Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pope Co., Illinois, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pope Co., Illinois, USA": 76
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 71

Number of Child Localities: 59
Child Localities:
Acup Prospect
Balfour Prospect
Barite Occurrence Number 1
Barite Occurrence Number 2
Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1
Barnett Shaft
Bay City Mine
Bethel Sandstone Exposure Prospect
Big Joe Prospect
Black Mine
Brownfield Sanstone Exposure Prospect
Charles Crabb Mine
Compton Mine
Conrad Prospect
Davenport Prospect
Desautels Prospect
Dixon Springs Sandstone Exposure
Empire Fluorspar Mine (Egyptian Shaft)
Empire Sub-District
Golconda Sandstone Exposure Prospect
Gordon Mine
Gullett Mine
H. McGuire Property
Hardinsburg Sandstone Exposure Prospect
Henson Mine
Herod Sandstone Exposure Prospect
Hollomon Prospect (Holloman Prospect)
Hubbard Shaft
Jefferson Mine
Limestone Prospect (MRDS - 10144763)
Limestone Prospect (MRDS - 10217436)
Limestone Prospect (MRDS - 10241549)
Limestone Prospect (MRDS - 10266465)
Little Jean Mine
Luella Mine
Lusk Creek Sub-District
McClellan Mine
McGuire Prospect
Moore Mine
New Baldwin Mine
O Rear Prospect
Rainy Mine (Hutchinson Mine; Rainey Mine)
Red Knight Fluorspar Mine (Roberts; Redd Mine)
Rosiclare District
Rotes Mine
Scott Mine
Shawnee Low Interest Refractory Clay Deposit
Shawnee Medium Interest Fluorine Deposit
Shelby Property
Stockton (Grand Pierre; Stogdon Mine)
Taylors Spring
Todd Prospect
Tripod Prospect
Turner Prospect (Turtle Prospect.)
Williams Mine
Wright Mine
Zinc Barite Occurrence No. 1
Zinc Prospect No. 1
Zinc Prospect No. 2

Latitude: 37°27'50"N
Longitude: 88°28'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.463888888889,-88.4775

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 Cd Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Ba C O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	213390	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	213375,213393,213399,213400,213413,213429,213431,213434	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	18	213378,213379,213381,213383,213391,213392,213393,213394,213396,213400,213404,213407,213417,213425,213429,213430,213438,213442	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	213429	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	213390	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	213392,213404	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	44	213370,213371,213376,213378,213379,213381,213382,213383,213384,213390,213391,213392,213393,213394,213396,213397,213398,213400,213401,213404,213406,213407,213413,213414,213416,213417,213419,213420,213421,213422,213423,213424,213425,213426,213429,213431,213432,213434,213435,213436,213437,213438,213439,213440	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	32	213370,213376,213378,213379,213381,213382,213383,213384,213390,213391,213392,213393,213394,213396,213397,213398,213400,213406,213413,213416,213417,213419,213422,213423,213425,213431,213432,213434,213435,213436,213437,213438	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	213390	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	213397	717
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	213414,213417	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	213390,213404	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	213390,213404	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	213378,213392,213404,213442	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	213390,213391,213393,213407,213416,213429	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	4	213379,213392,213420,213425	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26	213376,213378,213379,213381,213382,213383,213384,213391,213392,213394,213396,213397,213398,213400,213406,213416,213417,213419,213425,213429,213431,213432,213434,213435,213436,213438	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	213404,213429	589
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	0		251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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