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Locality Name:
Pawnee Co., Kansas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 271867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271867.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Burdett Meteorite
Larned Meteorite

Latitude: 38°12'58"N
Longitude: 99°20'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.216111111111,-99.347222222222
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: Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Na 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCeriteCopperCorundumCubaniteIronNoneOlivinePyroxeneRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Daubréelite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Halite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Niningerite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1215252312
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1215251203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412152513902
Copper  (*)CopperCu12152513846
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41215252157
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62215251,2152524135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61215252944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12152521188
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312152515433
Iron  (*)IronFe2215251,2152521089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S31215251191
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)71215251230
Niningerite  (*)RocksaltMgS121525228
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1215252374
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)2215251,215252703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS2215251,2152521044


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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