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Locality Name:
Ross Hannibal Mine (North Star Mine; Hannibal Mine; And Mikado Mine), Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4506.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ross Hannibal Mine (North Star Mine; Hannibal Mine; And Mikado Mine), Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°19'29"N
Longitude: 103°47'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.324722222222,-103.79944444444

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O P S Si Te V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O P S Si Te V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteCopperFluoriteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyrite
QuartzSincosite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hessite  (*)Malachite  (*)Minyulite  (*)Purpurite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sincosite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O031
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)080
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sincosite  (*)SincositeCa(VO)2(PO4)2·4H2O010



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060523Ross Hannibal Mine (North Star Mine; Hannibal Mine; And Mikado Mine), Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060523
R141155Ross Hannibal Mine (North Star Mine; Hannibal Mine; And Mikado Mine), Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R141155


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