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Locality Name:
Franklin Township, Adams Co., Ohio, USA


mindat Locality ID: 60183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Franklin Township, Adams Co., Ohio, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Beaver Pond
Norfolk Southern Railroad Cut (Norfolk And Western Railroad Cut)
Serpent Mound Disturbance

Latitude: 38°56'50"N
Longitude: 83°19'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.947222222222,-83.330277777778

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 Fe H Mg O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteGypsumHalotrichiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)125349611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125349627770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212534969895
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12534966890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12534981689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612534981066
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O1253496265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22253496,25349739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125349661156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12534982473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS125349821482



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