Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Delaware Mine (Delaware Conglomerate Mine), Delaware, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1060
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1047

mindat Locality ID: 10530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10530.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Delaware Mine (Delaware Conglomerate Mine), Delaware, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Delaware Fissure Mine

Latitude: 47°25'23"N
Longitude: 88°6'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.423055555556,-88.1025

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	Copper	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Datolite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Natrolite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Silver ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 B C Ca Cu H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Calcite Copper Feldspar Gadolinite Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pumpellyite Thomsonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1060	1047	0		1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1060	1047	1	221838	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1060	1047	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1060	1047	1	221838	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1060	1047	0		2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1060	1047	1	221838	498
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1060	1047	0		1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1060	1047	0		12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1060	1047	0		4924
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1060	1047	0		1236
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1060	1047	0		1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1060	1047	0		106
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1060	1047	0		5186
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1060	1047	0		452

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00057	1060	1047		Rb-Sr						Yes		Kamiokite	Mo	3847	Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA		Bornhorst et al. (1988)	10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619	EG83_619

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