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Locality Name:
Viburnum, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 384
Youngest recorded age at locality: 337

mindat Locality ID: 27315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Viburnum, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
St Joseph Lead Mine
Viburnum No. 28 Mine

Latitude: 37°42'53"N
Longitude: 91°7'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.714722222222,-91.124722222222

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteKaoliniteMarcasiteMilleriteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS438433712253035516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3843372225302,22530327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2384337122530327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS38433712253034165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43843371225303651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)238433712253039895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3843372225302,22530324243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)438433712253035591
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S43843371225303249
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS238433712253035674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS38433712253031066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2384337122530339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2384337122530361156
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S43843372225302,225303249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS384337122530321482



8 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
EG80_739-00001360360 Rb-Sr glauconiteM-169 Yes  3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00002372372 Rb-Sr glauconiteM-261 Yes  3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00003370370 Rb-Sr glauconiteM-347 Yes  3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00004375375 Rb-Sr glauconiteM-130 Yes  3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00005377377 Rb-Sr glauconiteM-130 Yes  3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00006366366 Rb-Sr glauconiteM-382 Yes  3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00007384384 Rb-Sr glauconiteB-level ore zone Yes  3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00011381337359±22Rb-Sr high M-169,M-261,M-347,M-130,M-382,B-level ore zone Yes  3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 


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