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Locality Name:
Dent Co., Missouri, USA


mindat Locality ID: 44067
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44067.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dent Co., Missouri, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Arnold Mine
Boss - Bixby Iron-copper Deposit
Bunker Bank
Causey Mine
Clark Mine
Clark Mine (Taylor)
Eddington Mine
Ferguson Mine
Fitzwater Mine
Flat Rock Mine
Franklin Township
Hawkins Mine
Hawkins Mine (Condray Mine)
Hayes Mine
Howe Mill Bank (Huzzah Hower Mill Mine)
Hutchins Creek Mine
Lenox Mine (Lennox Mine)
Norris Mine
Plank Mine
Pomeroy Mine
Red Hill Mine (Red Mountain Mine)
Salem
Slater Mine
Sligo Bank
Sligo Mine
Spring Creek Township
Swinney Land
Watkins Mine
Williams Mine

Latitude: 37°38'30"N
Longitude: 91°28'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.641666666667,-91.473333333333

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 As C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGypsum
LepidocrociteMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512251161310
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212251245509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412251165516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12251165707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122511627198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1225116966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12251164165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12251162970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212251279895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12251168173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212251169617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS122511624243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3122511670
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2225116,2251287437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12251166890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O39225116,225124,225126,225128,225133,225138,225139,225141,22514314640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312251165433
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1225116581
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41225116249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4122511614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2122512412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212251165800
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As31225116176
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24225116,225124,225127,22512839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28225116,225117,225120,225126,225132,225134,225135,22514361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212251165614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS122511621482



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