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:
Detroit Salt Company Mine (International Salt Company Mine), Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Detroit Salt Company Mine (International Salt Company Mine), Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°19'53"N
Longitude: 83°2'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.331388888889,-83.045833333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Carnallite	Corundum	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Carnallite Corundum Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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