Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mobile Co., Alabama, USA

mindat Locality ID: 66233
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66233.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mobile Co., Alabama, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Adams Dirt Pit
Alabama Asphalt Paving Company; Inc Pit
Axis Clay Quarry (Axis Pit)
Axis Mine
Big Creek Municipal Reservoir
Dauphin Island
Grand Bay Quarry
Halls Mill Pit
Harris Quarry
Harrison Pit
Jackson Creek Pit (Deakle Pit; Jackson Creek Sand)
Joe Yates Pit
John Maples Pit
Laidlaw Number 1 Quarry
Mallette Brothers Number 1 Pit
Maples Pit
McConnell Quarry
Mob 14 Clay Prospect
Mob 2 Clay Prospect
Mob 5 Clay Prospect
Mob 7 Clay Prospect
Mobil Oil Co. Well No. 2
Mobile
Mobile Dredge
Old Shell Road Quarry
Pascagoula Formation
Smith Pit
Tommy Graham Pit No. 1
Tommy Graham Pit No. 2
Unnamed Clay - Sand And Gravel Quarry (MRDS - 10107411)
Whitehead Pit

Latitude: 30°42'56"N
Longitude: 88°12'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.715555555556,-88.212777777778

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.

Clay	Gypsum	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Zircon

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 Ca H Mg Na O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Gypsum None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Zircon

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Gypsum ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	127647,127648	6890
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	127630,127651	1508
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	127626,127629,127632,127633,127634,127637,127639,127640,127641,127642,127650,127652,127655	61156
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	127631	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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