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Locality Name:
Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 9510
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9510.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°45'3"N
Longitude: 89°7'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.750833333333,-89.120277777778

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.

Brochantite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Gadolinite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gerhardtite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Likasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Quartz ()*
Saponite ()*	Silver ()*

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 Fe H K Mg N Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Gadolinite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pumpellyite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
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
Gerhardtite ()*	None	Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃	24
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Likasite ()*	None	Cu₃(NO₃)(OH)₅·2H₂O	11
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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