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Locality Name:
Greeley Co., Kansas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 271850
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271850.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greeley Co., Kansas, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Horace Meteorite
Ladder Creek Meteorite

Latitude: 38°29'0"N
Longitude: 101°42'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.483333333333,-101.70777777778

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe Mg Na Ni O S Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Na 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperCorundumCubaniteIronNonePentlanditeRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Halite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Isocubanite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Spinel  (*)Taenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42215175,2151763902
Copper  (*)CopperCu2215175,2151763846
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312151765433
Iron  (*)IronFe2215175,2151761089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S31215176191
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1215176451
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812151761512
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412151751934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)2215175,215176703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS2215175,2151761044



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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