Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Palm Beach Co., Florida, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.01
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 155448
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155448.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palm Beach Co., Florida, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Bell Farms Shell Pit
Bergeron Land Development - Bergeron Pit
Dubois Limestone Quarry
Gilbert Pit No. 134
GKK; Inc. Palm Beach Aggregates; Inc.
Golden Lakes Pit
Griffin Brothers - Terrytown Number 2
Lantan Rock Pit
Loxahatchee Enterprises Inc.
Okeechobee Pit
Rabbit Island Rock Division
Rock Pit No. 2
South Bay Limestone Quarry
Southeast Mine
Southern Sand And Stone - Number 2

Latitude: 26°36'22"N
Longitude: 80°25'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.606111111111,-80.428888888889

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.

None	Oxalate

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: C Ca H Mg O

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca H Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Oxalate

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Weddellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0.01	0	0		9895
Weddellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	0.01	0	0		32

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_000853	Weddellite occurrence, as a major mineral in the inorganic fraction of Holocene Age Florida peat deposits, and as an accessory mineral in associated mucks and marls. Northern Everglades peat deposits to include Palm Beach Co and Miami-Dade Co.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_000853	0.01	0	Holocene		Age of peat							Weddellite		155448	Palm Beach Co., Florida, USA	Peat deposits, Florida	Griffin et al. (1984)	10.1306/212F851C-2B24-11D7-8648000102C1865D	JSR54_861	Age of the Florida peat deposits

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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