Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
East Wilson Pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland Co., Arkansas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 101
Youngest recorded age at locality: 99

mindat Locality ID: 45921
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45921.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Wilson Pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland Co., Arkansas, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Ajoite	Apatite	Calcite	Clay	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rockbridgeite

Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Duttonite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Kingite ()*	Navajoite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Siderite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg O P S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg O P S Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ajoite Apatite Calcite Clay Cristobalite Diaspore Feldspar Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rockbridgeite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	101	99	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	101	99	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	101	99	309
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	101	99	453
Duttonite ()*	None	V⁴⁺O(OH)₂	101	99	7
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	101	99	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	101	99	7437
Kingite ()*	None	Al₃(PO₄)₂F₂(OH)·7H₂O	101	99	12
Navajoite ()*	Ajoite	(V⁵⁺,Fe³⁺)₁₀O₂₄·12H₂O	101	99	11
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	101	99	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	101	99	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	101	99	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	101	99	206
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	101	99	6417

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
	GSASP215_235-00001	101	99	100±1	U-Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			3422	Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland Co., Arkansas, USA	Potash Sulfur Springs	Zartman and Howard (1987)	10.1130/SPE215-p235	GSASP215_235

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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