Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Marion Co., Iowa, USA

mindat Locality ID: 44848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marion Co., Iowa, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bussey Area
Drill Hole (MRDS 10082004)
Drill Hole (MRDS 10082044)
Drill Hole (MRDS 10082045)
Harvey
Knoxville
Occurrence (MRDS 10082039)
Occurrence (MRDS 10100305)
Pella
Pershing Area
Wilcox Wildlife Preserve

Latitude: 41°21'38"N
Longitude: 93°8'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.360555555556,-93.141111111111

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Felsőbányaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	214930	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	214930,214936,214942,214943	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	214930,214936,214940,214942,214943	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	214930,214943	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	214930,214936,214942	9895
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	1	214930	66
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	214930	2740
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	214930	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	214930,214936,214942,214943	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	214941	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	214930,214935	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	214930	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	214930	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	214930,214936,214942,214943	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	214930,214936,214942	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	214930,214936,214942	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	214930,214936,214942,214943	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	214930,214936,214942	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	214931,214932,214933,214936,214937,214938,214942	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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