Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Galena, Galena District, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Galena, Galena District, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Appleton Mine (Dinsdale Mine)
Bautsch Mine
Black Jack Mine (Marsden Lode; Marsden's Diggings; Peru Mine)
Eagle-Picher Mine
Gill Mine
Gill-Fisher Mine (Pilot Knob Mine)
Merry Widow Mine
Royal Princess Mine (California Diggings)
Ten Strike Mine

Latitude: 42°24'46"N
Longitude: 90°25'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.412777777778,-90.421666666667

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	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	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 Fe Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Marcasite Millerite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	212841,212842,212843,212846,212847,212848,212849	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	7	212841,212842,212843,212846,212847,212848,212849	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	9	212841,212842,212843,212844,212845,212846,212847,212848,212849	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	212843,212844,212848	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	212842	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	212841,212842,212843,212846,212847,212848,212849	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	212841,212842,212846,212847,212848,212849	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	212841,212842,212843,212844,212846,212847,212848,212849	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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