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Locality Name:
Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 225956
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225956.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Abandoned Quarry
Bloomington Crushed Stone Co. Quarry
Ellers Cave
Griffys Creek
Indiana University Campus
Saltpetre Cave
State Route 37 Road Cut (1)
State Route 37 Road Cut (2)
State Route 37 Road Cut (5)
State Route 37 Road Cut (6)
State Route 37 Roadcut
State Route 46 Roadcut (Stobo Bioherm)
University Reservoir

Latitude: 39°11'26"N
Longitude: 86°35'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.190555555556,-86.588611111111

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 Fe H Mg N Ni O S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteDiasporeEpsomiteGypsumMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzSphaleriteSulphur

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Nitrocalcite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3214340,214347,2143483250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6214339,214340,214345,214347,214349,21435011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5214340,214343,214347,214348,21435027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12143401252
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25214340,214343,214347,214348,2143499895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1214347484
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3214340,214347,2143487437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3214340,214341,2143446890
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212143405674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS5214339,214340,214345,214347,2143481066
Nitrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(NO3)2·4H2O121434446
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121434039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83214340,214347,2143489056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23214347,214348,21434961156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3214345,214347,2143486417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12143472473
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)5214340,214346,214347,214348,21435077
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7214339,214340,214342,214343,214347,214348,21435121482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2214339,214340589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12143472045



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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