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Locality Name:
Bedford, Lawrence Co., Indiana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 30737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bedford, Lawrence Co., Indiana, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bedford Quarry And Mill
Gardner Mine Ridge
Hoosier Quarries
Indiana 58
McMillan Quarry
North Gardner Mine
South Gardner Mine
State Route 37 Roadcut
Williams Co. Limestone Quarry

Latitude: 38°48'58"N
Longitude: 86°34'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.816111111111,-86.574722222222

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K O P S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteBaryteCalciteClayDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMarcasite
MicaNoneQuartzRutileSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1214145470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61214145966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)121414711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2214151,21415227770
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61214145310
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212141519617
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31214145504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12141457437
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O121414562
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212141455674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121414517380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12141452349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121414561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212141455614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121415121482



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