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Locality Name:
Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 22695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chink Enders Mine
Picher Field

Latitude: 36°58'35"N
Longitude: 94°49'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.976388888889,-94.829444444444
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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCopiapiteCovelliteEnargiteEpsomiteGypsumKaoliniteKieseriteMalachiteMarcasite
MelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteSulphurVivianite
Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Diadochite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gedrite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Szomolnokite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)686412548482734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)686412548483250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS686412548489052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)68644254848,254853,254866,25487011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)686417254847,254848,254849,254850,254851,254856,254858,254859,254864,254869,254870,254874,254875,254876,254877,254879,25488127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)68642254848,2548514979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2686415254848,254849,254850,254851,254852,254858,254864,254874,254875,254876,254877,254878,254879,254880,25488127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O686412548483531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O68641254848382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS686412548484165
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O6864125484881
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2686417254848,254849,254850,254851,254852,254856,254858,254862,254864,254873,254874,254875,254876,254877,254879,254880,2548819895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS468642254848,254850910
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O68641254848484
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F686412548482740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS686422254847,254848,254849,254850,254851,254857,254858,254861,254863,254864,254865,254871,254872,254873,254874,254875,254876,254877,254878,254879,254880,25488124243
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)268642254850,254858178
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O68641254848188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS68641254848717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O686412548486890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O686412548481689
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)66864125484865
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6686412548481066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)468642254848,2548725591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS468641254848198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26864125484812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2686411254848,254849,254851,254855,254864,254874,254875,254876,254877,254879,2548815674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O68641254848915
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)668641254848477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2686412254848,254849,254850,254851,254856,254858,254864,254874,254876,254877,254879,25488139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl686412548481725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2686413254848,254849,254850,254851,254856,254858,254864,254874,254876,254877,254878,254879,25488161156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)686412548482473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS686421254847,254848,254849,254850,254851,254852,254856,254858,254863,254864,254870,254871,254872,254874,254875,254876,254877,254878,254879,254880,25488121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS686412548482045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O68641254848139
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O68641254848636


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   Calcite  12395Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USAPicher fieldCoveney et al. (2000) G28_795 

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