The 1:24,000-scale geologic map of the Weston and Menomonie South quadrangles is part of a larger project to map all of Dunn County. Prior mapping work in the area was regional in extent (1:250,000-scale), so this …
Dunn County
Gold
Formula: Au Isometric Description:Gold is usually found in hydrothermal deposits where it forms at a wide range of temperatures and geological settings. Gold may form in exhalative deposits formed on the sea floor associated with Archean …
Psilomelane
Formula: Mixture of hydrate manganese-barium oxides Description: Psilomelane is used as a blanket term to denote a variety of hard massive mixtures of manganese oxides. Most, but not all, psilomelane is the mineral romanechite (BaMn2+Mn4+8O16(OH)4 ). The …
Quartz
Formula: SiO2 Hexagonal Description: Quartz is the most abundant mineral. It is an essential component of granitic igneous rocks, of sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and chert and of metamorphic rocks such as quartzites. It is a …
Apatite Group
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) Hexagonal Description:Apatite denotes a family of minerals referred to variously in older literature as “fluorapatite,” “chlorapatite,” “carbonate-apatite” or “hydroxlyapatite” and in newer literature as apatite- (CaF) etc. depending on which anion group dominates. Members …