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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

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 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: 
BaryteCalciteClayDiasporeMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
Smectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sauconite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)128836711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6288362,288363,288364,288365,288366,28836727770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26288362,288363,288364,288365,288366,2883679895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3288362,288365,28836724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23288362,288365,2883665674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25288362,288363,288364,288365,28836639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25288362,288363,288364,288365,28836661156
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O128836556
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5288362,288363,288364,288365,28836621482



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