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Locality Name:
Linn Co., Kansas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 194434
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194434.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Linn Co., Kansas, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Farlinville Quarry
Jumbo Mine
Midway Coal Mine
Mound City Quarry
Prescott
Prescott Prospect

Latitude: 38°6'8"N
Longitude: 94°48'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.102222222222,-94.814444444444

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayKaoliniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)121520711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5215206,215207,215209,215211,21521227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22215209,21521127198
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41215211651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25215206,215207,215209,215211,2152129895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2215207,21521224243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42215206,2152115591
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22215209,21521139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22215206,21521161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6215206,215207,215208,215209,215211,21521221482



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