Pierce County, Wisconsin, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Pierce County | County |
| Wisconsin | State |
| USA | Country |
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Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| River Falls | 15,269 (2017) |
| Prescott | 4,208 (2017) |
| Ellsworth | 3,197 (2017) |
| Spring Valley | 1,342 (2017) |
| Elmwood | 808 (2017) |
| El Paso | 680 (2017) |
Mindat Locality ID:
51949
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:51949:5
GUID (UUID V4):
d8d6669e-9b2c-4889-a395-3c21b110fe28
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Pierce, Wisconsin, États-Unis
German:
Pierce County, Wisconsin, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Pierce, Wisconsin, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Пирс, Висконсин, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
皮爾斯縣, 威斯康辛州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Pierce, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Pierce County, Wisconsin, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة بيرس, ويسكونسن, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
Pierce konderria , Wisconsin
Bavarian:
Pierce County, Wisconsin, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
পিয়েরসে কাউন্টি, উইসকনসিন, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Пиърс, Уисконсин, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Pierce County, Wisconsin
Dutch:
Pierce County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان پیرس، ویسکانسین, ویسکانسین, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Hungarian:
Pierce megye, Wisconsin, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
ピアース郡, ウィスコンシン州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Pierce Comitatus, Visconsinia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Pierce Gông, Wisconsin
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Pierce Kūn
Norwegian:
Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Pierce, Wisconsin, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Pierce, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Pierce, Wisconsin, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Pierce, Wisconsin, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Serbian:
Округ Пирс , Висконсин, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Pierce County, Wisconsin, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
Traditional Chinese:
皮爾斯縣, 威斯康辛州, 美國
Turkish:
Pierce, Wisconsin, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Пієрс, Вісконсин, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
پیئرس کاؤنٹی، وسکونسن, وسکونسن, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Pierce, Wisconsin, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Pierce, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
Pierce County is underlain by Cambrian and Ordovician strata, primarily quartz sandstones and dolomitic carbonates. A few isolated outcrops of non-marine Cretaceous strata are known. There is a relatively thin cap of glacial drift left by earlier Pleistocene glaciations. An Ordovician meteor impact structure, the Rock Elm Disturbance, occurs in the eastern part of the County in and north of Nugget Lake County Park. Drusy quartz, dolomite, calcite and goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite occur often in dolostone quarries and outcrops. Crystal Cave in Spring Valley is a significant commercial cave developed in the Ordovician Prairie du Chien Group dolostones and displays speleothems as well as the drusy quartz in vugs that give the cave its name. A few small iron oxide ore deposits were mined from likely Cretaceous lag deposits on top of Ordovician carbonate rocks. The glacial drift hosts a variety of minerals, including drift gold, copper and diamonds, septaria nodules, jasper, banded iron formation and, of course, Lake Superior agates. Several geology displays can be found in the Agriculture and Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin - River Falls campus.
Note that some localities are named after roads. Be warned that road names in the county have been changed to numbers, with east-west roads being numbered avenues and north-south roads being numbered streets.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities16 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Almandine Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 Localities: |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| ⓘ Diamond Formula: C Localities: |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| ⓘ 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ 'Glauconite' Formula: K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH) Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Localities: |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Localities: |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Localities: |
| ⓘ 'Manganese Oxides' Localities: References: |
| ⓘ 'Manganese Oxides var. Manganese Dendrites' Localities: References: |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 Localities: |
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite Formula: K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| ⓘ Platinum Formula: Pt |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Localities: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region. References: |
| ⓘ Reidite Formula: ZrSiO4 Description: Micron-sized regions inside microscopic clastic zircon grains in shock metamorhoosed sandstone. |
| ⓘ Topaz Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| ⓘ Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| ⓘ | Platinum | 1.AF.10 | Pt |
| ⓘ | Diamond | 1.CB.10a | C |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Almandine | 9.AD.25 | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| ⓘ | Reidite | 9.AD.45 | ZrSiO4 |
| ⓘ | Topaz | 9.AF.35 | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Illite | 9.EC.15 | K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Glauconite' | - | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| ⓘ | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ | 'Manganese Oxides var. Manganese Dendrites' | - | |
| ⓘ | '' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite | K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Diamond | C |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Almandine | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite | K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| O | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| O | ⓘ Reidite | ZrSiO4 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Almandine | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Al | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite | K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Almandine | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Si | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite | K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Si | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| Si | ⓘ Reidite | ZrSiO4 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite | K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Almandine | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Zr | ⓘ Reidite | ZrSiO4 |
| Pt | Platinum | |
| Pt | ⓘ Platinum | Pt |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Fossils
There are 1 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.BETA TEST - These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 31 | ||||||
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| Youngest Fossil Listed | 450 Ma (Late/Upper Ordovician) | ||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 461 Ma (Middle Ordovician) | ||||||
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| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. | ||||||
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 1 fossil locality |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_County,_Wisconsin |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q501575 |
| GeoNames ID: | 5266878 |
Localities in this Region
- Wisconsin
- Pierce County
- ⭔Bay City
- Beldenville Pass Limestone Quarry
- Bridge Road limestone deposit
- Cady Creek Iron mine
- Cady Creek quarry
- Cave Creek limestone deposit
- Christenson Quarry
- Creek Road limestone deposit
- Devils Gate limestone deposit
- Don Borst Quarry (Pierce County Highway Department)
- Donald Sears Quarry (Pierce County Highway Department)
- ⭔Ellsworth
- ⭔Elmwood
- Gilbertson dolomite deposit
- Goose Creek clay deposit
- Grant Avenue Quarry
- Hager City dolomite deposit No. 1
- Hager City dolomite deposit No. 2
- Halverson Quarry (Pierce County Highway Department)
- Hilbert Stark limestone deposit
- ⭔Maiden Rock
- Peach Road limestone deposit
- Pechacek Quarry (Pierce County Highway Department)
- Pierce County Operations
- Pine Coulee Road limestone deposit
- ⭔Plum City
- Pierce County
- Wisconsin
- Pierce County
- Plum City
- Porcupine Creek dolomite deposit
- Prescott Quarry
- Richardson Quarry (Pierce County Highway Department)
- ⭔River Falls
- Bredahl limestone deposit
- Knollwood Road Limestone Quarry No. 1
- Knollwood Road Limestone Quarry No. 2
- Morrow Quarry
- River Falls agricultural lime site
- River Falls dolomite deposit No. 1
- River Falls dolomite deposit No. 2
- River Falls Dolomite Quarry No. 6
- Rocky Branch Creek dolomite deposit
- Scenic View Road limestone deposit
- ⭔Rock Elm
- Rush River dolomite deposit No. 1
- Rush River dolomite deposit No. 2
- ⭔Spring Valley
- Stirratt Ave limestone deposit
- Sukawaty Quarry (Pierce County Highway Department)
- Svec Quarry (Edward Kraemer and Sons; Inc.)
- Trimbelle River clay deposit
- Trimbelle River dolomite deposit
- Trimbelle River Limestone Quarry No. 1
- Trimbelle River Limestone Quarry No. 2
- Trimbelle River Limestone Quarry No. 3
- W. & K. Svoboda limestone deposit
- Washington Drive dolomite deposit
- Pierce County
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- Midcontinent RiftGeologic Province
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Sukawaty Quarry, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA