Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mahaska Co., Iowa, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49137
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49137.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mahaska Co., Iowa, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Beacon Coal Mines
Buck Creek Mine Coal Mines
Cedar Creek Coal Mines
Coal Creek Coal Mines
Columbia Coal Mines
Drill Hole (MRDS 10082006)
Drill Hole (MRDS 10082042)
Drill Hole (MRDS 10100294)
Evans Coal Mines
Leighton Coal Mines
Lost Creek Coal Mines
Muchakinock Coal Mines
Occurrence (MRDS 10082005)
Occurrence (MRDS 10082041)
Occurrence (MRDS 10082043)
Occurrence (MRDS 10100293)
Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Coal Mines
Rose Hill Coal Mines
Spring Creek Coal Mines
Star Coal Company Strip Mine

Latitude: 41°14'13"N
Longitude: 92°43'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.236944444444,-92.723611111111

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	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: Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Diaspore Gypsum Marcasite None Pyrite Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	214920,214922,214923,214924,214927	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	214920,214922,214923,214924,214927	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	214920,214927	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	214922,214923,214924	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	214922,214923,214924	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	214922,214923,214924,214927	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	214922,214923,214924,214927	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	214909,214910,214911,214916,214917,214918,214919	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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