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Locality Name:
Independence Co., Arkansas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 28348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Independence Co., Arkansas, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Batesville District
Cushman
Lower Cave Crk Manganese Limestone
Saltpeter Cave
Sandtown Meteorite

Latitude: 35°51'11"N
Longitude: 91°39'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.853055555556,-91.663611111111
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteBerauniteBixbyiteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CoronaditeFillowiteFluoriteGraftoniteGypsumIronNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSpinel

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graftonite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Iron  (*)Johnsomervilleite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Neotocite  (*)Niter  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11497979052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2149797,14980111547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81149797173
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1149797136
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O31149797104
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)2149797,149801483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114979727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114979727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411498033902
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161149797599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211497979617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114979724243
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)21149803107
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11497976890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O43149797,149800,149801350
Iron  (*)IronFe11498031089
Johnsomervilleite  (*)FillowiteNa3CaFe2+11(PO4)9114980311
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)21149797210
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2149797,149801770
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)1149797186
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)1149802181
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114979739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22149797,1498013106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11497971725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114979761156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O1149797177
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3149797,149798,1498011711
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1149803374
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1149803703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11498031044


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