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:
Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 225956
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225956.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Abandoned Quarry
Bloomington Crushed Stone Co. Quarry
Ellers Cave
Griffys Creek
Indiana University Campus
Saltpetre Cave
State Route 37 Road Cut (1)
State Route 37 Road Cut (2)
State Route 37 Road Cut (5)
State Route 37 Road Cut (6)
State Route 37 Roadcut
State Route 46 Roadcut (Stobo Bioherm)
University Reservoir

Latitude: 39°11'26"N
Longitude: 86°35'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.190555555556,-86.588611111111

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	Diaspore	Epsomite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Nitrocalcite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Fe H Mg N Ni O S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Diaspore Epsomite Gypsum Marcasite Millerite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Sulphur

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	214340,214347,214348	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	214339,214340,214345,214347,214349,214350	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	214340,214343,214347,214348,214350	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	214340	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	214340,214343,214347,214348,214349	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	214347	484
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	214340,214347,214348	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	214340,214341,214344	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	214340	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	5	214339,214340,214345,214347,214348	1066
Nitrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(NO₃)₂·4H₂O	1	214344	46
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	214340	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	214340,214347,214348	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	214347,214348,214349	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	214345,214347,214348	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	214347	2473
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	5	214340,214346,214347,214348,214350	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	214339,214340,214342,214343,214347,214348,214351	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	214339,214340	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	214347	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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