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Locality Name:
Jackson Co., Missouri, USA


mindat Locality ID: 46402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jackson Co., Missouri, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kansas City
McClain Quarry
Stark Shale Member
Westerville Limestone

Latitude: 39°1'50"N
Longitude: 94°29'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.030555555556,-94.485

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: Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteMarcasiteNoneRocksaltSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Halite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Opal  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12253123250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2225310,22531211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2225310,22531227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122531227198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1225311281
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22225310,2253129895
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl12253121398
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)21225312234
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22225310,2253125674
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12253122994
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5225307,225308,225309,225311,22531221482
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1225312299



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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