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Locality Name:
Vermilion Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 31328
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31328.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vermilion Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Armstrong Bay Mine
Chandler Mine-North
Chandler Mine-South
Consolidated Vermilion And Extension Mine
McComber Mine (John Adams Estate Et Al)
Pioneer Mine
Rice Creek Prospect
Savoy Mine
Sibley Mine
Soudan
Zenith Mine (Whiteside Office Et Al)

Latitude: 47°53'15"N
Longitude: 91°58'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.8875,-91.971666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212240573092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212240615509
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122406127198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12240613846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212240619895
Gold  (*)CopperAu122405730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310224051,224052,224053,224054,224055,224056,224058,224059,224061,22406214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O410224051,224052,224053,224054,224055,224056,224058,224059,224061,22406214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2122406112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22224057,22406139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2122406161156


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