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Locality Name:
Cary Mound Area Quarries, Wood Co., Wisconsin, USA


mindat Locality ID: 51905
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51905.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cary Mound Area Quarries, Wood Co., Wisconsin, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
County Quarry
Haske Quarry
Smith Quarry (Wood County Highway Department)

Latitude: 44°30'57"N
Longitude: 90°12'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.515833333333,-90.211388888889

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chromite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1289509706
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12895099052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)128950911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128950927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212895095171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128950927198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81289509577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412895083902
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61289509518
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212895099617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128950924243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12895096890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128950914899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212895095674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12895094924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS12895091066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212895095800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1289509945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128950939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812895099056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22289508,28950961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212895095614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81289509353
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12895096417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128950921482
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12895091006
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1289509939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12895095251



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