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Locality Name:
Rosiclare District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA


mindat Locality ID: 9023
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9023.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosiclare District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Argo Mine
Fairview Mine - Blue Diggings Fault
Rosiclare

Latitude: 37°25'31"N
Longitude: 88°21'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.425277777778,-88.355277777778
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: Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O Sr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteGypsumMalachiteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4212718,212719,212727,21273011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13212716,212717,212718,212719,212720,212722,212723,212724,212725,212726,212727,212728,21273027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12127184979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24212717,212718,212727,21273027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12127303846
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF214212716,212717,212718,212719,212720,212722,212723,212724,212725,212726,212727,212728,212729,2127309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12212717,212718,212719,212720,212722,212723,212724,212725,212726,212727,212729,21273024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1212719717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2212727,2127306890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141212717784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22212718,21272512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26212716,212717,212723,212727,212728,21273039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12127181725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26212718,212722,212723,212725,212727,21273061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12127302473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11212717,212718,212719,212720,212722,212723,212724,212725,212726,212727,21273021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312127173418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)0589
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)1212718251


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