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Locality Name:
Citrus Co., Florida, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24928
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24928.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Citrus Co., Florida, USA": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Beverly Hills
Carroll Contracting - Carroll Lecanto Pit
Catawba
Crystal River
Crystal River Quarries - Lecanto Quarry
Crystal River Quarries - Red Level
Crystal River Quarry
Dunnellon
Florida Rock Industries - Diamond Hill
Gulf Coast Quarry
Hair Quarry
Holnam - Crystal River Quarry
Howard Phosphates - Howard Mine
Independent Aggregates Quarry
Inglis
Lecanto
Lecanto Quarry
Manko Company - Section 5 Mine
North Florida Phosphate District
Red Level
Southdown Limestone Quarry
Storey Mine
Tanner Mine
Turner's Farm Dolomite Prospect
Unnamed Aggregate Pit (MRDS - 10191877)
Unnamed Aggregate Quarry (MRDS - 10191952)
Unnamed Aggregate Quarry (MRDS - 10192013)
Unnamed Dolomite Prospect (MRDS - 10191702)
Unnamed Dolomite Prospect (MRDS - 10216448)
Unnamed Fullers Earth Prospect (MRDS - 10167135)
Unnamed Fullers Earth Prospect (MRDS - 10191823)

Latitude: 28°53'43"N
Longitude: 82°31'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.895277777778,-82.517777777778

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: Al C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteCalciteClayGypsumNonePyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11995433250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7199525,199530,199531,199543,199545,199555,19955627770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)27199532,199543,199555,199556,199559,199563,1995649895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11995352740
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11995566890
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2199565,1995661508
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119955639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23199530,199543,19955561156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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