Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Spearfish, Carbonate District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

mindat Locality ID: 48157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spearfish, Carbonate District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Adelphi Mine
Iron Hill Mine (Richmond Hill; Richmond Hill Manganese; Utica Lode)
Seabury-Calkins Mine
Segregated Iron Hill Mine
Spanish R. Mine (Richmond Claim)

Latitude: 44°23'59"N
Longitude: 103°50'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.399722222222,-103.84972222222

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	Aragonite	Atacamite	Copper	Matlockite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite

Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Matlockite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu F H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Copper Matlockite None Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	265504	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	265504	544
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	265503,265504,265505,265507	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	5	265503,265504,265505,265506,265507	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	265503,265504,265505,265507	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	265504,265506,265507	30554
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	265504	265
Matlockite ()*	Matlockite	PbClF	1	265504	29
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	265504	1107
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	265504	158
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	265504	1425
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	265504	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	265503,265504,265505,265506,265507	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	265506,265507	5186
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	265504	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	265504	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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