Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Farrey Mine, Benton, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Farrey Mine, Benton, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°34'0"N
Longitude: 90°22'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.566666666667,-90.379166666667

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.

Calcite	Diaspore	Hydrotalcite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Woodwardite

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: C Ca Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Diaspore Hydrotalcite Marcasite Millerite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Woodwardite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Honessite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Violarite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Honessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	25
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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