Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Major Co., Oklahoma, USA

mindat Locality ID: 44048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Major Co., Oklahoma, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ames Impact Structure (Ames Hole; Ames Impact Crater)
Fairview
Glass Mts
Salt Fork Of Cimarron River

Latitude: 36°17'27"N
Longitude: 98°29'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.290833333333,-98.491111111111

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.

Calcite	Clay	Gypsum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Cl H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Gypsum Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Coesite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Jadeite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	254671	27770
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	254670	77
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	254671	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	254671,254673	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	254674	1398
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	0		154
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	254670	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	254670	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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