Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 233959
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233959.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Detroit Salt Company Mine (International Salt Company Mine)
Oakwood Salt Shaft

Latitude: 42°19'53"N
Longitude: 83°2'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.331388888889,-83.045833333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Carnallite	Corundum	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Carnallite Corundum Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	222877,222878	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	222877	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	222877	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	222877	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	222877	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	222877	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	222877	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	222877	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	222877	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	222877	14640
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	222877	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	222877	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	222877	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	222877	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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