Glen Echo Ravine, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Glen Echo Ravine | Ravine |
Columbus | - not defined - |
Franklin County | County |
Ohio | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 1' 9'' North , 82° 59' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Grandview Heights | 7,328 (2017) | 5.7km |
Upper Arlington | 34,907 (2017) | 6.1km |
Columbus | 850,106 (2017) | 6.4km |
Marble Cliff | 584 (2017) | 6.5km |
Riverlea | 569 (2017) | 7.3km |
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Columbus Rock and Mineral Society | Columbus, Ohio | 6km |
Ohio Geological Society | Worthington, Ohio | 8km |
Mindat Locality ID:
210227
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:210227:9
GUID (UUID V4):
900479a7-9eb8-447d-a05b-1a2d65f74213
Glen Echo Ravine is one of a series of ravines that drain into the Olentangy River in the City of Columbus. All of these ravines cut into the Ohio Shale, found in the Devonian bedrock exposed in a strip in the center of Ohio, running from Adams/Scioto counties in the south, up through the heavily populated counties along the shore of Lake Erie.
Sources describing minerals in the Ohio Shale in the northern part of the state can be applied to the Ohio Shale in general: it is a similar geology. Thus a similar pattern of mineralized concretions (containing ferroan dolomite, calcite, quartz, barite, and aragonite), pyrite disks, and mineral efflorescences (alunogen, botryogen, copiapite, epsomite, gypsum, hexahydrite, melanterite, ferroan pickeringite, and rozenite) can be found in central Ohio exposures of the Ohio shale. In addition, chert nodules weathered out of limestone can be found in the stream beds.
Glen Echo ravine runs about 2.5 miles from I-71 west to the Olentangy River. It is easily accessible at Glen Echo Park (the lat/long below). Bridges and tunnels make exploration of the Ravine a bit difficult, but it is possible to walk most of the ravine down to the Olentangy River.
Efflorescences, cone-in-cone calcite, and pyrite are found in the upper part of the Ravine, near Glen Echo Park. Between Indianola Ave. and High St. mineralized concretions can be seen, some as large as 6 feet across. Pyrite disks or "suns" can also be found between plates of the shale in the middle and lower part of the Ravine.
This is an urban site, so be prepared for a bit of graffiti, ne'er-do-well teenagers, junk, and the occasional homeless person living in a tent.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
16 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Alunogen ? Formula: Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O |
ⓘ Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
ⓘ Botryogen Formula: MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O |
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Copiapite ? Formula: Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O |
ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite Formula: Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
ⓘ Epsomite ? Formula: MgSO4 · 7H2O |
ⓘ Gypsum ? Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
ⓘ Hexahydrite ? Formula: MgSO4 · 6H2O |
ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Melanterite ? Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
ⓘ Pickeringite Formula: MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Rozenite ? Formula: FeSO4 · 4H2O |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
ⓘ | Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
ⓘ | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 | |
ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
ⓘ | Rozenite ? | 7.CB.15 | FeSO4 · 4H2O |
ⓘ | Hexahydrite ? | 7.CB.25 | MgSO4 · 6H2O |
ⓘ | Melanterite ? | 7.CB.35 | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
ⓘ | Epsomite ? | 7.CB.40 | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
ⓘ | Alunogen ? | 7.CB.45 | Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O |
ⓘ | Pickeringite | 7.CB.85 | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
ⓘ | Gypsum ? | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
ⓘ | Copiapite ? | 7.DB.35 | Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O |
ⓘ | Botryogen | 7.DC.25 | MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Alunogen | Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O |
H | ⓘ Botryogen | MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O |
H | ⓘ Copiapite | Fe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O |
H | ⓘ Epsomite | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
H | ⓘ Hexahydrite | MgSO4 · 6H2O |
H | ⓘ Melanterite | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
H | ⓘ Pickeringite | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
H | ⓘ Rozenite | FeSO4 · 4H2O |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
C | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Alunogen | Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O |
O | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | ⓘ Botryogen | MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Copiapite | Fe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O |
O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | ⓘ Epsomite | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
O | ⓘ Hexahydrite | MgSO4 · 6H2O |
O | ⓘ Melanterite | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
O | ⓘ Pickeringite | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Rozenite | FeSO4 · 4H2O |
O | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Botryogen | MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O |
Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Mg | ⓘ Epsomite | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
Mg | ⓘ Hexahydrite | MgSO4 · 6H2O |
Mg | ⓘ Pickeringite | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
Mg | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Alunogen | Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O |
Al | ⓘ Pickeringite | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Alunogen | Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | ⓘ Botryogen | MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O |
S | ⓘ Copiapite | Fe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O |
S | ⓘ Epsomite | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
S | ⓘ Hexahydrite | MgSO4 · 6H2O |
S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Melanterite | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
S | ⓘ Pickeringite | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Rozenite | FeSO4 · 4H2O |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
Ca | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Botryogen | MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O |
Fe | ⓘ Copiapite | Fe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O |
Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Melanterite | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Rozenite | FeSO4 · 4H2O |
Fe | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
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