Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Minesota Mine (Minnesota Mine), Rockland, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 16394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16394.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minesota Mine (Minnesota Mine), Rockland, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°43'45"N
Longitude: 89°10'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.729166666667,-89.175555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Analcime	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Epidote	Gadolinite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Quartz	Scheelite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*
Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Tenorite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al Au B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Calcite Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Epidote Gadolinite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pumpellyite Quartz Scheelite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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