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Locality Name:
Bill Moose Run, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 215934
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215934.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bill Moose Run, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°4'3"N
Longitude: 83°1'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.0675,-83.031388888889

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 Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteBaryteBotryogenCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteDiasporeEpsomiteGypsum
HalotrichiteHexahydriteMarcasiteMelanteriteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupOxalatePyriteQuartz
Starkeyite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Botryogen  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Whewellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O3833590272
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)38335903250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)383359011547
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O383359045
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)383359027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2383359027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O3833590382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)238335909895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O3833590484
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)38335907437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O38335906890
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O3833590251
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS238335905674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O3833590915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS38335901066
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O38335902994
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O3833590265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2383359039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2383359061156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O3833590293
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O383359066



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_000573Concretions bearing whewellite are found in the marine Ohio and Olentangy shales, Ohio. Concretions are described as septarian limestone and often fossiliferous, commonly from one to three feet in diameter. Other minerals within the concretions include fluorescent calcite, dolomite, ankerite, barite, marcasite, quartz and sphalerite. These concretions are found throughout the Devonian Ohio shales.


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
Michelle_000573383359Upper Devonian Age of Ohio Shale   YesWhewellite 266400Huron Shale Concretions, Huron River, Huron Co., Ohio, USAHuron Shale ConcretionsHyde and Landy (1966) AM51_228Age of concretion bearing Ohio Shale. "...The Huron River cuts through flat-lf ing beds of the marine Ohio and Olentangy shales of Upper Devonian age."


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