Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Columbia Co., Wisconsin, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30346.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Columbia Co., Wisconsin, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Achterberg Quarry (Edward Kraemer And Sons; Inc.)
Caledonia
Cambria
Cass Quarry
Cass Quarry (Columbia County Highway Department; Yohn Quarry)
County Trunk K Quarry (Columbia County Highway Department)
Doylestown
Gaastra Quarry
Highway E Quarry (Columbia County Highway Department)
John Smith Sandstone Quarry
Lucille Westphal Pit
Lucille Westphal Pit (Westphal Quarry; C.C. Linck; Inc.)
Portage Quarry (Martin Marietta Corp.; Manley Sand; Div.)
Poynette Quarry (Edward Kraemer And Sons; Inc.)
Rio
Stevenson Quarry (Columbia County Highway Department)
Stiemke Quarry
Thistle Sandstone Quarry
Williams Quarry

Latitude: 43°25'31"N
Longitude: 89°14'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.425277777778,-89.248055555556

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.

Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	Marcasite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Corundum Diaspore Marcasite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	287153,287155,287165	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	287153,287155,287165	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	287153,287155,287165	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	287169	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	287153,287165	5674
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	287155,287169	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	287153	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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