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Locality Name:
Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 52331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Atlanta Meteorite
Prices Dome
Winnfield Dome

Latitude: 31°56'32"N
Longitude: 92°46'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.942222222222,-92.771388888889
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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCubaniteDiasporeEnargiteGypsum
IronMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelSulphurVivianiteWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Oldhamite  (*)Osbornite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Troilite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1216523312
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12165251588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12165253250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1216525379
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)121652511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121652527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12165255707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121652527198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31216523802
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41216523157
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212165259895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41216525910
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61216523944
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121652524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12165257437
Graphite  (*)NoneC12165232812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12165256890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl12165251398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121652514640
Iron  (*)IronFe12165231089
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212165255674
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS121652358
Osbornite  (*)RocksaltTiN121652320
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121652539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812165259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121652561156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1216525712
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1216523374
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2216523,21652521482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1216525589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12165252045
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12165231044
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1216524636


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