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Locality Name:
Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 68
Youngest recorded age at locality: 64

mindat Locality ID: 16899
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16899.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Picher Field

Latitude: 37°0'43"N
Longitude: 94°48'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.011944444444,-94.807777777778
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 As C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCovelliteEnargiteEpsomite
GypsumLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StanniteWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O68641215106470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)686412151062734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)668641215106919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)686410215097,215102,215104,215105,215108,215109,215111,215115,215116,21511727770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)668641215106359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)686412151144979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS268648215097,215101,215108,215109,215111,215115,215116,21511727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O686412151063531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS686412151064165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O686412151062970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2686411215097,215108,215109,215110,215111,215113,215114,215116,215117,215121,2151229895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS468645215105,215116,215119,215121,215122910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS686417215096,215097,215098,215100,215102,215105,215106,215109,215111,215112,215114,215116,215117,215118,215119,215121,21512224243
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O68641215105188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS68640717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O68642215114,2151166890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O686401689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6686401066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)268641215106987
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS468642215108,215114198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)268642215106,21512112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS268647215096,215100,215109,215111,215116,215117,2151185674
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)668641215121477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS268646215096,215097,215109,215111,215116,21511739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO268647215097,215101,215102,215109,215111,215116,21511761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS686413215096,215097,215100,215101,215102,215105,215106,215109,215111,215116,215117,215118,21512221482


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
G28_795_001686466±2U-Pb calcite  YesCalcite  12395Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USAPicher fieldCoveney et al. (2000) G28_795 

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