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Locality Name:
Pike Co., Arkansas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 3417
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3417.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pike Co., Arkansas, USA": 88
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 73

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
Ainsworth Prospect
Antimony Ltd. (Rainbow; Hawken And Anderson; Wright And Guess; Guess Property; Wright)
Atlas Quicksilver
Bear Creek Prospect
Bell Prospect
Bemis Hill
Clarks Prospect
Cox Prospect
Delight
East Gap Ridge Mine
Funderburk Prospect
Glenwood
Hales Mine (Ajax Mine; Hales Mining And Development Co; Norton And Wright; Ajax Mercury Co; Hales) Lake Greeson
Highland
Hill 2
Hill 3
Holmes
Hopkins Prospect
Hudgins Prospect (Russell; Section 9; Hudgins)
Interstate Mill Facility (Funk Property; V.B. Lewis Property; Vb Lewis Property)
Jackfork
Lake Greeson
Mercury District Of Southwest Arkansas
Mill Creek Prospect
Mill Mountain Prospects
Muddy Fork
Muddy Fork Mining Company Mine
Muddy Fork Township
Murfreesboro
Nelsons Prospect (Browns Prospect)
Nutts
Ouachita Mts Manganese District
Ozans Sec.31
Ozans Sec.5
Pike City Prospect
Pike Mining Co.. (Rainbow Mining Co.)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS - 10040363)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS -10040366; Prospect 21)
Wall Rock Shaft
Wann Mine
Wheelers Property

Latitude: 34°10'4"N
Longitude: 93°37'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.167777777778,-93.628333333333
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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cr F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleApatiteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCoronaditeCorundumDiamond
DiasporeEpidoteGarnetGypsumJeppeiteKaoliniteMagnetoplumbiteMarcasiteMicaNone
OlivinePalygorskitePentlanditePerhamitePerovskitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Artsmithite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diamond  (*)
Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Edgarbaileyite  (*)Eglestonite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Haggertyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jeppeite  (*)Livingstonite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Montroydite  (*)Opal  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perhamite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Priderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Richterite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Terlinguaite  (*)Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)
Ulvöspinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31099011501242353
Artsmithite  (*)NoneHg1+4Al(PO4)1.74(OH)1.7835929911500852
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3599014150076,150085,150099,150100,150101,150102,150112,150113,150114,150115,150121,150122,150124,15013511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3599011150085,150087,150089,150090,150100,150101,150111,150113,150114,150121,15012427770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl35929911150084,150085,150087,150096,150097,150099,150100,150105,150111,150114,15013591
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11500901252
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4109903150121,150122,1501243902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS35929948150073,150074,150075,150077,150078,150079,150080,150081,150082,150084,150085,150087,150091,150092,150093,150094,150095,150096,150099,150100,150101,150102,150104,150105,150106,150108,150110,150111,150112,150113,150114,150116,150117,150118,150120,150132,150133,150135,150136,150152,150153,150154,150155,150156,150157,150158,150159,1501602600
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1612150138,150139,150140,150141,150142,150143,150146,150147,150148,150149,150150,150151599
Diamond  (*)DiamondC109906150121,150122,150123,150124,150125,150130697
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435929925150079,150080,150084,150085,150087,150095,150096,150099,150100,150101,150102,150104,150105,150106,150108,150110,150111,150112,150113,150114,150118,150132,150135,150136,150154651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61099011501244135
Edgarbaileyite  (*)NoneHg1+6Si2O735929911500856
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)3592992150085,15011436
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)109902150121,1501248173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F359902150085,1501242740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1099011501241188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3592992150085,15011424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3599023150079,150080,150084,150085,150087,150095,150096,150099,150100,150101,150102,150104,150106,150108,150110,150111,150113,150114,150118,150124,150132,150135,1501547437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3150089,150090,1501296890
Haggertyite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteBaFe2+4Fe3+2Ti5MgO191099011501241
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3109904150114,150121,150122,15012414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31099011501245433
Jeppeite  (*)Jeppeite(K,Ba)2(Ti,Fe3+)6O131099011501244
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)23592992150085,15011424
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4109902150122,15012414899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)12150138,150139,150140,150141,150142,150143,150146,150147,150148,150149,150150,150151770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211500905674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg3592995150085,150105,150114,150157,150159397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS35929912150084,150085,150087,150096,150099,150100,150101,150105,150111,150114,150135,150160255
Montroydite  (*)NoneHgO359299115008529
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O109902150114,1501242994
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O1150122306
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81099011501241512
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O359299115008519
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3109902150122,150124495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2109902150124,1501302273
Priderite  (*)CoronaditeK(Ti7Fe3+)O1610990115012441
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23599012150083,150084,150085,150087,150090,150096,150099,150111,150114,150121,150124,15013539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211150138,150139,150140,150141,150142,150143,150147,150148,150149,150150,1501513106
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3109901150124341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23599029150079,150080,150083,150084,150085,150086,150087,150091,150095,150096,150099,150100,150101,150102,150104,150105,150106,150108,150110,150111,150112,150113,150114,150118,150121,150124,150135,150136,15016061156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2109901150124148
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3592996150085,150099,150108,150112,150114,1501356417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115009921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41099011501241934
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)35929911150084,150085,150087,150096,150099,150100,150105,150108,150111,150114,150135446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S335929914150079,150080,150084,150085,150087,150096,150099,150100,150105,150108,150111,150112,150114,1501353418
Terlinguaite  (*)NoneHg2OCl359299115008522
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2115012227
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4109901150124120


3 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
Hg-00054359299 Host Rocks     Artsmithite, Calomel, Cinnabar, Edgarbaileyite, Livingstonite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Montroydite, Terlinguaite, EglestoniteHg11258Funderburk Prospect, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA Lowe (1985); Roberts et al. (2003a)   
AREPS5_257-00001949097±2K-Ar phlogopiteAK-1  Phlogopite  14088Crater Of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite), Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USAPrairie CreekZartman (1977)10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353AREPS5_257 
AREPS5_257-00002109103106±3K-Ar phlogopiteAK-8  Phlogopite  14088Crater Of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite), Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USAPrairie CreekZartman (1977)10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353AREPS5_257 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-250Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USAhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-226-to-fkm-250/#FKM-250

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