Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Crater Of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite), Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 109
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 14088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crater Of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite), Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arkansas Mine
Mauney Mine (Lark Mine)
Ozark Mine

Latitude: 34°1'59"N
Longitude: 93°40'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.033055555556,-93.6725

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diamond
Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Jeppeite	Magnetoplumbite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

Almandine ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Haggertyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jeppeite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Priderite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Spinel ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*

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 Cr F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Coronadite Corundum Diamond
Diaspore Epidote Garnet Jeppeite Magnetoplumbite Mica None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	109	90	0		2353
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	109	90	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	109	90	0		27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	109	90	0		3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	109	90	1	150125	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	109	90	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	109	90	0		8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	109	90	0		2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	109	90	0		1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	109	90	0		7437
Haggertyite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	BaFe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂Ti₅MgO₁₉	109	90	0		1
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	109	90	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	109	90	0		5433
Jeppeite ()*	Jeppeite	(K,Ba)₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)₆O₁₃	109	90	0		4
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	109	90	0		14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	109	90	0		2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	109	90	0		1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	109	90	0		495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	109	90	0		2273
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆	109	90	0		41
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	109	90	0		39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	109	90	0		341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	109	90	0		61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	109	90	0		148
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	109	90	0		1934
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	109	90	0		120

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	AREPS5_257-00001	94	90	97±2	K-Ar			phlogopite	AK-1			Phlogopite			14088	Crater Of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite), Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA	Prairie Creek	Zartman (1977)	10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353	AREPS5_257
	AREPS5_257-00002	109	103	106±3	K-Ar			phlogopite	AK-8			Phlogopite			14088	Crater Of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite), Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA	Prairie Creek	Zartman (1977)	10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353	AREPS5_257

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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