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Locality Name:
Sauk Co., Wisconsin, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1696.45
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1377.72

mindat Locality ID: 25696
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25696.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sauk Co., Wisconsin, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Alfred Boyles Flagstone Quarry (Alfred Boyles Flagstone)
Alt Quarry
Baraboo
Bloss Stone Company Quarry
Chester Miller Quarry (Edward Kraemer And Sons; Inc.)
Denzer Quarry (Edward Kraemer And Sons; Inc.)
Hagerman Hill
Hildebrandt Stone Company Quarry
Ironton Iron Mine
Jackson Quarry (Edward Kraemer And Sons; Inc.)
Lins Quarry
Matousek Quarry (Edward Kraemer And Sons; Inc.)
North Freedom Village
Rick Quarry (Edward Kraemer And Sons; Inc.)
Rock Springs Village (Ableman)
Sampler
Schultz Quarry
Spencer Quarry
Wittman Pit (Fred Bindl Limestone Products)

Latitude: 43°25'20"N
Longitude: 89°58'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.422222222222,-89.972222222222

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Lazulite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Tivanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Foitite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnesio-foitite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pseudorutile ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite
Lazulite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rutile Spinel
Tivanite Tourmaline Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1696.45	1377.72	1	289039	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	289018	2162
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	289018,289031	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	289022	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	289022	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	289034	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			4	289016,289018,289029,289031	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	289018	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	289018	9617
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	289014	75
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	289024,289029,289031	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1696.45	1377.72	11	289014,289015,289016,289018,289022,289029,289031,289032,289034,289036,289039	14640
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			2	289014,289017	232
Magnesio-foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Mg₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	289014	22
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1696.45	1377.72	2	289016,289039	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	289022	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1696.45	1377.72	2	289018,289039	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1696.45	1377.72	2	289032,289039	17380
Pseudorutile ()*	Tivanite	Fe³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉			1	289032	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	289024,289032	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			3	289015,289017,289030	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1696.45	1377.72	9	289014,289015,289017,289018,289030,289032,289034,289036,289039	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	289032	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	289016,289029,289031,289032	6417
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	289017	105
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	289018	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-01279	1617.72	1377.72	1497.72±120	Rb-Sr	age meaning uncertain (geologic factors)	whole rock	31428	Baxter's Hollow, Sampler, Sauk Co., Wisconsin, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-01280	1696.45	1416.45	1556.45±140	Rb-Sr	age meaning uncertain (geologic factors)	whole rock	31428	Baxter's Hollow, Sampler, Sauk Co., Wisconsin, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-01281	1657.08	1397.08	1527.08±130	Rb-Sr	age meaning uncertain (geologic factors)	whole rock	31428	Baxter's Hollow, Sampler, Sauk Co., Wisconsin, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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