Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Washington Co., Indiana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 195288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Washington Co., Indiana, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Canton
Fluorite Occurrence Number 1
Harristown
Miller Sand Pit
Pekin
Plattsburg
Salem

Latitude: 38°31'59"N
Longitude: 86°4'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.533055555556,-86.075555555556

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Marcasite ()*
Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Strontianite ()*

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 H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	214614	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	214606	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	214599,214607,214611,214613,214614	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	214599,214604,214614	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	214614,214617	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	214599,214614	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	214607,214614	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	214607,214609,214614,214617	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	214604,214614	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	214599	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	214599,214614,214619	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	214599,214605,214606,214607,214613,214614,214617	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	214606	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	214599,214602,214606,214607,214608,214613,214614,214615	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	214614	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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