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Locality Name:
Wharf Mine, Bald Mountain District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

mindat Locality ID: 25006
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25006.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wharf Mine, Bald Mountain District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°20'54"N
Longitude: 103°50'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.348333333333,-103.83833333333

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.

Adelite	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcioferrite	Calcite	Clay	Copiapite
Copper	Coronadite	Dufrénite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Mica	Mixite	None
Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Phosphofibrite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Aluminocopiapite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Dufrénite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hollandite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Meurigite-K ()*	Microcline ()*
Minyulite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Variscite ()*	Zálesíite ()*

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 As Au Ba Br C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Br C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcioferrite Calcite Clay Copiapite
Copper Coronadite Dufrénite Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Löllingite Mica Mixite None
Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Phosphofibrite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tridymite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O	50
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	139
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	243
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Meurigite-K ()*	Phosphofibrite	KFe³⁺₈(PO₄)₆(OH)₇·6.5H₂O	21
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Minyulite ()*	None	KAl₂(PO₄)₂F·4H₂O	31
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	44
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	84

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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