Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Motte Mine, Mine La Motte, Fredericktown District, Madison Co., Missouri, USA

mindat Locality ID: 14004
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14004.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Motte Mine, Mine La Motte, Fredericktown District, Madison Co., Missouri, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°36'34"N
Longitude: 90°14'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.609444444444,-90.249166666667

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Aragonite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Bieberite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Linnaeite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Retgersite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Millerite None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	143
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	50
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	55
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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