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Locality Name:
Adams Co., Ohio, USA


mindat Locality ID: 54524
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54524.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adams Co., Ohio, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Blue Creek
Bratton Township
East Franklin Township
Franklin Township
Green Township
Jacksonville
Lick Creek
Locust Grove
Louden
Lynx
Manchester
Monroe Township
Ohio Brush Creek
Peebles
Serpent Mound Disturbance
Sinking Spring
Standard Slag Quarry
West Union

Latitude: 38°54'9"N
Longitude: 83°25'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.9025,-83.431111111111
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 Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteClayCorundumFluoriteGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteKaoliniteMarcasite
MelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphaleriteSulphur

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5253486,253496,253505,253518,25352311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13253486,253488,253489,253494,253496,253503,253504,253505,253506,253507,253516,253518,25352327770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12535111252
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)28253489,253491,253496,253505,253507,253518,253520,2535219895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212535189617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12534966890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34253502,253503,253506,25351914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12534981689
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O2253487,253512251
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)66253488,253489,253490,253494,253498,2535071066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412535185591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22253516,2535205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2253486,253514915
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O1253496265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210253486,253493,253496,253497,253500,253504,253505,253514,253516,25351839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22253496,25350561156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)6253488,253489,253490,253494,253498,2535072473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13253488,253489,253490,253491,253494,253498,253506,253507,253510,253516,253518,253520,25352321482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3253489,253507,2535182045


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