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Locality Name:
Miller Co., Missouri, USA


mindat Locality ID: 48605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miller Co., Missouri, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Abbot Bank Mine
Bolin Creek Mine
Eldon District
Ford-Grey Mine (Willis And Elliot Mine)
Helton Mine
Lambert Mine
Pioneer No. 2 Mine
Sample Mine

Latitude: 38°10'28"N
Longitude: 92°18'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.174444444444,-92.303611111111

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 Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
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)212255555509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4225550,225551,225552,22555411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5225549,225550,225551,225552,22555427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2225550,2255514979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23225550,225551,22555227198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22225550,2255519895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3225550,225552,22555424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4225548,225550,225551,2255557437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12255506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32225549,22555414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12255511689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24225548,225550,225551,22555512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24225550,225551,225552,2255555674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26225549,225550,225551,225552,225553,22555539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24225549,225551,225552,22555461156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2225550,2255512473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3225550,225551,22555221482



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