Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Riley Co., Kansas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 53001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riley Co., Kansas, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bala Kimberlite
Leonardville Kimberlite
Manhattan
Randolph No. 1 Kimberlite
Randolph No. 2 Kimberlite
Stockdale Kimberlite
Winkler Kimberlite

Latitude: 39°13'18"N
Longitude: 96°31'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.221666666667,-96.532222222222

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Sapphirine	Serpentine	Spinel

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaersutite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Garnet Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Sapphirine Serpentine Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	215269,215270,215273,215275	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	215275	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	215269,215273	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	215275	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	215275	179
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	215273	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	215269,215270	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	215270,215275	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	215269,215270,215275	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	215275	9056
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	215275	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	215275	1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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