Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bonne Terre District, St. Francois Co., Missouri, USA

mindat Locality ID: 44212
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44212.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonne Terre District, St. Francois Co., Missouri, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bonne Terre
Pen Diggings
St. Joe Minerals

Latitude: 37°55'28"N
Longitude: 90°33'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.924444444444,-90.5525

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	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Cu H O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	225916	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	225916	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	225916	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	225916	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	225916	24243
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	225916	249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	225916	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	225916	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	225916	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	225916	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	225916	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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