Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1977.38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1507.51

mindat Locality ID: 23890
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23890.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA": 120
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 100

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Badwater Greenstone
Caspian Construction Company Mine
Caspian Construction Company Quarry
Channing Uranium Trench
County Road 577 Roadcut
Felch
Foster City
Garter Snake Pegmatite
Hanbury Formation
Hancock Mine
Hardwood - Foster City
Loretto
Menominee Iron Range
Menominee River
Michigamme Formation
Norway
Norway Lake
Pine Creek
Sagola
Shotgun Pegmatite
Solberg Schist
Sturgeon River
Unnamed Drill Hole
Unnamed Slate
Vulcan Brick Company Clay Pit
Wakefield Pit
Waucedah

Latitude: 45°54'45"N
Longitude: 87°50'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.9125,-87.836388888889

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	Apatite	Arsenic	Aubertite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copiapite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote
Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane
Rocksalt	Scapolite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Tapiolite	Titanite
Tourmaline	Wollastonite	Zircon

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Aubertite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copiapite Copper Coronadite Corundum Diamond Diaspore Epidote
Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane
Rocksalt Scapolite Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Staurolite Talc Tapiolite Titanite
Tourmaline Wollastonite Zircon

91 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Geikielite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grayite ()*	Greenalite ()*	Grunerite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meionite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Wilcoxite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1977.38	1677.02	3	220222,220223,220287	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1977.38	1677.02	3	220212,220287,220292	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1977.38	1677.02	3	220217,220287,220292	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1977.38	1677.02	2	220287,220297	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1977.38	1677.02	3	220286,220287,220318	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1977.38	1507.51	0		718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	220222,220223	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1977.38	1677.02	6	220216,220220,220287,220315,220316,220331	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			3	220240,220247,220289	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	220265	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	220292	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1977.38	1677.02	3	220287,220292,220297	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	220215	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1977.38	1507.51	18	220219,220222,220236,220241,220247,220264,220265,220267,220271,220275,220277,220280,220287,220292,220304,220305,220306,220308	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1977.38	1677.02	1	220287	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1977.38	1677.02	14	220222,220223,220236,220247,220265,220268,220271,220287,220289,220304,220305,220306,220313,220314	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1977.38	1507.51	0		577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	220225	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	220222	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	220288	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	220212,220312	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			2	220292,220297	518
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1977.38	1677.02	1	220287	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	220262,220280	3846
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	220303	599
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1977.38	1677.02	1	220287	327
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			2	220220,220315	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1977.38	1507.51	7	220222,220223,220256,220275,220287,220296,220326	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1977.38	1677.02	17	220217,220219,220222,220223,220238,220251,220265,220266,220267,220276,220281,220287,220289,220300,220306,220308,220326	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	220233	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	220233	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1977.38	1507.51	0		8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1977.38	1677.02	1	220287	484
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	220223	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	220292	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	220222	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	220292	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	220222,220297	24243
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1977.38	1507.51	0		70
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1977.38	1507.51	34	220222,220238,220240,220241,220243,220244,220245,220247,220253,220257,220258,220259,220261,220263,220264,220265,220266,220267,220271,220275,220276,220277,220278,220283,220285,220287,220293,220294,220295,220301,220302,220305,220306,220309	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	220215,220296,220319	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	220230,220282,220327	2812
Grayite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO₄)·H₂O			1	220292	17
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	220240	61
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1977.38	1677.02	2	220252,220287	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1977.38	1507.51	1	220236	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	220223	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1977.38	1507.51	39	220219,220238,220240,220241,220243,220244,220245,220246,220247,220253,220257,220258,220259,220261,220263,220264,220265,220266,220271,220275,220276,220277,220278,220280,220281,220283,220285,220287,220292,220293,220294,220295,220301,220302,220304,220305,220306,220308,220309	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	220289	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	220222	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	220238,220267,220281,220308	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	220311	1271
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1977.38	1507.51	0		581
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1977.38	1507.51	0		359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1977.38	1507.51	35	220222,220238,220240,220241,220243,220244,220245,220247,220252,220253,220257,220258,220259,220261,220263,220264,220265,220266,220267,220271,220275,220276,220277,220278,220283,220285,220287,220293,220294,220295,220301,220302,220309,220323,220325	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	220247,220289,220305,220314	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1977.38	1677.02	5	220219,220251,220287,220305,220306	5674
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)			2	220222,220223	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			6	220222,220224,220228,220239,220291,220292	4924
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1977.38	1507.51	1	220236	223
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1977.38	1677.02	1	220287	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	220292	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	220329	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			7	220222,220265,220276,220292,220296,220297,220329	17380
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1977.38	1507.51	0		495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			3	220221,220222,220223	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			1	220222	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1977.38	1677.02	17	220219,220222,220223,220236,220241,220247,220265,220271,220276,220277,220280,220283,220287,220292,220297,220305,220306	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			6	220220,220221,220226,220227,220235,220331	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	220307	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1977.38	1507.51	46	220219,220222,220223,220236,220238,220239,220240,220241,220243,220244,220245,220246,220247,220253,220257,220258,220259,220261,220263,220264,220265,220266,220267,220271,220275,220276,220277,220278,220280,220281,220283,220285,220287,220292,220293,220294,220295,220297,220301,220302,220305,220306,220308,220309,220311,220314	61156
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	1977.38	1507.51	0		58
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	220297	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	220292,220322	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	220236,220265,220267,220306	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	220244	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	220292	1214
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	220312	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			7	220222,220238,220265,220267,220281,220308,220311	3337
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1977.38	1677.02	2	220287,220292	99
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	220292	88
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	220297	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1977.38	1507.51	7	220222,220223,220256,220275,220287,220323,220326	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1977.38	1677.02	4	220215,220255,220287,220297	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	220215	890
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1977.38	1507.51	0		652
Wilcoxite ()*	Aubertite	MgAl(SO₄)₂F·17H₂O	1977.38	1677.02	1	220287	11
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	220223	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	220292	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			3	220218,220222,220292	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	220222	1025

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-00902	1536.87	1536.87	1536.87	Rb-Sr	age not evaluated	biotite		123853	Caspian Construction Company Quarry, Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00903	1615.19	1615.19	1615.19	Rb-Sr	minimum age of intrusion	k-feldspar		123853	Caspian Construction Company Quarry, Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00912	1556.45	1556.45	1556.45	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism	biotite		16267	Metropolitan Mine, Metropolitan, Menominee Iron Range, Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00913	1703.29	1703.29	1703.29	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism	muscovite	Muscovite	16267	Metropolitan Mine, Metropolitan, Menominee Iron Range, Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00915	1507.51	1507.51	1507.51	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism	biotite		16267	Metropolitan Mine, Metropolitan, Menominee Iron Range, Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00914	1977.38	1977.38	1977.38	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism	muscovite	Muscovite	11628	Groveland Mine, Randville, Menominee Iron Range, Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00958	1677.02	1677.02	1677.02	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism	k-feldspar		11628	Groveland Mine, Randville, Menominee Iron Range, Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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