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Locality Name:
Fredericktown, Fredericktown District, Madison Co., Missouri, USA


mindat Locality ID: 25504
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25504.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fredericktown, Fredericktown District, Madison Co., Missouri, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Catherine Mine
Fredericktown Claim
Fredericktown Lead Company Mine
Gosney Prospect Shaft
Hickory Nut Mine (Nut No.1; 2; 3)
Jack Diggings
Madison Mine (Copper Creek; National Lead Company; North American Lead Company; Missouri Cobalt Mine; Buckeye)
Nifong Prospect Shaft
Ozark Lead Mine
Park City Consolidated Mines Company Mine (Park City Mines)
St Louis Smelting And Refining Company Mine

Latitude: 37°33'49"N
Longitude: 90°18'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.563611111111,-90.312222222222

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: C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCovelliteMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2225501,2255022734
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412255025516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122550727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12255014979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2225501,225507925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23225501,225507,22551127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12255024165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24225501,225502,225505,2255079895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5225501,225502,225505,225507,22551024243
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41225507249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22225501,22550712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23225501,225507,2255115674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS12255101066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23225501,225507,22551139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22225501,22550761156
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S42225507,225511249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3225507,225508,22551021482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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