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Locality Name:
Jones Mill Quarry (Martin Marietta Quarry; Highway 51 Quarry; Mid-State Quarry), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 115
Youngest recorded age at locality: 81

mindat Locality ID: 27589
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27589.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jones Mill Quarry (Martin Marietta Quarry; Highway 51 Quarry; Mid-State Quarry), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°26'8"N
Longitude: 92°51'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.435555555556,-92.854166666667
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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sc Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sc Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteAstrophylliteBaryte
BastnäsiteBenitoiteBrookiteBurbankiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiiteChabaziteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeElpiditeEpidoteEudialyteFeldsparFluoriteGaidonnayite
GarnetGypsumKaoliniteLabuntsoviteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatrolite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePalygorskitePectolitePerovskitePhosphosideritePyritePyroxene
QuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteVesuvianite
WollastoniteZircon

88 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite-(La)  (*)
Anatase  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arfvedsonite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)
Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)Benitoite  (*)Brookite  (*)Burbankite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Elpidite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Eudialyte  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gaidonnayite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kimzeyite  (*)
Kolbeckite  (*)Kupletskite  (*)Labuntsovite-Fe  (*)Leucite  (*)Leucosphenite  (*)
Lorenzenite  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monticellite  (*)Narsarsukite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nenadkevichite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Tainiolite  (*)Tetraferriannite  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Yofortierite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21158103419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61158101022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1158108803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)115810706
Allanite-(La)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaLa(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11581025
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21158102162
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O11581092
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31158101534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21158103092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1158103250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2115810295
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F115810161
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61158102060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11581011547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)211581083
Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)BastnäsiteLa(CO3)F11581030
Benitoite  (*)BenitoiteBaTiSi3O911581020
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2115810700
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)511581052
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O115810280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11581027770
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O115810113
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1158101252
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O115810310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211581027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8115810577
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61158104135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21158109895
Elpidite  (*)ElpiditeNa2ZrSi6O15·3H2O11581050
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1158108173
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2115810182
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1158102740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O115810303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21158109617
Gaidonnayite  (*)GaidonnayiteNa2ZrSi3O9·2H2O11581021
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11581024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1158107437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31158101544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1158106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311581014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4115810407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31158105433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61158102228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41158105591
Kimzeyite  (*)GarnetCa3Zr2(SiAl2)O1211581017
Kolbeckite  (*)PhosphosideriteSc(PO4)·2H2O11581026
Kupletskite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaMn2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F11581033
Labuntsovite-Fe  (*)LabuntsoviteNa4K4Fe2+2Ti8O4(Si4O12)4(OH)4·10-12H2O1158106
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)115810233
Leucosphenite  (*)NoneNa4BaTi2B2Si10O3011581019
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)11581082
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)211581079
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411581014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211581012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21158105674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1158104924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21109205800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)115810945
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)115810153
Narsarsukite  (*)NoneNa2(Ti,Fe3+)Si4(O,F)1111581034
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1158101236
Nenadkevichite  (*)Labuntsovite(Na,   )8Nb4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·8H2O11581019
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)115810884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1158102349
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)115810363
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3115810495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21158102273
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F211581089
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211581039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81158109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211581061156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O11581066
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1158101711
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2115810375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21158105614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)115810598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1158106417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)211581092
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl115810444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11581021482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)115810589
Tainiolite  (*)MicaKLiMg2Si4O10F211581040
Tetraferriannite  (*)MicaKFe2+3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)211581010
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1159304899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101158101395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31158101247
Yofortierite  (*)Palygorskite ClayMn2+5Si8O20(OH)2·7H2O1158108
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1158105251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000710MAGMATIC STYLE: Irregular intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, gabbro, jacupirangite, melteigite, ijolite, nepheline and pseudoleucite syenite, trachyte, phonolite, lime silicate rocks, fenite.
Jen_0000711MAGMATIC STYLE: Irregular intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, gabbro, jacupirangite, melteigite, ijolite, nepheline and pseudoleucite syenite, trachyte, phonolite, lime silicate rocks, fenite.
Jen_0000712MAGMATIC STYLE: Irregular intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, gabbro, jacupirangite, melteigite, ijolite, nepheline and pseudoleucite syenite, trachyte, phonolite, lime silicate rocks, fenite.
Jen_0000713MAGMATIC STYLE: Irregular intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, gabbro, jacupirangite, melteigite, ijolite, nepheline and pseudoleucite syenite, trachyte, phonolite, lime silicate rocks, fenite.
Jen_0000714MAGMATIC STYLE: Irregular intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, gabbro, jacupirangite, melteigite, ijolite, nepheline and pseudoleucite syenite, trachyte, phonolite, lime silicate rocks, fenite.
Jen_0000715MAGMATIC STYLE: Irregular intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, gabbro, jacupirangite, melteigite, ijolite, nepheline and pseudoleucite syenite, trachyte, phonolite, lime silicate rocks, fenite.


13 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
AJS265_848-000011029297±5K-Ar biotite  YesFerrimolybdite, MolybdeniteMo3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveZartman et al. (1967)10.2475/ajs.265.10.848AJS265_848 
AJS265_848-0000210595100±5K-Ar biotite  YesFerrimolybdite, MolybdeniteMo3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveZartman et al. (1967)10.2475/ajs.265.10.848AJS265_848 
AJS265_848-0000311094102±8Rb-Sr biotite  YesFerrimolybdite, MolybdeniteMo3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveZartman et al. (1967)10.2475/ajs.265.10.848AJS265_848 
AJS265_848-0000411094102±8Rb-Sr biotite  YesFerrimolybdite, MolybdeniteMo3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveZartman et al. (1967)10.2475/ajs.265.10.848AJS265_848 
Jen_00007101079199±8Rb-Sr whole rock  Yes  3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_00007111009095±5K-Ar biotite  Yes  3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_00007121029297±5K-Ar biotite  Yes  3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000713998190±9fission-track apatite  Yes  3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_000071411393103±10fission-track titanite  YesTitanite  3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_000071511595105±10fission-track titanite  YesTitanite  3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
JG105_629-0000194.694.294.4±0.2Ar-Ar biotite  YesFerrimolybdite, MolybdeniteMo3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveBaksi (1997)10.1086/515966JG105_629 
JG105_629-0000294.49494.2±0.2Ar-Ar biotite  YesFerrimolybdite, MolybdeniteMo3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveBaksi (1997)10.1086/515966JG105_629 
JG105_629-0000310698102±4K-Ar whole rock  YesFerrimolybdite, MolybdeniteMo3407Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USAMagnet CoveBaksi (1997)10.1086/515966JG105_629 

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