Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
T 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: 45922
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45922.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "T 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.

Calcite	Clay	Cristobalite	Hewettite	Mica	None	Quartz	Sincosite	Sphalerite	Wavellite

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 Fe H K Mg O P S Si V Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Cristobalite Hewettite Mica None Quartz Sincosite Sphalerite Wavellite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Cacoxenite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Hewettite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sincosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	101	99	309
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	101	99	453
Hewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·9H₂O	101	99	58
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	101	99	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	101	99	6417
Sincosite ()*	Sincosite	Ca(VO)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	101	99	10
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	101	99	21482
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	101	99	374

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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