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:
Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 195291
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195291.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Deer Creek
Lafayette
Rostone Corporation Lafayette Operations

Latitude: 40°25'5"N
Longitude: 86°53'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.418055555556,-86.887777777778

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Marcasite	Mica	Nolanite	None
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Sphalerite	Spinel

Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Ferrihydrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Troilite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Marcasite Mica Nolanite None
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Sphalerite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	214569	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	214567	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	214569	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	214569	203
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	214569	371
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	214569	86
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	214569	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	214569	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	214569	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	214569	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	214569	17380
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	214569	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	214569	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	214569	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	214569	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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