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Locality Name:
Jackson Co., Oklahoma, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 48026
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48026.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jackson Co., Oklahoma, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Creta
Duke
Horse Branch -1
Olustee-Eldorado Area

Latitude: 34°36'25"N
Longitude: 99°31'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.606944444444,-99.531666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDigeniteGypsumMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Botallackite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Callaghanite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4270270125458888
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)227027012545885509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)270270125458811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS427027012545885516
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3270270125458849
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)627027012545881633
Callaghanite  (*)NoneCu2Mg2(CO3)(OH)6·2H2O27027012545889
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S27027012545885707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2270270125458827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS27027012545884165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S27027012545881027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S162702701254588300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22702702254588,2545919895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS270270125458824243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2702704254588,254590,254591,2545926890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22702702254588,25459112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2270270125458839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270270061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg27027012545885186
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2702701254588332


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00721270270L. Permian       Cu250732Creta, Jackson Co., Oklahoma, USACretaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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