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Locality Name:
Brown Co., Ohio, USA


mindat Locality ID: 55067
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55067.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brown Co., Ohio, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Georgetown
Hamersville
Lewis Township
Winchester

Latitude: 38°56'25"N
Longitude: 83°48'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.940277777778,-83.808333333333

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: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartz
SphaleriteVivianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2253653,25365511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2253653,25365527770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12536531252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125365527198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22253653,2536559895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12536537437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22253653,2536555674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22253653,25365539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125365361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2253653,25365521482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1253653589
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1253651636



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