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Locality Name:
Marion Co., Arkansas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 15701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marion Co., Arkansas, USA": 110
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 82

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Arkansas Wonder Mine
Bain Saltpeter Cave
Bean Saltpeter Cave
Big Buffalo
Big Music-Sister Creek District
Bull Shoals Mine
Cedar Creek-Boat Creek-CPW District
Clear Jack Mine
Dodd City District
Georges Creek-Jimmie Creek District
Greasey Creek - Hampton Creek - Clear Creek District
Hiawatha Claim
Lenon And Layton Prospect
Little Buffalo Mine
Lost Bell Claim
Malloy And Blevins
Maumee-Water Creek District
Mitchell Property
Panther Creek - Ingram Creek District
Rush Creek District
Saltpeter Cave
Short Mountain District
Tomahawk District
Warner Creek-Halls Mountain District
White Owl Claim
Wood's Mine
Yankee Boy Claim
Zinc District

Latitude: 36°17'28"N
Longitude: 92°43'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.291111111111,-92.728333333333
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: As C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg N O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteEnargiteEpsomiteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Niter  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2149913,1499163250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)68149841,149845,149852,149862,149904,149912,149913,149917919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10149851,149852,149860,149888,149902,149911,149913,149916,149919,14992727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11498664979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213149841,149904,149907,149908,149909,149910,149911,149912,149913,149916,149917,149919,14992127198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)248149837,149845,149852,149858,149859,149861,149864,149866,149872,149873,149874,149875,149878,149879,149880,149882,149884,149888,149889,149890,149891,149893,149898,149902,149904,149905,149907,149908,149909,149910,149911,149912,149913,149915,149916,149917,149919,149920,149921,149932,149934,149935,149936,149937,149938,149939,149941,1499469895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42149913,149916910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17149852,149855,149856,149860,149866,149874,149878,149881,149924,149926,149927,149940,149941,149942,149943,149944,14994624243
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O0188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2149902,149913717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5149902,149912,149913,149916,1499196890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O17149837,149841,149847,149849,149850,149852,149866,149894,149897,149902,149905,149912,149913,149942,149943,149944,1499461689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)66149902,149911,149913,149916,149927,1499401066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25149852,149866,149902,149913,14991612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211499135674
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)3149838,149839,149923181
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23149866,149913,14991939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2149852,1498561725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29149841,149852,149866,149881,149902,149913,149916,149917,14992761156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)56149837,149840,149841,149845,149846,149847,149849,149850,149851,149852,149856,149861,149862,149865,149866,149871,149874,149876,149880,149881,149882,149884,149885,149887,149891,149893,149894,149897,149898,149899,149901,149902,149911,149912,149913,149916,149917,149922,149924,149926,149927,149928,149930,149931,149932,149934,149935,149936,149937,149938,149939,149940,149942,149943,149944,1499462473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS87149837,149840,149841,149843,149844,149845,149846,149847,149849,149850,149851,149852,149854,149855,149856,149857,149858,149859,149860,149861,149862,149864,149865,149866,149868,149869,149871,149872,149873,149874,149875,149876,149877,149878,149879,149880,149881,149882,149883,149884,149885,149887,149888,149889,149890,149891,149893,149894,149896,149897,149898,149899,149901,149902,149903,149904,149905,149906,149907,149908,149909,149910,149911,149912,149913,149914,149915,149916,149917,149919,149920,149921,149924,149926,149927,149932,149934,149935,149936,149937,149938,149939,149941,149942,149943,149944,14994621482


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