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:
Limestone Co., Alabama, USA

mindat Locality ID: 65598
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65598.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Limestone Co., Alabama, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Athens
Athens Meteorite
Dobbins Branch
Dobbins Branch Area
Elk River Area
Elkmont
Indian Cave
Little Shoal Creek Area
Ordovician Limestones
Rock House Springs Cave
Sugar Creek Area
Unnamed Locality
Unnamed Quarry

Latitude: 34°49'25"N
Longitude: 87°1'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.823611111111,-87.02

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.

Calcite	Cubanite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron	None	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg N Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cubanite Fluorite Gypsum Iron None Quartz Sphalerite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Niter ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	127564,127567	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	127553	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	127567	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	127567,127571	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	127567	6890
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	127553	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	127553	191
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	2	127565,127568	181
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	127552,127554,127555,127570	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	127553	374
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	127553	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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