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Locality Name:
Pike Co., Indiana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 214245
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214245.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bethel Church
Spurgeon

Latitude: 38°16'59"N
Longitude: 87°10'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.283055555556,-87.176388888889
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 Cd F Fe H K O P S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe O S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteBaryteBerauniteCalciteLeucophosphiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNonePhosphosiderite
PyriteSphaleriteStrunziteVivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Ferrostrunzite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Hawleyite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)121447511547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1214475136
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O121447581
Ferrostrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O121447519
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12144752740
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS121447562
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1214475110
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212144775674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1214477915
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1214475182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121447739462
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1214475263
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1214475636


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