Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eaton Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 125409
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125409.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eaton Co., Michigan, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
American Sewer Pipe Company Shale Pit
Bellevue
Briggs Company Clay Pit
Eaton Rapids
F. C. Hunt Clay Prospect
Grand Ledge Clay Products Company Shale Pit
Lawson Clay Pit (Eaton Clay Pit; Grand Ledge Clay Products Company)
Lawson Road Mine
Lincoln Brick Park
Olivet Brick & Tile Company Clay Pit
Pryor Brothers Pit

Latitude: 42°39'17"N
Longitude: 84°51'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.654722222222,-84.854722222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Vivianite

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: Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Na O P Pb S Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Vivianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vivianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	220335	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	220335,220336	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	220335,220336	1252
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	220335	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	220340	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	220334,220338,220343	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	220335,220336,220340	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	220335,220336,220340	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	220340	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	220335,220336,220340	21482
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	220335	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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