Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hinch, Missouri Brown Iron Belt, Crawford Co., Missouri, USA

mindat Locality ID: 292549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292549.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hinch, Missouri Brown Iron Belt, Crawford Co., Missouri, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hinch Mine
Scotia Iron Bed Mines

Latitude: 38°2'43"N
Longitude: 91°9'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.045277777778,-91.160833333333

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	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 Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	225091	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	225092	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	225089	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	225089	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	225091,225092	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	225089,225091,225092	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	225092	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	225089,225091	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	225089,225092	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	225091,225092	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	225092	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	225091,225092	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	225092	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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