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St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USAi
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The Baldwin Boulder

St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
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River Falls "Monument"

River Falls, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
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Cudd's Quarry, 1975

Cudd's Quarry, River Falls, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
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The Baldwin Boulder

St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
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River Falls "Monument"

River Falls, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
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Cudd's Quarry, 1975

Cudd's Quarry, River Falls, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
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The Baldwin Boulder

St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
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River Falls "Monument"

River Falls, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
Neighbouring regions:
Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
Dunn County, Wisconsin, USA
Washington County, Minnesota, USA
Type:
County
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Hudson13,566 (2017)
New Richmond8,821 (2017)
Baldwin3,972 (2017)
North Hudson3,822 (2017)
Somerset2,693 (2017)
Hammond1,898 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
59414
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:59414:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
comté de Sainte-Croix, Wisconsin, États-Unis
German:
St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di St. Croix, Wisconsin, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Санта-Крус, Висконсин, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
聖克羅伊縣, 威斯康辛州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de St. Croix, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة سانت كروا , ويسكونسن, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
St. Croix konderria , Wisconsin
Bavarian:
St, Wisconsin, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
সেন্ট ক্রয়িক্স কাউন্টি, উইসকনসিন, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Сейнт Крой, Уисконсин, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Saint Croix County, Wisconsin
Dutch:
St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
Esperanto:
Kantono Sankta Kruco, Viskonsino
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان سنت کریکس، ویسکانسین, ویسکانسین, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Hungarian:
Saint Croix megye, Wisconsin, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
セントクロワ郡, ウィスコンシン州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
St. Croix Comitatus, Visconsinia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
St. Croix Gông, Wisconsin
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
St. Croix Kūn
Norwegian:
St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo St. Croix, Wisconsin, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de St. Croix, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul St. Croix, Wisconsin, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de St. Croix, Wisconsin, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Serbian:
St. Croix County, Висконсин, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
Ukrainian:
Сент-Круа, Вісконсин, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
سینٹ کروا کاؤنٹی، وسکونسن, وسکونسن, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận St. Croix, Wisconsin, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han St. Croix, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos


St. Croix County is underlain by Cambrian and Ordovician sedimentary rocks. The Cambrian sediments are largely sandstones, often glauconitic. The Ordovician section tends to be carbonate dominated, with the notable exception of the super-mature St. Peter Sandstone. The carbonates are quarried for crushed stone. Calcite and drusy quartz can be found in these rocks.

Several faults originally of Keweenawan age, but reactived in post-Ordovician time, shift Cambrian and Ordovician strata. The most notable is the Hastings - Hudson Fault, traceable near Hudson and through Willow River State Park.

The Wisconsinan St. Croix moraine cuts through the county near the Interstate 94 corridor. The landscape south of there is bedrock dominated with only thin older glacial drift. North of the interstate the terrain is dominated by glacial landforms. Interesting materials can be found in the glacial drift including iron formation, float copper, omars, jasper and "Lake Superior" agates.

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10 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
ⓘ 'Glauconite'
Formula: K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
ⓘ Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘ Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Native Copper
Formula: Cu
ⓘ Native Iron
Formula: Fe
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
ⓘ Quartz var. Agate
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Troilite
Formula: FeS

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Copper1.AA.05Cu
ⓘNative Iron1.AE.05Fe
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘTroilite2.CC.10FeS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘMarcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘGoethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘQuartz
var. Agate		4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
ⓘAragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Unclassified
ⓘ'Glauconite'-K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Hⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
CCarbon
Cⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Oⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oⓘ GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Oⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mgⓘ GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Siⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Siⓘ GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ TroiliteFeS
KPotassium
Kⓘ GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
FeIron
Feⓘ GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Feⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Feⓘ Native IronFe
Feⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ TroiliteFeS
CuCopper
Cuⓘ Native CopperCu

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Croix_County,_Wisconsin
Wikidata ID:Q591156
GeoNames ID:5270199

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References

Hurley,P.M.,Cormier,R.F.,Hower,J.,Fairbairn,H.W.,and Pinson,W.H.,Jr.,(1960) Reliability of glauconite for age measurement by K-Ar and Rb-Sr methods :American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin,v.44,p.1793-1808
Dott, R. & J. Attig (2004) Roadside Geology of Wisconsin: Mountain Press, 346 p.
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