Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Baxter Co., Arkansas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 28353
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28353.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baxter Co., Arkansas, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Michigan Mine
Norfork Meteorite
Saltpeter Cave
Saltpeter Cave Shelter
Shiras Prospect (Baker Diggings)

Latitude: 36°14'19"N
Longitude: 92°24'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.238611111111,-92.4125

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Iron	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: C Ca Cr Fe K Mg Mo N Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Iron None Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Iron ()*
Niter ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	149608	4979
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	149605	157
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	149608	24243
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	149605	1089
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	2	149606,149607	181
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	149605	374
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	149604	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	149604	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	149605	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	149605	1044
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	149608	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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