Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Big Coon Mine, Galena, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 68
Youngest recorded age at locality: 64

mindat Locality ID: 44498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44498.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Coon Mine, Galena, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Caledonite	Covellite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	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 H O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Caledonite Covellite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	68	64	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	68	64	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	68	64	919
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	68	64	359
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	68	64	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	68	64	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	68	64	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	68	64	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	68	64	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	68	64	12537
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	68	64	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	G28_795_001	68	64	66±2	U-Pb			calcite			Yes	Calcite			12395	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA	Picher field	Coveney et al. (2000)		G28_795

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