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Locality Name:
Mine La Motte, Fredericktown District, Madison Co., Missouri, USA


mindat Locality ID: 280762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280762.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mine La Motte, Fredericktown District, Madison Co., Missouri, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Motte Mine

Latitude: 37°36'34"N
Longitude: 90°14'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.609444444444,-90.249166666667
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 As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMilleriteNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Bieberite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Retgersite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12255133250
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O1225513143
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O122551350
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122551327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61225513359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12255134979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122551327198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212255139895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS122551324243
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41225513249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2122551312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212255135674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS12255131066
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61225513170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2122551339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2122551361156
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O122551355
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41225513249
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31225513531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS122551321482


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