Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Stark Co., North Dakota, USA

mindat Locality ID: 130707
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130707.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stark Co., North Dakota, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Belfield
Richardton Meteorite
Taylor

Latitude: 46°53'3"N
Longitude: 102°45'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.884166666667,-102.75805555556

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.

Apatite	Cerite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Erionite	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	None
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Erionite-Ca ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*
Troilite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl H Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Cerite Clay Copper Corundum Erionite Gypsum Iron Kaolinite None
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	253463	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	253463	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	253463	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	253463	4135
Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite	Ca₅[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	0		31
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	253463	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	253463	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	253465	5591
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	253463	230
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	253463	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	253463	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	253463	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	253463	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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