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Locality Name:
Decatur Co., Kansas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 283328
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283328.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Leoville Meteorite (Leoville CV3 Chondrite)
Prairie Dog Creek Meteorite

Latitude: 39°37'59"N
Longitude: 100°29'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.633055555556,-100.48333333333
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 Ce Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaddeleyiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCeriteCopperCorundumDiamondFeldsparGarnetIron
MagnetoplumbiteMeliliteNickelineNolaniteNoneOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneSodaliteSpinel
TridymiteWollastonite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Copper  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)
Goldmanite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Hibonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Taenite  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312151411534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12151411036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612151412060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21215141238
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121514127770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42215141,2151423902
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O62215141,21514294
Copper  (*)CopperCu12151423846
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1215141697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612151414135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61215141944
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1215141371
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)2121514186
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)2215141,2151421188
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O71215141114
Goldmanite  (*)GarnetCa3V3+2(SiO4)3121514131
Graphite  (*)NoneC12151412812
Grossite  (*)NoneCaAl4O7121514119
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312151411544
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41215141407
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O19121514180
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312151425433
Iron  (*)IronFe2215141,2151421089
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121514114899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)71215142230
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)2215141,215142884
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31215141495
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812151419056
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl1215141444
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412151411934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)2215141,215142703
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi1215142116
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21215142458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS2215141,2151421044
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312151411247


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