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Locality Name:
Indian Creek Mine, Ebo, Viburnum Trend District, Washington Co., Missouri, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 497
Youngest recorded age at locality: 485

mindat Locality ID: 11958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11958.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Indian Creek Mine, Ebo, Viburnum Trend District, Washington Co., Missouri, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°2'39"N
Longitude: 90°54'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.044166666667,-90.910555555556

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: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachiteMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)497485027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2497485027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)49748508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS497485024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2497485012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS249748505674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2497485039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2497485061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg49748505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS497485021482



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00227497485Late Cambrian host rock age      11958Indian Creek Mine, Ebo, Viburnum Trend District, Washington Co., Missouri, USAIndian CreekTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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