Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Franklin Township, Adams Co., Ohio, USA

mindat Locality ID: 60183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Franklin Township, Adams Co., Ohio, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Beaver Pond
Norfolk Southern Railroad Cut (Norfolk And Western Railroad Cut)
Serpent Mound Disturbance

Latitude: 38°56'50"N
Longitude: 83°19'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.947222222222,-83.330277777778

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	Gypsum	Halotrichite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	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 Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Gypsum Halotrichite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	253496	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	253496	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	253496	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	253496	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	253498	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	253498	1066
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	253496	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	253496,253497	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	253496	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	253498	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	253498	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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