Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Ohio, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 931.68
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 4048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ohio, USA": 933
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 538

Number of Child Localities: 88
Child Localities:
Adams Co.
Allen Co.
Ashland Co.
Ashtabula Co.
Athens Co.
Auglaize Co.
Belmont Co.
Brown Co.
Butler Co.
Carroll Co.
Champaign Co.
Clark Co.
Clermont Co.
Clinton Co.
Columbiana Co.
Coshocton Co.
Crawford Co.
Cuyahoga Co.
Darke Co.
Defiance Co.
Delaware Co.
Erie Co.
Fairfield Co.
Fayette Co.
Franklin Co.
Fulton Co.
Gallia Co.
Geauga Co.
Greene Co.
Guernsey Co.
Hamilton Co.
Hancock Co.
Hardin Co.
Harrison Co.
Henry Co.
Highland Co.
Hocking Co.
Holmes Co.
Huron Co.
Jackson Co.
Jefferson Co.
Knox Co.
Lake Co.
Lawrence Co.
Licking Co.
Logan Co.
Lorain Co.
Lucas Co.
Madison Co.
Mahoning Co.
Marion Co.
Medina Co.
Meigs Co.
Mercer Co.
Miami Co.
Monroe Co.
Montgomery Co.
Morgan Co.
Morrow Co.
Muskingum Co.
Noble Co.
Ottawa Co.
Paulding Co.
Perry Co.
Pickaway Co.
Pike Co.
Portage Co.
Preble Co.
Putnam Co.
Richland Co.
Ross Co.
Sandusky Co.
Scioto Co.
Seneca Co.
Shelby Co.
Stark Co.
Summit Co.
Trumbull Co.
Tuscarawas Co.
Union Co.
Van Wert Co.
Vinton Co.
Warren Co.
Washington Co.
Wayne Co.
Williams Co.
Wood Co.
Wyandot Co.

Latitude: 40°18'36"N
Longitude: 82°51'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.31,-82.860277777778

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdranositeAlumAluniteAmorphousApatiteAphthitaliteAragoniteArcaniteBaryteBotryogen
CalciteCeriteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCopperCorundumCubaniteDiamondDiaspore
EpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteIronKaoliniteKieseriteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMetavoltineMicaMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupOxalatePicromeritePyracmonite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSabieiteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteSulphur
VivianiteVoltaiteWurtziteZircon

85 IMA Minerals at location:
Adranosite-(Fe)  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)Alunogen  (*)
Ammoniomagnesiovoltaite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Botryogen  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)Brianite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carlsonite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Clairite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Diadochite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Huizingite-(Al)  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kremersite  (*)Lonecreekite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)
Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Panethite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyracmonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sabieite  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Szomolnokite  (*)Taenite  (*)Thénardite  (*)Troilite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Whewellite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adranosite-(Fe)  (*)Adranosite(NH4)4NaFe2(SO4)4Cl(OH)212539446
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1253668312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2253668,2541368803
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O3254264,254303,25431192
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O3833594253797,253944,253949,254085272
Ammoniomagnesiovoltaite  (*)Voltaite(NH4)2Mg5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O12539443
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)14253535,253609,253726,253862,253944,253983,254060,254154,254169,254170,254285,254313,254319,2543941588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12535381036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)38335910253700,253766,253797,253798,253947,253949,254004,254132,254387,2543943250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)38335952253486,253496,253505,253518,253523,253622,253653,253655,253661,253687,253715,253746,253750,253757,253758,253766,253776,253797,253798,253808,253810,253831,253852,253893,253945,253947,253949,253950,253960,253961,253998,254001,254044,254045,254064,254071,254131,254166,254175,254220,254245,254261,254262,254292,254293,254323,254324,254340,254383,254394,254406,25440811547
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O3833594253797,253798,253949,25408545
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O125394430
Brianite  (*)AphthitaliteNa2CaMg(PO4)212541083
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)931.68359194253486,253488,253489,253494,253496,253503,253504,253505,253506,253507,253516,253518,253523,253527,253528,253530,253533,253536,253546,253563,253583,253601,253608,253629,253653,253655,253665,253682,253684,253687,253700,253709,253716,253740,253742,253744,253745,253746,253748,253750,253757,253761,253762,253763,253766,253769,253770,253772,253773,253776,253779,253788,253790,253794,253796,253797,253798,253801,253803,253804,253807,253808,253810,253829,253831,253851,253852,253854,253857,253859,253861,253883,253886,253890,253891,253893,253897,253898,253904,253909,253913,253915,253916,253919,253920,253921,253926,253927,253928,253929,253945,253947,253949,253954,253960,253961,253986,253998,254004,254010,254012,254014,254016,254027,254033,254035,254037,254039,254042,254044,254045,254046,254047,254049,254050,254051,254052,254053,254055,254059,254064,254075,254077,254079,254093,254095,254097,254099,254100,254103,254124,254140,254153,254154,254155,254160,254166,254173,254174,254175,254178,254180,254185,254187,254205,254207,254210,254220,254225,254228,254230,254232,254242,254245,254251,254253,254255,254259,254261,254262,254269,254272,254273,254274,254277,254279,254280,254284,254287,254302,254329,254343,254345,254348,254351,254353,254354,254370,254383,254387,254390,254392,254393,254394,254395,254397,254400,254404,254406,254408,254411,254412,254413,25441627770
Carlsonite  (*)Metavoltine(NH4)5Fe3+3O(SO4)6·7H2O12539441
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)931.68931.6850253511,253653,253682,253779,253851,253852,254033,254035,254044,254046,254049,254052,254055,254079,254152,254153,254154,254155,254160,254162,254167,254170,254171,254173,254175,254176,254178,254180,254248,254249,254253,254255,254259,254261,254262,254269,254271,254277,254279,254280,254392,254393,254394,254399,254400,254401,254406,254408,254411,2544161252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12542594979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS238335910253655,253687,253797,253831,254064,254071,254187,254220,254302,25438327198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1254136203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42253668,2541363902
Clairite  (*)None(NH4)2Fe3+3(SO4)4(OH)3·3H2O12539448
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O3833595253687,253797,253949,254085,254193382
Copper  (*)CopperCu12541363846
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O2253699,25419481
Diamond  (*)DiamondC6253672,253678,253723,253846,254068,254304697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612541364135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2931.6835970253489,253491,253496,253505,253507,253518,253520,253521,253527,253530,253533,253535,253609,253653,253655,253657,253682,253766,253776,253796,253797,253798,253829,253831,253857,253859,253861,253862,253945,253947,253949,253983,254004,254012,254014,254016,254035,254044,254060,254079,254093,254095,254097,254099,254154,254155,254160,254173,254205,254210,254245,254259,254261,254262,254277,254279,254284,254285,254313,254319,254348,254351,254353,254392,254394,254400,254406,254408,254411,2544139895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O3833593253797,253949,254306484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF238335959253485,253518,253527,253530,253533,253709,253742,253762,253763,253771,253779,253851,253852,253854,253857,253942,254014,254016,254033,254035,254045,254049,254077,254079,254153,254154,254155,254160,254161,254166,254171,254173,254174,254175,254187,254228,254230,254232,254251,254255,254256,254257,254259,254261,254262,254271,254277,254279,254343,254348,254351,254353,254392,254394,254397,254406,254408,254411,2544139617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS21253693,253752,253818,253861,253949,254003,254007,254155,254160,254253,254255,254259,254261,254262,254277,254279,254354,254383,254387,254392,25439424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3833594253653,253777,253797,2540077437
Gold  (*)CopperAu18253648,253662,253669,253671,253674,253676,253679,253980,253996,253997,254004,254069,254234,254235,254241,254243,254275,25436630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12541082812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O931.6835954253496,253535,253595,253687,253715,253717,253727,253738,253760,253797,253851,253944,253949,253984,253986,254033,254035,254039,254049,254051,254062,254063,254064,254065,254066,254153,254154,254155,254164,254169,254170,254180,254212,254216,254218,254237,254298,254299,254300,254302,254303,254307,254311,254312,254319,254358,254362,254378,254385,254394,254397,254400,254411,2544166890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl28253534,253535,253609,253657,253683,253726,253822,253832,253862,253937,253959,253983,254017,254040,254049,254060,254080,254101,254141,254174,254214,254285,254297,254313,254319,254371,254381,2544171398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O4253944,253949,254245,254360409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O347253502,253503,253506,253519,253541,253543,253544,253547,253566,253572,253573,253576,253579,253580,253681,253692,253817,253820,253885,253895,253899,253911,253929,253930,253931,253933,253983,253988,253993,253995,254083,254087,254089,254090,254115,254117,254135,254148,254189,254190,254201,254202,254223,254263,254378,254379,25438014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12534981689
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O38335913253487,253512,253715,253797,253850,253889,253949,254179,254254,254406,254408,254410,254414251
Huizingite-(Al)  (*)Not in a structural group(NH4)9Al3(SO4)8(OH)2·4H2O12539442
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)66253488,253489,253490,253494,253498,2535071066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312541365433
Iron  (*)IronFe4253605,253668,254108,2541361089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S31254136191
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612539442228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)414253518,253622,253684,253687,253843,253954,253986,254006,254064,254125,254220,254266,254294,2543025591
Kremersite  (*)None(NH4)2Fe3+Cl5·H2O125394412
Lonecreekite  (*)Alum(NH4)Fe3+(SO4)2·12H2O12539446
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4125400614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2125383112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS238335933253516,253520,253536,253653,253655,253682,253738,253741,253748,253796,253797,253798,253799,253806,253808,253829,253831,253897,253945,254031,254079,254097,254155,254160,254205,254210,254246,254277,254284,254343,254394,254397,2544085674
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)125394461
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O38335926253486,253514,253565,253570,253575,253582,253591,253592,253594,253597,253598,253599,253661,253690,253721,253724,253738,253796,253797,253884,253949,254024,254030,254193,254245,254360915
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)73253668,254108,254136230
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O125394478
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12540064924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3833592253797,2542591066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)27253684,253738,253786,253954,253986,254006,25412517380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3833592253792,2537972994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12540062349
Panethite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)1-x(Mg,Fe2+,Mn)PO412541083
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O38335912253496,253719,253721,253765,253797,253798,253944,253949,254027,254085,254245,254289265
Pyracmonite  (*)Pyracmonite(NH4)3Fe(SO4)312539445
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2383359227253486,253493,253496,253497,253500,253504,253505,253514,253516,253518,253527,253528,253530,253533,253536,253542,253554,253556,253558,253560,253562,253567,253569,253584,253585,253590,253593,253600,253602,253608,253611,253615,253618,253620,253621,253622,253624,253626,253628,253632,253633,253635,253636,253638,253639,253641,253643,253645,253647,253653,253655,253659,253661,253684,253685,253687,253689,253690,253695,253697,253712,253715,253721,253724,253728,253730,253731,253733,253735,253738,253739,253741,253744,253747,253748,253757,253776,253777,253779,253781,253783,253788,253796,253797,253798,253799,253806,253807,253808,253809,253810,253816,253829,253831,253834,253835,253837,253840,253851,253852,253854,253857,253859,253861,253864,253866,253868,253869,253871,253872,253874,253876,253878,253880,253883,253884,253893,253897,253920,253928,253932,253935,253936,253945,253947,253949,253954,253958,253960,253961,253964,253965,253967,253969,253972,253974,253975,253976,253977,253979,253986,253991,254013,254014,254016,254021,254027,254029,254035,254039,254041,254044,254049,254064,254071,254077,254088,254093,254099,254113,254134,254143,254145,254147,254149,254154,254155,254160,254169,254173,254175,254187,254193,254196,254197,254205,254207,254210,254223,254228,254230,254238,254239,254245,254261,254262,254273,254277,254284,254287,254291,254292,254293,254296,254302,254309,254315,254318,254321,254324,254325,254327,254329,254330,254333,254335,254337,254338,254340,254345,254348,254351,254353,254354,254357,254360,254365,254370,254373,254376,254383,254387,254394,254397,254406,254408,25441139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO238335953253496,253505,253608,253653,253684,253697,253700,253758,253766,253770,253772,253776,253788,253796,253797,253798,253826,253829,253888,253891,253897,253898,253900,253901,253902,253903,253907,253909,253916,253941,253945,253947,253949,253954,253986,253996,253999,254000,254001,254006,254012,254093,254124,254125,254131,254187,254191,254200,254242,254245,254266,254316,25435461156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O3833595253661,253797,253949,254024,254360293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25253684,253954,253986,254006,2542665614
Sabieite  (*)Sabieite(NH4)Fe3+(SO4)212539449
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl1253944105
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P2253668,254108374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)5253541,253609,253684,253954,2539866417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)6253488,253489,253490,253494,253498,2535072473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS931.68359113253488,253489,253490,253491,253494,253498,253506,253507,253510,253516,253518,253520,253523,253527,253528,253533,253568,253608,253653,253655,253658,253661,253682,253687,253715,253766,253770,253772,253779,253788,253831,253838,253843,253844,253851,253857,253861,253886,253889,253891,253893,253897,253909,253913,253923,253924,253926,253929,253945,253947,253949,253960,253961,254014,254035,254044,254049,254063,254064,254067,254071,254079,254093,254100,254108,254140,254154,254155,254160,254161,254173,254187,254210,254211,254220,254223,254225,254228,254230,254232,254242,254255,254259,254261,254262,254273,254277,254279,254284,254287,254292,254293,254302,254309,254315,254323,254324,254329,254340,254348,254351,254353,254354,254383,254387,254392,254394,254397,254400,254406,254408,254411,25441621482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)11253653,254044,254079,254253,254261,254277,254279,254394,254406,254408,254411589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS931.68931.6813253489,253507,253518,253944,254035,254039,254049,254154,254173,254279,254394,254400,2544162045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O2253645,253661139
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)4253605,253668,254108,254136703
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1254303299
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS3253668,254108,2541361044
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O125394481
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O6253651,253847,254081,254110,254367,254368636
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O1253944111
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O3833593253797,253807,25394566
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS9253588,253661,253687,253688,253691,253960,253961,254294,254329372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)5253684,253954,253986,254006,2542665251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_000573Concretions bearing whewellite are found in the marine Ohio and Olentangy shales, Ohio. Concretions are described as septarian limestone and often fossiliferous, commonly from one to three feet in diameter. Other minerals within the concretions include fluorescent calcite, dolomite, ankerite, barite, marcasite, quartz and sphalerite. These concretions are found throughout the Devonian Ohio shales.


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_000573383359Upper Devonian Age of Ohio Shale    Whewellite 266400Huron Shale Concretions, Huron River, Huron Co., Ohio, USAHuron Shale ConcretionsHyde and Landy (1966) AM51_228Age of concretion bearing Ohio Shale. "...The Huron River cuts through flat-lf ing beds of the marine Ohio and Olentangy shales of Upper Devonian age."
USGS-Rb-Sr-00375931.68931.68931.68Rb-Srminimum age of metamorphic crystallizationbiotite     4053Stoneco Portage Quarry (Maumee Stone Co. Quarry), Portage, Wood Co., Ohio, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 


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