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:
Fall River Co., South Dakota, USA

mindat Locality ID: 25008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fall River Co., South Dakota, USA": 153
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 144

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Ardmore
Burke Quarry
Cheyenne River
Edgemont Uranium District
Fall River
Fossil Cycad National Monument
Hills Material Quarry
Hot Springs
Hot Springs Plaster Company (U.S. Gypsum Company; Baker Plaster Company)
Minnekahta
Oelrichs
Oral
Pierre Shale
Provo
Unorganized District
Wildcat And Cedar Canyons

Latitude: 43°20'34"N
Longitude: 103°32'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.342777777778,-103.54888888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Fritzscheite
Gypsum	Hewettite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pascoite	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Schoepite
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Straczekite	Sulphur	Zircon

Alunogen ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Becquerelite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chromite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Corvusite ()*
Fourmarierite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Häggite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hewettite ()*
Hummerite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Metahewettite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Montroseite ()*	Paramontroseite ()*
Pascoite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rauvite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Saléeite ()*	Selenium ()*	Siderite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*

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 Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mn O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Autunite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Fritzscheite
Gypsum Hewettite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pascoite Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite Schoepite
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Straczekite Sulphur Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	265154	272
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	265154,265182	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	265154,265295,265302	11547
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	1	265154	92
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	265153,265154,265259,265283,265295	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	8	265154,265182,265183,265185,265204,265212,265255,265273	1184
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	265207	3902
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	2	265154,265259	566
Corvusite ()*	Straczekite	(Na,Ca,K)_1-x(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe²⁺)₈O₂₀·4H₂O	22	265154,265176,265177,265178,265182,265183,265184,265188,265189,265190,265191,265195,265206,265218,265226,265236,265251,265255,265268,265269,265273,265278	79
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O	1	265204	61
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6	265183,265255,265259,265286,265300,265301	6890
Häggite ()*	None	V³⁺V⁴⁺O₂(OH)₃	2	265154,265259	17
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	265154,265204,265259	14640
Hewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·9H₂O	2	265154,265183	58
Hummerite ()*	Pascoite	KMgV⁵⁺₅O₁₄·8H₂O	6	265154,265183,265186,265190,265191,265259	21
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	2	265154,265259	123
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4	265154,265183,265188,265191	2228
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	2	265154,265259	102
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	265154,265259	5674
Metahewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·3H₂O	2	265154,265183	56
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	2	265154,265182	129
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	265150,265151,265294	1508
Montroseite ()*	Diaspore	(V³⁺,Fe²⁺,V⁴⁺)O(OH)	2	265154,265259	136
Paramontroseite ()*	Ramsdellite	VO₂	2	265154,265259	39
Pascoite ()*	Pascoite	Ca₃V⁵⁺₁₀O₂₈·17H₂O	1	265154	78
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	265154,265204,265259	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	265150,265290,265291,265292,265293	61156
Rauvite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂V₁₀O₂₈·16H₂O	6	265154,265183,265188,265190,265191,265255	32
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	1	265212	95
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	265190	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	3	265154,265182,265204	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	4	265154,265204,265259,265269	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	17	265154,265162,265174,265185,265203,265205,265208,265214,265216,265229,265233,265237,265245,265255,265270,265272,265281	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070187	Runge Mine, Edgemont Uranium District, Fall River Co., South Dakota, USA	https://rruff.info/R070187

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