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Locality Name:
Buck Mine, Buck Group, Gaastra, Menominee Iron Range, Iron Co., Michigan, USA


mindat Locality ID: 8947
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8947.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buck Mine, Buck Group, Gaastra, Menominee Iron Range, Iron Co., Michigan, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Baltic Mine
Buck Exploration (Youngs Exploration)
Fogarty Mine
Pickands Mather Exploration Drill Hole B1

Latitude: 46°3'31"N
Longitude: 88°36'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.058611111111,-88.613888888889
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: Al Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeFluoriteFritzscheiteKaoliniteMalachite
MarcasiteMeta-autuniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStilpnomelaneWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bassetite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dickite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10051
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2221017,2210367437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32221017,22103614640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O0388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O0443
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O0129
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22221017,22103639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2221017,2210366417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O2221017,221036456
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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