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Locality Name:
Waukon, Allamakee Co., Iowa, USA


mindat Locality ID: 44631
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44631.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waukon, Allamakee Co., Iowa, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Iron Hill Mine (Waukon Iron Mine)
Mineral Creek (Clem Byrnes Farm; New Galena)

Latitude: 43°19'41"N
Longitude: 91°29'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.328055555556,-91.488611111111

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 C Ca Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sauconite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12146542734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121465427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12146544979
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212146549895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121465424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2214653,2146547437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121465314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12146541689
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212146545674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121465439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121465461156
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O121465456
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12146542473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121465421482



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