Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Empire Sub-District, Pope Co., Illinois, USA

mindat Locality ID: 53694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Empire Sub-District, Pope Co., Illinois, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Big Joe Mine
Conns Mine
Douglas Mine
Empire-O. Crabb-Red Extension Mine
Gaskins Mine (Medeker Pit)
Hicks Creek Mine
Hutchinson Mine (Rainy Mine)
Pierce Mine (Raum Mine)
Red Mine
Slapout Mine

Latitude: 37°31'36"N
Longitude: 88°25'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.526666666667,-88.425

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	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: Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	213390	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	213393	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	213391,213392,213393,213394,213396	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	213390	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	213392	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	8	213390,213391,213392,213393,213394,213396,213397,213398	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	213390,213391,213392,213393,213394,213396,213397,213398	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	213390	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	213397	717
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	213390	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	213390	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	213392	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	213390,213391,213393	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	213392	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	213391,213392,213394,213396,213397,213398	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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