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Locality Name:
Silvermine, Fredericktown District, Madison Co., Missouri, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silvermine, Fredericktown District, Madison Co., Missouri, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Apex No. 2 Shaft
Einstein Mine (Koch Shaft)
Gabriel Shaft
Henson Shaft No. 1
Killian Prospect
Martin Mine
Ozark Mine (Ozark Shaft)
River Shaft

Latitude: 37°33'26"N
Longitude: 90°28'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.557222222222,-90.467222222222

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: Ag Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteBerylChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMica
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TetrahedriteTopazTungstiteZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Berryite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gorceixite  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Topaz  (*)Tungstite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212255173419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2225518,2255229052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)122552211547
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16050
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212255225171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22225517,22552227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23225517,225518,2255229617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4225517,225518,225522,22552324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61225522121
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)2225516,225523469
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22225517,22552217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23225517,225518,22552239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22225517,22552261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2225517,22552221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)0156
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22225517,2255221476
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O1225517118
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12255175251



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