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Locality Name:
Columbiana Co., Ohio, USA


mindat Locality ID: 54541
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54541.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Columbiana Co., Ohio, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Clarion Fire Clay
Leetonia
Negley
Salineville
Wellsville
West Point

Latitude: 40°43'10"N
Longitude: 80°38'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.719444444444,-80.633611111111

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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Na 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCorundumGypsumKaoliniteMelanteriteMica
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteWurtziteZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)125368711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2253684,25368727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125368727198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1253687382
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12536876890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3125369214640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42253684,2536875591
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1253690915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125368417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25253684,253685,253687,253689,25369039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125368461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212536845614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12536846417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS125368721482
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS3253687,253688,253691372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12536845251



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