Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 407
Youngest recorded age at locality: 358

mindat Locality ID: 28562
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28562.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Avon Diatreme
Avon Mines
Avon Prospect
Bussen Quarry
Dobschuetz Deposit
Frank Scott Diggings
Pratte Deposit
Sainte Genevieve (Cornwall; Chicago; Swansee; Herzog; Grass; Crow)
St. Genevieve Meteorite
Swansea Copper Mine
Unknown Gold (MRDS 10172637)
Unknown Gold (MRDS 10196402)
Weingarten

Latitude: 37°52'13"N
Longitude: 90°12'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.870277777778,-90.216111111111

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite
Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Wurtzite

Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Taenite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Troilite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite
Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Wurtzite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	407	358	1	225985	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	407	358	1	225985	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	225998	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	407	358	1	225986	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	225998	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	407	358	4	225985,225986,225992,225998	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	225988	1184
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	225998	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	225998	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	225992,225998	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	407	358	3	225985,225992,225998	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	407	358	1	225985	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	225998	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	225998	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	225992,225998	2970
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄			1	225993	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	407	358	1	225985	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	225987,225994,225998	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	225998	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	407	358	1	225985	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	225988,225998	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	407	358	4	225985,225986,225987,225998	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	407	358	3	225985,225986,225998	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	225990,225995,225996	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	225998	6890
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	225993	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	407	358	1	225985	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	407	358	1	225985	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	225992,225998	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	407	358	2	225985,225998	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	407	358	1	225985	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	225989,225991	2349
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	407	358	1	225985	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	407	358	1	225985	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	407	358	4	225985,225986,225987,225998	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	407	358	2	225985,225998	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	225993	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	407	358	1	225985	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	225998	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	407	358	2	225985,225998	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	225993	703
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			2	225992,225998	1101
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	225993	1044
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	407	358	1	225985	109

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	AJS265_848-00008	396	358	377±19	K-Ar			biotite	192B						44231	Avon Diatreme, Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri, USA	Avon	Zartman et al. (1967)	10.2475/ajs.265.10.848	AJS265_848
	AJS265_848-00009	407	369	388±19	K-Ar			biotite	194B						44231	Avon Diatreme, Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri, USA	Avon	Zartman et al. (1967)	10.2475/ajs.265.10.848	AJS265_848

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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