Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Van Buren Co., Iowa, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49070
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49070.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Van Buren Co., Iowa, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Douds
Farmington
Farmington Area
Vernon Area

Latitude: 40°43'54"N
Longitude: 91°52'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.731666666667,-91.870277777778

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Millerite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite

23 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)	2	215006,215007	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	215006,215007	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	215002,215006,215007	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	215006,215007	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	215006,215007	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	215006,215007	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	215006,215007	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	215006,215007	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	215006,215007	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	215000,215004	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	215003,215006,215007	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	215006,215007	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	215006,215007	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	215006,215007	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	215006,215007	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	215006,215007	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	3	215002,215006,215007	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	215006,215007	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	215006,215007	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	215003,215006,215007	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	215006,215007	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	215006,215007	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	215006,215007	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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