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:
Crawford Co., Indiana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crawford Co., Indiana, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Blue River Group Outcrop Area
Cape Sandy Quarry No. 1
Cape Sandy Quarry No. 2
Crawford County Pit (Crawford County Highway Department)
Eckerty Quarry
Indiana Route 62 Roadcut
Marengo Cave
Marengo Mine & Mill
Saltpetre Cave
Temple Quarry (Mulzer Temple Quarry)
Tower Quarry (Crawford County Quarry)
Wyandotte Cave

Latitude: 38°16'12"N
Longitude: 86°22'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.27,-86.370833333333

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Melanterite	None	Pyrite

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 F Fe H Mg N O S

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Hexahydrite Melanterite None Pyrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Nitrocalcite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	213951,213956	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	213945,213951,213956	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	213945,213950	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	213956	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	213945	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	213951,213956	6890
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	213956	251
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	213951	341
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Nitrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(NO₃)₂·4H₂O	1	213953	46
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	213952	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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