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Locality Name:
Saline Co., Illinois, USA


mindat Locality ID: 169025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-169025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saline Co., Illinois, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Downstate No. 1
Harrisburg Brick And Tile Company Clay
Harrisburg City Engineering
Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District
Limestone Prospect (MRDS - 10193810)
Saline Highway Department

Latitude: 37°41'33"N
Longitude: 88°29'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.6925,-88.497777777778

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 F Fe O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteCorundumFluoriteNonePyriteRocksaltSphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)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)121350811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121350627770
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23213506,213507,2135089617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121350824243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121350839462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2213506,21350821482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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