Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mississippi, USA

mindat Locality ID: 16820
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16820.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mississippi, USA": 813
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 760

Number of Child Localities: 45
Child Localities:
Attala Co.
Benton Co.
Calhoun Co.
Carroll Co.
Choctaw Co.
Claiborne Co.
Clay Co.
Copiah Co.
Forrest Co.
Harrison Co.
Hinds Co.
Holmes Co.
Itawamba Co.
Jasper Co.
Jones Co.
Kemper Co.
Lafayette Co.
Lamar Co.
Lauderdale Co.
Lee Co.
Lincoln Co.
Lowndes Co.
Madison Co.
Marshall Co.
Monroe Co.
Montgomery Co.
Noxubee Co.
Oktibbeha Co.
Panola Co.
Perry Co.
Pontotoc Co.
Prentiss Co.
Rankin Co.
Scott County
Smith Co.
Sunflower Co.
Tallahatchie Co.
Tippah Co.
Tishomingo Co.
Union Co.
Warren Co.
Wayne Co.
Webster Co.
Winston Co.
Yazoo Co.

Latitude: 33°10'26"N
Longitude: 89°21'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.173888888889,-89.358333333333

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Sulphur

Aegirine ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickel ()*	Nickelphosphide ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Cristobalite Gypsum Kaolinite
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Sulphur

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	224370	1022
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	224302,224457	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	224302	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	224293,224294,224302,224592,224678,224687,224721,224805	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	224302,224457	1252
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	224705,224706	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	224302	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	224302,224457,224808	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	22	224176,224613,224697,224699,224700,224702,224703,224704,224708,224710,224711,224712,224713,224715,224716,224717,224719,224724,224725,224728,224749,224932	504
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	224457,224680,224725	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	224291,224302,224457	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	224264,224571,224810	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	31	224170,224176,224295,224313,224342,224344,224604,224613,224689,224697,224699,224700,224702,224703,224704,224708,224710,224711,224712,224713,224715,224716,224717,224719,224724,224725,224728,224749,224932,224934,224951	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	224302,224600	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	16	224170,224295,224311,224313,224342,224344,224348,224539,224684,224685,224689,224705,224706,224722,224934,224951	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	224170,224689	17380
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	1	224598	57
Nickelphosphide ()*	None	Ni₃P	1	224599	19
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4	224290,224705,224706,224757	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	224302,224457,224471,224601,224808	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	224302	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	224170,224290,224301,224305,224306,224312,224457,224477,224604,224613,224697,224761,224932	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	9	224168,224264,224370,224484,224571,224609,224694,224763,224810	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	224302,224457	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	224302,224457	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	224457	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	224599	703

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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