Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Iron Mountain, Iron Township, St. Francois Co., Missouri, USA

mindat Locality ID: 292631
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292631.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Mountain, Iron Township, St. Francois Co., Missouri, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Iron Mountain Mine

Latitude: 37°42'11"N
Longitude: 90°39'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.703055555556,-90.65

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet
Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Garnet
Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	225937	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	225937	1534
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	225937	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	225937	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	225937	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	225937	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	225937	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	225937	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	225937	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	225937	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	225937	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	225937	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	225937	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	225937	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	225937	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	225937	61156
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	225937	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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