Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jackson Co., Iowa, USA

mindat Locality ID: 48032
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48032.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jackson Co., Iowa, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Baldwin Mines
Bellevue Sand And Gravel Company
Bellevue State Park Area
Canton Area
Gillespie Farm Diggings
Indian Mines
Lytle Creek Diggings
Main Baldwin Diggings
Mineral Creek Diggings

Latitude: 42°9'17"N
Longitude: 90°44'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.154722222222,-90.744166666667

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.

Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	214849	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	214842,214846,214847,214848,214849,214850	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	214842,214846,214847,214848,214849,214850	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	214845	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	214844	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	214842	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	214845	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	214843	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	214842	2473

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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