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Locality Name:
St. Francois Co., Missouri, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24167
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24167.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St. Francois Co., Missouri, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Blackwell
Bonne Terre District
Central Mining Company Mine
Federal
Flat River
Flat River-Desloge Mines
Hayden Creek
Hazel Run (Byan Mine)
Howard And Ruth Cole Property
Iron Township
J.H. Dean Land
Leadwood District
Leadwood Road Cut
National Group
Northwest St. Francois Barite District
Owl Creek Basin Group
Randolph Township
St. Joseph Lead Company No.8 Mine
Taylor Mine

Latitude: 37°52'5"N
Longitude: 90°32'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.868055555556,-90.548055555556

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 Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidote
EpsomiteFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteNickelineNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212259373419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312259371534
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5225913,225914,225934,225937,22595111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412259375516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10225914,225916,225919,225925,225926,225933,225937,225943,225946,22595427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2225914,2259264979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210225913,225914,225916,225919,225925,225934,225937,225946,225949,22595427198
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43225916,225925,225946651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612259374135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211225913,225916,225919,225925,225934,225937,225939,225946,225949,225954,2259569895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12259378173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1225926484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212259379617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS22225913,225914,225916,225919,225922,225923,225925,225926,225932,225933,225934,225937,225939,225943,225945,225946,225949,225950,225952,225954,225955,22595624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12259517437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3122593714640
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S43225916,225925,225946249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4122593714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2122591412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23225916,225925,2259465674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS12259491066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2122593717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210225914,225916,225919,225925,225926,225937,225943,225946,225951,22595639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82225914,2259169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27225913,225916,225925,225934,225937,225946,22595161156
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41225926249
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12259142473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS8225914,225916,225919,225925,225926,225939,225946,22594921482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212259372562



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