Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Minerva No. 1 Mine (Ozark-Mahoning No. 1 Mine), Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3754
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3754.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minerva No. 1 Mine (Ozark-Mahoning No. 1 Mine), Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°32'36"N
Longitude: 88°9'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.543333333333,-88.156388888889

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.

Alstonite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Paralstonite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Alstonite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*
Benstonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Malachite ()*
Paralstonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Witherite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alstonite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Paralstonite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alstonite ()*	Alstonite	BaCa(CO₃)₂	24
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	83
Benstonite ()*	None	Ba₆Ca₆Mg(CO₃)₁₃	17
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Paralstonite ()*	Paralstonite	BaCa(CO₃)₂	7
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	589
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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