Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Newton Co., Arkansas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23806
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23806.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newton Co., Arkansas, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Cal Thompson Saltpeter Cave
Cave Mountain Cave
Davis Creek-Hurricane Branch District
Hale Saltpeter Cave
Little Buffalo River District
Mount Hersey-Lower Cave District
Ponca-Boxley District
Saltpeter Cave
Sneeds Creek
Upper Cave Creek District

Latitude: 35°57'58"N
Longitude: 93°8'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.966111111111,-93.145277777778

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	Calcite	Clay	Epsomite	Kaolinite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Alunite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goslarite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Niter ()*	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: Al C Ca Cu H K Mg N O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clay Epsomite Kaolinite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	150056	966
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		919
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	150030,150040	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	150040	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	150030	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	150030,150040,150057	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		188
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	4	150026,150028,150040,150057	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	150056	5591
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	4	150024,150025,150029,150055	181
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	8	150026,150028,150035,150037,150038,150039,150040,150057	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26	150026,150028,150030,150032,150033,150034,150035,150037,150038,150039,150040,150043,150044,150045,150046,150047,150049,150050,150051,150052,150053,150054,150057,150059,150060,150061	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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