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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

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 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: 
AluniteAragoniteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMilleriteNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Bieberite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Retgersite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O0143
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O050
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S40249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O055
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S40249
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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