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Locality Name:
Red Bed District, Garvin Co., Oklahoma, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 296918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Bed District, Garvin Co., Oklahoma, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Paoli

Latitude: 34°49'10"N
Longitude: 97°14'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.819444444444,-97.239722222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4260260125454888
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2602602254548,2545493250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22602602254548,2545495509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2602602254548,25454911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426026012545485516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62602602254548,2545491633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2602602254548,25454927770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2602602254548,254549925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2602603254548,254549,2545505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260125454827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2602602254548,2545493531
Copper  (*)CopperCu26026012545493846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26026012545484165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2602602254548,2545492970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S26026012545481027
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2602602254548,2545497437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32602602254548,25454914640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22602603254548,254549,25455012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22602602254548,25454939462
Silver  (*)CopperAg2602603254548,254549,2545505186



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00720260260Permian       Cu25293Paoli Deposit, Paoli, Red Bed District, Garvin Co., Oklahoma, USAPaoliCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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