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Yankee Hill Brick Yard (Burnham pit), Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USAi
Regional Level Types
Yankee Hill Brick Yard (Burnham pit)Brickworks
LincolnCity
Lancaster CountyCounty
NebraskaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 46' 33'' North , 96° 45' 16'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Yankee Hill292 (2011)2.4km
Lincoln277,348 (2017)7.8km
Denton201 (2017)8.7km
Pleasant Dale210 (2017)15.1km
Roca266 (2017)15.5km
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ClubLocationDistance
Lincoln Gem & Mineral Club, Inc.Lincoln, Nebraska8km
Mindat Locality ID:
28461
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:28461:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A clay deposit/pit operation located South of Pioneer Park near Lincoln.
Clays are Dakota clays of Cretaceous age.

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3 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Description: Pseudomorphs after marcasite
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O BaryteBaSO4
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S MarcasiteFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
FeIron
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4

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North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
USA

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