Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Granite Mountain Complex, Saline Co., Arkansas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 293795
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293795.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granite Mountain Complex, Saline Co., Arkansas, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sweet Home

Latitude: 34°34'54"N
Longitude: 92°28'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.581666666667,-92.471388888889

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Annite ()*	Calcite ()*
Ferroceladonite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Microcline ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 F Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica Natrolite None Pyrite Pyroxene
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	150242	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	150242	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	150242	1627
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	150242	356
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	150242	27770
Ferroceladonite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	150242	10
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	150242	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	150242	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	150242	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	150242	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	150242	4924
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	150242	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	150242	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	150242	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	150242	39462
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	150242	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	150242	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	150242	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	150242	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	150242	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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