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Locality Name:
Cherry Valley Mines (Cherry Valley No.1 And 2), Steelville, Crawford Co., Missouri, USA


mindat Locality ID: 10039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cherry Valley Mines (Cherry Valley No.1 And 2), Steelville, Crawford Co., Missouri, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°56'54"N
Longitude: 91°15'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.948333333333,-91.258055555556
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 Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCorundumDiasporeDufréniteKieseriteMalachite
MarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Azurite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O0139
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O0139


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