Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shannon Co., Missouri, USA

mindat Locality ID: 44639
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44639.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shannon Co., Missouri, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Blair Creek Prospect
Casey Mine
Clarence Ballance Land
Cordz-Fischer Mine
Daniels Prospect
Elliot Mine
Eminence
Esther B. Detwiler Land
Fisher-Melton Mine
Horner Mountain Mine
Jerktail Prospect (New Diggings)
Lola Farrar Prospect
Miley Noble Land
Ray Bowman Prospect
Slater Mine
Southeast Missouri District (Missouri Brown Iron Belt)
Sutton Mine
Thorny Mountain Mine (Rocky Creek; Norris; Seaman No. 1 Mine)

Latitude: 37°6'57"N
Longitude: 91°22'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.115833333333,-91.378611111111

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Alunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	225887,225893,225906	966
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	225905	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	225893,225906	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	4	225887,225888,225893,225906	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	225884,225890,225893,225898,225906	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	225884,225894,225898,225905	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	13	225883,225884,225885,225886,225891,225892,225894,225895,225896,225897,225898,225904,225905	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	4	225884,225894,225898,225905	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	225884,225898,225905	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	225888,225893,225906	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	225883	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	10	225885,225886,225891,225892,225893,225895,225896,225897,225904,225906	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	10	225885,225886,225891,225892,225893,225895,225896,225897,225904,225906	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	225884,225894,225898,225905	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	8	225885,225886,225891,225892,225895,225896,225897,225904	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	225893,225906	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	225885,225886,225891,225892,225895,225896,225897,225904	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	10	225886,225888,225891,225892,225893,225895,225896,225897,225904,225906	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	225885,225886,225891,225892,225893,225895,225896,225897,225898,225904	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	225883,225885,225886,225891,225892,225895,225896,225897,225904	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	225893,225906	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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