Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rhode Island Mine, Osceola, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33322
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33322.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rhode Island Mine, Osceola, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°11'16"N
Longitude: 88°31'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.187777777778,-88.518055555556

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Natrolite	None	Prehnite	Quartz

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Na O Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Natrolite None Prehnite Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*	Mesolite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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