Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pilot Knob, Iron Co., Missouri, USA

mindat Locality ID: 44058
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44058.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pilot Knob, Iron Co., Missouri, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Pilot Knob Mine (Pilot Knob Pellet Company Mine/plant)
Pilot Knob Quarry
Shepherd Mountain

Latitude: 37°36'54"N
Longitude: 90°38'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.615,-90.635833333333

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Lazulite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	225286,225287	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	225286	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	225286	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	225286	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	225286	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	225286,225287	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	225286	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	225286,225287	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	225286,225287	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	225286,225287	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	225286,225287	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	225286,225287,225288	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	225286,225287	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	225286,225287	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	225286,225287,225288	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	225288	5591
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	225286,225287	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	225286,225287,225288	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	225286,225287	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	225286	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	225286,225287,225288	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	225286,225287,225288	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	225286	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	225286	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	225286	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	225286,225287	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	225286	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	225286,225287	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	225286	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	225287	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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