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Locality Name:
McPherson Co., Kansas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 130761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McPherson Co., Kansas, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Inman Meteorite
Roxbury

Latitude: 38°24'1"N
Longitude: 98°2'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.400277777778,-98.048333333333
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 C Ca Ce Cl Cr Fe Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Mg Na O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCeriteCorundumDiamondFeldsparIronMagnetoplumbiteNoneRocksaltRutile
SpinelWurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Diamond  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hibonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Merrillite  (*)Moissanite  (*)Nickelphosphide  (*)Nierite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Spinel  (*)Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12152251036
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412152253902
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1215225697
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121522514640
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O19121522580
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312152255433
Iron  (*)IronFe12152251089
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)71215225230
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC121522557
Nickelphosphide  (*)NoneNi3P121522519
Nierite  (*)NoneSi3N412152257
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212152255614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412152251934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1215225703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12152251044


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