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Locality Name:
Marion Co., Florida, USA


mindat Locality ID: 18048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marion Co., Florida, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 38
Child Localities:
Bedrock Resources - Citra Mine
Bedrock Resources - S.R. 42 Mine
Boutwell Limerock Mining - C.R. 484 Mine
Boutwell Limerock Mining - Clifton Mine
Canal Pit
Castro Pit
Counts Construction - 140th Ave. Mine
Counts Construction - Martin Mine
Counts Construction - Pansey Britt Mine
Counts Construction Company - H & M Katz Mine
Franklin Industrial Minerals - Lowell Mine
Kendrick Pit
Lehigh Quarry
Loncala Phosphate - Minehead Plant
Lowell Florida
Lynne Clay
M. J. Stavola - Stavola's Mine
M. J. Stavola - Zuber Mine
Marion Northside Stone - 441 Mine
Martin Quarry
Mid-Florida Mining - Emathla Mine
Moss Bluff Prospect
No. 7 Kendrick Quarry
North Florida Phosphate District
Number 8 Mine
O'Neal Pit
Ocala
Ocala Pit
Ocala Pit B
Ocala Quarry
Owens M. B. Pit
Pedro Mine
Pit Number 1
R. O. Camp Clay Pit
S & E Contractors; Inc. - Dr. Slaughter Fish Mine
Santos Pit
Southern Materials Corporation
White Construction Company; Inc.- Clifton

Latitude: 29°13'4"N
Longitude: 82°7'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.217777777778,-82.1325

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 C Ca H Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayNoneQuartzSmectite-vermiculite

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120008627770
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12000741508
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22200085,20008661156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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