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Cole Quarry, Avon, Rock County, Wisconsin, USAi
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Cole QuarryQuarry
AvonTown
Rock CountyCounty
WisconsinState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 32' 38'' North , 89° 17' 38'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Orfordville1,495 (2017)9.9km
Brodhead3,291 (2017)10.7km
Durand1,409 (2017)12.3km
Lake Summerset2,048 (2017)12.7km
Decatur1,803 (2017)13.9km
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ClubLocationDistance
Badger Lapidary & Geological Society, Inc.Monroe, Wisconsin29km
Northwest Illinois Rock ClubFreeport, Illinois38km
Mindat Locality ID:
169401
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:169401:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Rock County Highway Department Quarry; Avon lead-zinc occurrence


A stone deposit/quarry located 3.1 km (1.9 miles) E of the hamlet of Avon in the town of Avon.

Active quarry in Ordovician carbonate rocks. Shows of galena, sphalerite and marcasite mineralization, likely a fringe deposit of the Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district were noted in 1968 in the quarry and nearby drill cores. The show is sometimes referred to as the "Avon lead-zinc occurrence".

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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5 valid minerals.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SSulfur
S GalenaPbS
S MarcasiteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
FeIron
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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Link to USGS MRDS:10157267

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