Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Muskingum Co., Ohio, USA

mindat Locality ID: 54677
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54677.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muskingum Co., Ohio, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Brookville Underclay
Dillon Falls
Hopewell Township
Meigs Township
New Concord
New Concord (2)
Rock Cut
Zanesville

Latitude: 39°18'41"N
Longitude: 82°1'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.311388888889,-82.025

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cerite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar
Iron	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cerite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Feldspar
Iron Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	254136	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	254132	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	254131	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	254140	27770
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	254136	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	254136	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	254136	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	254136	4135
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	254135	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	254136	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	254136	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	254136	191
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	254125	5591
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	254136	230
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	254125	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	254134	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	254125,254131	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	254140	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	254136	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	254136	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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