Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 3862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Aurora Mine
B. C. Mine
Blakie No. 2 Mine
Blue Goose Mine
Bull Dog Mine
Bullfrog Mine
Combination Mine
Conqueror Mine
Crystal Palace Mine
Elizabeth Mine
Empire Mines
Estrada Mine
Firecracker Mine
Gobbler Mine
Ino Mine
John Jackson Mine
Lone Elm Mine
Meadowcroft Mine
Pelican Mine
Pittsburg Mine
Porter Mines
Portland Mine
Raspberry Mine
Roach Cave
Uno Mine
Weber Mine
Zig Zag Mine

Latitude: 37°6'15"N
Longitude: 94°31'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.104166666667,-94.521666666667

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.

Aluminite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Aluminite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Picropharmacolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Co H Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aluminite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

20 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
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	68	64	0		78
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	68	64	1	225416	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	68	64	1	225402	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	68	64	1	225409	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	68	64	18	225400,225401,225402,225403,225406,225407,225408,225410,225414,225415,225416,225417,225418,225419,225421,225422,225423,225424	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	68	64	2	225416,225426	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	68	64	2	225401,225416	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	68	64	0		966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	68	64	2	225401,225416	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	68	64	7	225401,225402,225405,225409,225416,225425,225426	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	68	64	2	225409,225412	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	68	64	2	225399,225416	1689
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	68	64	7	225401,225405,225409,225411,225416,225423,225426	5674
Picropharmacolite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O	68	64	0		99
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	68	64	2	225416,225426	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	68	64	1	225416	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	68	64	1	225426	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	68	64	3	225412,225416,225420	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	68	64	5	225405,225409,225416,225418,225426	21482
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	68	64	2	225405,225426	372

1 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
	G28_795_001	68	64	66±2	U-Pb			calcite			Yes	Calcite			12395	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA	Picher field	Coveney et al. (2000)		G28_795

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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