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:
Clark Mine Group, Highland Area, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Iowa Co., Wisconsin, USA

mindat Locality ID: 250000
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250000.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clark Mine Group, Highland Area, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Iowa Co., Wisconsin, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cherry Branch
Clark No. 1 Mine
Clark No. 2 Mine
Clark No. 3 Mine
Eberle Mine (Lampe Eberle Mine)

Latitude: 43°1'48"N
Longitude: 90°20'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.03,-90.346111111111

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	287809	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	287809	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	287805,287806,287807,287808,287809	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	287809	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	287805,287806,287807,287808,287809	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	287809	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	287805,287806,287807,287808,287809	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	287805,287806,287807,287808,287809	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	287809	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	287809	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	287805,287807,287808,287809	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	287805,287806,287807,287808,287809	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	287809	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	287805,287806,287807,287808,287809	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	5	287805,287806,287807,287808,287809	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	287805,287806,287807,287808,287809	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	287809	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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