Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 215939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Adena Brook Ravine
Bill Moose Run
Glen Echo Ravine
Rush Run

Latitude: 40°3'4"N
Longitude: 83°1'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.051111111111,-83.020833333333

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Botryogen	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Pyrite	Quartz
Starkeyite

Alunogen ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Botryogen ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Millerite ()*
Opal ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*
Whewellite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Botryogen Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Diaspore Epsomite Gypsum
Halotrichite Hexahydrite Marcasite Melanterite Millerite None Not in a structural group Oxalate Pyrite Quartz
Starkeyite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	383	359	1	253797	272
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	383	359	2	253797,253798	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	383	359	2	253797,253798	11547
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	383	359	2	253797,253798	45
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	383	359	3	253796,253797,253798	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	383	359	1	253797	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	383	359	1	253797	382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	383	359	3	253796,253797,253798	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	383	359	1	253797	484
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	383	359	1	253797	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	383	359	1	253797	6890
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	383	359	1	253797	251
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	383	359	4	253796,253797,253798,253799	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	383	359	2	253796,253797	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	383	359	1	253797	1066
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	383	359	1	253797	2994
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	383	359	2	253797,253798	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	359	4	253796,253797,253798,253799	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	359	3	253796,253797,253798	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	383	359	1	253797	293
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	383	359	1	253797	66

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_000573	Concretions bearing whewellite are found in the marine Ohio and Olentangy shales, Ohio. Concretions are described as septarian limestone and often fossiliferous, commonly from one to three feet in diameter. Other minerals within the concretions include fluorescent calcite, dolomite, ankerite, barite, marcasite, quartz and sphalerite. These concretions are found throughout the Devonian Ohio shales.

Age ID

Locality Notes

Michelle_000573

Concretions bearing whewellite are found in the marine Ohio and Olentangy shales, Ohio. Concretions are described as septarian limestone and often fossiliferous, commonly from one to three feet in diameter. Other minerals within the concretions include fluorescent calcite, dolomite, ankerite, barite, marcasite, quartz and sphalerite. These concretions are found throughout the Devonian Ohio shales.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_000573	383	359	Upper Devonian		Age of Ohio Shale					Yes		Whewellite		266400	Huron Shale Concretions, Huron River, Huron Co., Ohio, USA	Huron Shale Concretions	Hyde and Landy (1966)		AM51_228	Age of concretion bearing Ohio Shale. "...The Huron River cuts through flat-lf ing beds of the marine Ohio and Olentangy shales of Upper Devonian age."

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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