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Locality Name:
Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1060
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1047

mindat Locality ID: 6848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Childs Fissure Mine
Copper Falls Fissure Mine
Hill Fissure Mine
Old Copper Falls Fissure Mine
Owl Creek Fissure Mine

Latitude: 47°25'41"N
Longitude: 88°11'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.428055555556,-88.191666666667

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: Ag Al B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAnalcimeBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldspar
GadoliniteKaoliniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePumpellyiteQuartzStilbiteThomsonite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Analcime  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Datolite  (*)Epidote  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Microcline  (*)Natrolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1060104702793
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1060104712218031627
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)10601047011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10601047122180427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1060104705707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1060104703531
Copper  (*)CopperCu106010476221799,221800,221801,221802,221803,2218043846
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)106010472221801,221803498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1060104708173
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41060104705591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1060104701271
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1060104704924
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1060104701236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21060104701898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O106010470106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210601047061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1060104705186
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O106010470268
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O106010470452



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-0005710601047 Rb-Sr    YesKamiokiteMo3847Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA Bornhorst et al. (1988)10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619EG83_619 


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