Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Big Falls, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1835
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1835

mindat Locality ID: 51676
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51676.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Falls, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°49'18"N
Longitude: 91°17'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.821666666667,-91.293888888889

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.

Amphibole	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	None	Titanite

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: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet None Titanite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1835	1835	2353
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1835	1835	327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1835	1835	8173
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1835	1835	4899

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
	USGS-U-Th-Pb-01275_206_238	1835	1835	1835	206_238	age of metamorphic crystallization		zircon				Zircon			51676	Big Falls, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb

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