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Locality Name:
Graniteville, Iron Co., Missouri, USA


mindat Locality ID: 51534
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51534.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Graniteville, Iron Co., Missouri, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Schnieder Quarry (Schnieder Granite Quarry)
Sheahan Quarry

Latitude: 37°39'32"N
Longitude: 90°41'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.658888888889,-90.686111111111
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: Al Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGypsumMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSpinelTopazZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12252828803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12252812734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)122528111547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812252824286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122528227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212252825171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122528227198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12252828173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22225281,2252829617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2225281,22528224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12252817437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12252816890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32225281,22528214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4122528214899
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1225281915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12252824924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212252825800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2122528217380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12252822349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22225281,22528239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2122528261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212252825614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1225281301
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212252821476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12252825251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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