Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Old Mines Area, Bliss, Washington Co., Missouri, USA

mindat Locality ID: 44446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Mines Area, Bliss, Washington Co., Missouri, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
State Highway 47 Roadcut

Latitude: 38°6'3"N
Longitude: 90°45'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.100833333333,-90.753611111111

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	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Diaspore Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Sulphur

15 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	226033	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	226033	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	226033	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	226033	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	226033	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	226033	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	226033	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	226033	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	226033	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	226033	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	226033	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	226033	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	226033	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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