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:
Madison Co., Alabama, USA

mindat Locality ID: 65605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madison Co., Alabama, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Alum Cave Hollow
Flint River
General Shale Products Company Pit
Gurley
Huntsville
Huntsville North Quarry (Huntsville North Mine)
New Market
Redstone Arsenal
South Parway Quarry No. 1 (Number 111 Mine)
Vulcan Materials Company Quarry
Well No. 47
Wheeler Lake Mine (Clay Pit No. 1 & Plant No. 18)

Latitude: 34°43'25"N
Longitude: 86°34'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.723611111111,-86.582222222222

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite None Pyrite Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Strontianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	127591,127594	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	127593	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	127591,127594	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	127591,127594	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	127591,127594	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	127591,127594	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	127597	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	127586	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	127591,127594	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	127589,127590	61156
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	127591,127594	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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