Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tri-State District, Newton Co., Missouri, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 68
Youngest recorded age at locality: 64

mindat Locality ID: 44471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44471.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tri-State District, Newton Co., Missouri, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Granby Field
Spring City-Seneca-Spurgeon Field
Wentworth Field

Latitude: 36°56'50"N
Longitude: 94°9'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.947222222222,-94.161388888889

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	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: As C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Wurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	68	64	1	225734	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	68	64	2	225730,225734	919
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	68	64	7	225730,225731,225732,225734,225735,225737,225738	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	68	64	3	225730,225731,225734	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	68	64	2	225730,225734	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	68	64	3	225730,225731,225734	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	68	64	1	225730	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	68	64	1	225734	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	68	64	2	225730,225731	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	68	64	1	225730	1066
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	68	64	1	225731	265
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	68	64	1	225734	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	68	64	1	225734	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	68	64	1	225730	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	68	64	1	225734	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	68	64	1	225734	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	68	64	2	225730,225734	1725
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	68	64	3	225730,225731,225734	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	68	64	3	225730,225734,225740	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	G28_795_001	68	64	66±2	U-Pb			calcite			Yes	Calcite			12395	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA	Picher field	Coveney et al. (2000)		G28_795

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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