Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Switzerland Co., Indiana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 180812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Switzerland Co., Indiana, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Florence
Tri-County Quarry

Latitude: 38°53'48"N
Longitude: 85°11'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.896666666667,-85.197222222222

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	214564	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	214564	1310
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	214564	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	214564,214565	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	214564	27770
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	214564	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	214564	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	214564	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	214564	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	214564	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	214564	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	214564	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	214564	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	214564	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	214564	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	214564	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	214564	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	214564	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	214564	2562
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	214564	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	214564	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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