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Barron County, Wisconsin, USAi
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"Aboriginal Pipestone Quarry - Barron County" Postcard, c. 1920

Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
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"Aboriginal Quartzite Quarry - Barron County" Postcard c. 1920

Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
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Blue Hills, Wisconsin

Blue Hills, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
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"Aboriginal Pipestone Quarry - Barron County" Postcard, c. 1920

Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
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"Aboriginal Quartzite Quarry - Barron County" Postcard c. 1920

Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
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Blue Hills, Wisconsin

Blue Hills, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
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"Aboriginal Pipestone Quarry - Barron County" Postcard, c. 1920

Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
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"Aboriginal Quartzite Quarry - Barron County" Postcard c. 1920

Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
Neighbouring regions:
Sawyer County, Wisconsin, USA
Washburn County, Wisconsin, USA
Burnett County, Wisconsin, USA
Dunn County, Wisconsin, USA
St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
Rusk County, Wisconsin, USA
Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA
Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Type:
County
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Rice Lake8,391 (2017)
Barron3,322 (2017)
Chetek2,191 (2017)
Cumberland2,146 (2017)
Cameron1,795 (2017)
Turtle Lake1,033 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
29922
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:29922:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
comté de Barron, Wisconsin, États-Unis
German:
Barron County, Wisconsin, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Barron, Wisconsin, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Бэррон, Висконсин, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
巴倫縣, 威斯康辛州, 美国
Spanish:
Barron, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Barron County, Wisconsin, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة بارون , ويسكونسن, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
Barron konderria , Wisconsin
Bavarian:
Barron County, Wisconsin, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
বারোন কাউন্টি, উইসকনসিন, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Барън, Уисконсин, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Barron County, Wisconsin
Dutch:
Barron County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
Esperanto:
Kantono Barron, Viskonsino
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان بارون، ویسکانسین, ویسکانسین, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Hungarian:
Barron megye, Wisconsin, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
バロン郡, ウィスコンシン州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Barron Comitatus, Visconsinia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Barron Gông, Wisconsin
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Barron Kūn
Norwegian:
Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Barron, Wisconsin, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Barron, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Barron, Wisconsin, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Barron, Wisconsin, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Serbian:
Округ Барон , Висконсин, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Barron County, Wisconsin, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
Traditional Chinese:
巴倫縣, 威斯康辛州, 美國
Turkish:
Barron County, Wisconsin, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Беррон, Вісконсин, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
بیرن کاؤنٹی، وسکونسن, وسکونسن, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Barron, Wisconsin, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Barron, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos


Barron County Wisconsin in underlain primarily by poor-exposed Cambrian sandstones. In the northeastern portion of the county, the Blue Hills are ridges held up by pink to red Proterozoic quartzites. These have been locally quarried for building stone. The zircons noted in the mineral list are sand-sized "heavy mineral" grains from the quartzites. The quartzite also hosts thin layers of pipestone which have been worked by Native Americans since prehistoric times.

Glacial drift is thick in the County, primarily the result of deposition by the Wisconsinan Chippewa lobe. The dedicated collector can find interesting samples in the glacial drift including "drift" copper, banded iron formation and "Lake Superior" agates.

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ⓘ 'Catlinite'
ⓘ Diaspore
Formula: AlO(OH)
ⓘ Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite
Formula: K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘDiaspore4.FD.10AlO(OH)
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
ⓘMuscovite
var. Illite		9.EC.15K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
ⓘ9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘKaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Catlinite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ DiasporeAlO(OH)
Hⓘ Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Hⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ DiasporeAlO(OH)
Oⓘ Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Oⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
AlAluminium
Alⓘ DiasporeAlO(OH)
Alⓘ Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Alⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Siⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
KPotassium
Kⓘ Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barron_County,_Wisconsin
Wikidata ID:Q494916
GeoNames ID:5244742

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References

Gunderson, James N. 1983, "Pipestone Argillites from Huronian Quartzites in Wisconsin", G. S. A. North Central Mtg., Abstracts with Programs, p. 210.
Dott, R. H. Jr. & J.W. Attig (2004) Roadside Geology of Wisconsin, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 346 p.
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