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Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USAi
Regional Level Types
Trempealeau CountyCounty
WisconsinState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Arcadia2,991 (2017)
Osseo1,703 (2017)
Trempealeau1,615 (2017)
Whitehall1,568 (2017)
Galesville1,551 (2017)
Blair1,351 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
171278
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:171278:3
GUID (UUID V4):
a5c253ca-f41d-4863-8b4c-2eccc2b82953
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Trempealeau, Wisconsin, États-Unis
German:
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Trempealeau, Wisconsin, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Тремполо, Висконсин, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
特倫珀洛縣, 威斯康辛州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Trempealeau, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة ترمبيلاو, ويسكونسن, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
Trempealeau konderria , Wisconsin
Bavarian:
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
ট্রেমপিয়েলৌ কাউন্টি, উইসকনসিন, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Тремпъло, Уисконсин, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Czech:
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, Spojené státy americké
Dutch:
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان ترمپیالیو، ویسکانسین, ویسکانسین, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Hungarian:
Trempealeau megye, Wisconsin, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
トレムピーロー郡, ウィスコンシン州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Trempealeau Comitatus, Visconsinia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Trempealeau Gông, Wisconsin
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Trempealeau Kūn
Norwegian:
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Trempealeau, Wisconsin, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Trempealeau, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Trempealeau, Wisconsin, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Trempealeau, Wisconsin, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Serbian:
Округ Тремпело , Висконсин, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USA
Traditional Chinese:
特倫珀洛縣, 威斯康辛州, 美國
Turkish:
Trempealeau, Wisconsin, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Тремполо, Вісконсин, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
ٹریمپیلیاو کاؤنٹی، وسکونسن, وسکونسن, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Trempealeau, Wisconsin, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Trempealeau, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos


Trempealeau County is underlain by undisturbed Cambrian and Ordovician sedimentary rocks. The Ordovician rocks are primarily the Prairie du Chien group, which is mostly resistant dolostone and is widely quarried. These rocks can yield drusy quartz, calcite and goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite and marcasite. The Cambrian rocks are dominantly quartz sandstones that are currently actively sought for "frac sand". The Cambrian also includes some glauconitic sandstone, shales and slabby siltstones The siltstones are often exploited in small quarries for local rip rap and building materials. These rocks are well-exposed along the Mississippi River, especially in Perrot State Park. The deeply dissected "coulee country" along the Trempealeau River and its tributaries abounds with quarries, especially in the Arcadia, Whitehall and Mondovi areas, but few have been checked for minerals. The County was glaciated, but only by some of older Pleistocene glaciations, so glacial drift cover is sparse, and is considered part of the "driftless area" of Wisconsin. Where glacial drift is found, or in deposits from rivers draining glaciated areas one may occasionally find nice "Lake Superior" agates, as well as drift copper, banded iron formation, jasper and many other rocks.

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6 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.α-Fe3+O(OH)
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
O QuartzSiO2
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S MarcasiteFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
FeIron
Fe Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2

Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences50
Youngest Fossil Listed485 Ma (Early/Lower Ordovician)
Oldest Fossil Listed501 Ma (Cambrian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Franconia - Reno43501 - 485.4 Ma (Cambrian)
Jordan Sandstone7501 - 485.4 Ma (Cambrian)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Calvinella
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Saukiidae : Calvinella501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Eurekia
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Eurekiidae : Eurekia501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Idahoia
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Idahoiidae : Idahoia501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Ptychaspis
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Ptychaspididae : Ptychaspis501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Stigmaspis
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Saukiidae : Stigmaspis501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Ellipsocephaloides
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephaloididae : Ellipsocephaloides501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Dikelocephalus minnesotensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Dikelocephalidae : Dikelocephalus : Dikelocephalus minnesotensis501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Corbinia
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Eurekiidae : Corbinia501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Arcadiaspis
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Alokistocaridae : Arcadiaspis501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Chariocephalus whitfieldi
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Elviniidae : Chariocephalus : Chariocephalus whitfieldi501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Drumaspis tanycodia
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Elviniidae : Drumaspis : Drumaspis tanycodia501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Idahoia serapio
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Idahoiidae : Idahoia : Idahoia serapio501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Saratogia hamula
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Olenida : Idahoiidae : Saratogia : Saratogia hamula501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Wilbernia pero
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Olenida : Idahoiidae : Wilbernia : Wilbernia pero501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Ptychaspis miniscaensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Ptychaspididae : Ptychaspis : Ptychaspis miniscaensis501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Prosaukia ambigua
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Saukiidae : Prosaukia : Prosaukia ambigua501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Prosaukia misa
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Dikelocephalidae : Prosaukia : Prosaukia misa501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Monocheilus anatinum
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Dikelocephalidae : Monocheilus : Monocheilus anatinum501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Planolites
genus
Animalia : Planolites501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Skolithos
genus
Skolithos501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trempealeau_County,_Wisconsin
Wikidata ID:Q494923
GeoNames ID:5276086

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