Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baraboo, Sauk Co., Wisconsin, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baraboo, Sauk Co., Wisconsin, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Baraboo Quartzite Company; Inc. (Baraboo Quarry)
Cahoon Mine
Devils Lake State Park
Jessie Quarry (Jesse Pit)

Latitude: 43°26'50"N
Longitude: 89°41'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.447222222222,-89.699166666667

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Lazulite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Spinel	Tourmaline	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Foitite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnesio-foitite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Lazulite None Not in a structural group
Pyrophyllite Quartz Spinel Tourmaline Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	289018	2162
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	289018	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	289016,289018	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	289018	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	289018	9617
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		75
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	289015,289016,289018	14640
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	289017	232
Magnesio-foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Mg₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		22
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	289016	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	289018	4924
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	289015,289017	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	289015,289017,289018	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	289016	6417
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	289017	105
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	289018	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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