Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Woodson Co., Kansas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1408.021
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1407.979

mindat Locality ID: 21181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Woodson Co., Kansas, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Micro-Lite Quarry (Hills Pond Lamproite)
Rose Dome
Yates Center

Latitude: 37°48'45"N
Longitude: 95°45'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.8125,-95.760555555556

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pectolite	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca K Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Pectolite Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

18 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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	215319	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	215319	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1408.021	1407.979	2	215319,215320	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1408.021	1407.979	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1408.021	1407.979	0		9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1408.021	1407.979	2	215319,215320	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1408.021	1407.979	2	215319,215320	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1408.021	1407.979	2	215319,215320	17380
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			1	215319	363
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	215319	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1408.021	1407.979	2	215319,215320	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1408.021	1407.979	2	215319,215320	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1408.021	1407.979	3	215319,215320,215321	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	215319	148
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1408.021	1407.979	0		598
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1408.021	1407.979	0		1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	215319	3337
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	215319	652

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000137	granite (xenolith in kimberlite)

1 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
	Jen_0000137	1408.021	1407.979	1408±0.021	U-Pb			zircon				Zircon			273454	Rose Dome, Woodson Co., Kansas, USA	Rose Dome Granite (Xenolith in Kimberlite), Woodson Co., Kansas	Anderson (1983)	10.1130/MEM161-p133	GSAM161_133	an absence of older rocks indicating this anorogenic belt may have cut across what was an inactive continental margin

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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