Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ross Co., Ohio, USA

mindat Locality ID: 54922
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54922.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ross Co., Ohio, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bainbridge
Chillicothe
Frankfort
Humbolt
Old Rucker Quarry
Paint Creek
Paxton Township

Latitude: 39°17'55"N
Longitude: 83°9'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.298611111111,-83.1575

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Melanterite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

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 Au Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Copper Gypsum Halotrichite Melanterite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	254245	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	254242,254245	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	254245	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	254241,254243	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	254237	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	254245	409
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	254245	915
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	254245	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	254238,254239,254245	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	254242,254245	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	254242	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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