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Locality Name:
Rosiclare, Rosiclare District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA


mindat Locality ID: 14608
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14608.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosiclare, Rosiclare District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Alcoa Mine
Annex Mine
Austine Mine
Blue Diggings Mine
Daisy Mine - Daisy Vein No. 2 Shaft
Dimmick Mine (Dimmick Prospect Shaft No. 2)
Eureka Lead Mine
Good Hope Mine (Good Hope-Extension Mine)
Hillside Mine
Martin Mine
Mary Mine
Rosiclare Mine

Latitude: 37°25'46"N
Longitude: 88°21'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.429444444444,-88.354166666667
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: Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Cl O P Pb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteGypsumMalachiteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3212719,212727,21273011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10212719,212720,212722,212723,212724,212725,212726,212727,212728,21273027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22212727,21273027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12127303846
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211212719,212720,212722,212723,212724,212725,212726,212727,212728,212729,2127309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10212719,212720,212722,212723,212724,212725,212726,212727,212729,21273024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1212719717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2212727,2127306890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121272512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24212723,212727,212728,21273039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25212722,212723,212725,212727,21273061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12127302473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS9212719,212720,212722,212723,212724,212725,212726,212727,21273021482
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)0251


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