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Locality Name:
Ebo, Viburnum Trend District, Washington Co., Missouri, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 497
Youngest recorded age at locality: 485

mindat Locality ID: 281182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ebo, Viburnum Trend District, Washington Co., Missouri, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Goose Creek Mine (Viburnum No. 32 Mine)
Indian Creek Division
Indian Creek Mine

Latitude: 38°2'53"N
Longitude: 90°54'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.048055555556,-90.909444444444
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: Ag 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: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4974853226080,226081,22608227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24974853226080,226081,22608227198
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42226080,226081651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22226080,2260819895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)49748512260828173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4974853226080,226081,22608224243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412260815591
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41226081249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2497485122608212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24974852226081,2260825674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24974853226080,226081,22608239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24974853226080,226081,22608261156
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41226080249
Silver  (*)CopperAg49748512260825186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4974853226080,226081,22608221482


1 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
sedexmvt-00227497485Late Cambrian host rock age      11958Indian Creek Mine, Ebo, Viburnum Trend District, Washington Co., Missouri, USAIndian CreekTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 

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