansas, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Farmington Meteorite

Latitude: 39°45'0"N
Longitude: 97°1'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.75,-97.032777777778

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: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Mg O S Sr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCeriteCopperCorundumCristobaliteCubaniteFeldsparIronNonePyroxene
RutileSphaleriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Rutile  (*)Spinel  (*)Taenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12153158803
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412153153902
Copper  (*)CopperCu12153153846
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21215315453
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612153154135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312153155433
Iron  (*)IronFe12153151089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S31215315191
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121531514899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)71215315230
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212153155614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412153151934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1215315703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12153151044



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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