Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Palmer Mines (Fourche-a-Cortois), Washington Co., Missouri, USA

mindat Locality ID: 44462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palmer Mines (Fourche-a-Cortois), Washington Co., Missouri, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°49'22"N
Longitude: 90°55'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.822777777778,-90.922777777778

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	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	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: Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Diaspore None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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