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Locality Name:
Paoli Deposit, Paoli, Red Bed District, Garvin Co., Oklahoma, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 25293
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25293.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paoli Deposit, Paoli, Red Bed District, Garvin Co., Oklahoma, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°49'2"N
Longitude: 97°14'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.817222222222,-97.241388888889
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4260260088
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)26026003250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)226026005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260260011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426026005516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)626026001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260260027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2602600925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S26026005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O26026003531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26026004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O26026002970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S26026001027
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)26026007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260260014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260260012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260039462
Silver  (*)CopperAg26026005186


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
sedcu-00720260260Permian       Cu25293Paoli Deposit, Paoli, Red Bed District, Garvin Co., Oklahoma, USAPaoliCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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