Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Interstate Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA

mindat Locality ID: 212247
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212247.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Interstate Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Berry Mine (Sweat Mine)
Cox (Beecher Williams)
Dubois Mine
Gibbons Mine (K & R Mine)
Indiana (Rogertown And Hillside No. 2 Mine)
Interstate No. 2 Mine (Austin Mine)
Interstate No.1 Mine
Martin Prospect (F. E. Martin Prospect)
Pell Mine
Preen Mine (Red Tipple Mine)
Tri-State Mine (Miller Mine; Melcher Hills)
Twitchell Mine
Webber - Wood Mine

Latitude: 37°28'12"N
Longitude: 88°21'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.47,-88.3625

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	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Malachite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	212675,212678,212679,212680,212682	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	212678	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	13	212671,212672,212673,212674,212675,212676,212677,212678,212679,212680,212681,212682,212683	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	212672,212675,212677,212678,212679,212681	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	212675,212679	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	212678,212679	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	212679	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	212677,212679	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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