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Locality Name:
Meeker's Grove Area Mines, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, USA

mindat Locality ID: 51788
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51788.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meeker's Grove Area Mines, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Big Dick Mine
Koll Mine
Lawrence Mine (MRDS - 10086217)
Liberty Mine
Meekers Grove Mine (Uniset Mine)
Porters Barite Mines
White Property Prospect

Latitude: 42°38'46"N
Longitude: 90°22'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.646111111111,-90.373611111111

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	Clay	Diaspore	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	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 Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe H O Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sauconite ()*
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	288367	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	288362,288363,288364,288365,288366,288367	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	288362,288363,288364,288365,288366,288367	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	288362,288365,288367	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	288362,288365,288366	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	288362,288363,288364,288365,288366	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	288362,288363,288364,288365,288366	61156
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	288365	56
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	288362,288363,288364,288365,288366	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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