Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Einstein Mine - Apex Mine, Madison Co., Missouri, USA

mindat Locality ID: 296195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Einstein Mine - Apex Mine, Madison Co., Missouri, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°33'27"N
Longitude: 90°26'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.5575,-90.443333333333

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.

Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Topaz

Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Topaz

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	156
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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