Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wind Cave, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24978
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24978.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wind Cave, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°33'0"N
Longitude: 103°24'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.55,-103.4

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	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Tridymite

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 Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Calcite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum None Not in a structural group Quartz Tridymite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ice ()*	Magnesite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	341
Ice ()*	Amorphous Tridymite	H₂O	59
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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