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Locality Name:
Calamine-Truman-Darlington Area, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, USA


mindat Locality ID: 51784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calamine-Truman-Darlington Area, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
ALS Trucking Company Quarry
Ames Branch Copper Prospect
De Rocher Mine
Hames Rowe Lead Mine
Jackson Mine
Lange Quarry
M. C. Mine
Mayer & Thiede Mine
Otto Jean Kelly Quarry (Kelly Wiegel Quarry; Otto Jean Construction Company)
Palzkil Quarry (George Wendtlandt; Inc.)
Reddy Quarry (George Wendtlandt; Inc.)
Reichers Quarry (Ivey Construction Company)
Rodham Mine
Ruff Quarry (Ivey Construction Company)
Southwestern Wisconsin Mine

Latitude: 42°41'8"N
Longitude: 90°12'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.685555555556,-90.203055555556

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCovelliteDiaspore
EpsomiteGypsumHydrotalciteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSulphurVivianiteWoodwarditeWurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Honessite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Sauconite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212882925509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2288297,28830511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4288294,288297,288303,28830527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128829227198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12882922970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25288292,288294,288297,288303,2883059895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4288294,288297,288303,28830524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2288292,2883037437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O0188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Honessite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)025
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128829212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22288292,2883035674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25288292,288294,288297,288303,28830539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24288294,288297,288303,28830561156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O100312
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O056
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3288297,288303,2883052473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3288297,288303,28830521482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045



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