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Locality Name:
Champion, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Champion, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Champion Mine (Beacon Mine)
East Champion (Keystone; Iron Duke)
East Mine
Marine Mine
Pascoe Mine (Jim Pascoe)
Phoenix Pits (North Dalliba; North Phoenix)
US41-M28 Roadcut
West Champion Mine

Latitude: 46°30'53"N
Longitude: 87°58'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.514722222222,-87.970833333333
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 Au B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayCopper
CorundumDiasporeFeldsparGarnetGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinel
StauroliteTalcTetrahedriteTourmaline

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Minnesotaite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Staurolite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212222053419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312222052353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512222051310
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12222051588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212222053092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12222113250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)122220511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412222055516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2222205,22221027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22222205,22221127198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81222205577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)22222205,222207376
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2222220557
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312222051797
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21222205327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612222054135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22222205,2222109895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS122220524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4222205,222206,222209,2222107437
Gold  (*)CopperAu122220530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2222211,2222122812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)22222205,222207223
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2222205,2222116890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34222205,222206,222209,22221014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312222055433
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O41222205172
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)21222205234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45222205,222206,222209,222210,22221114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2122221112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22222205,2222105674
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)2122220561
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212222055800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2122220517380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12222052349
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21222205247
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1222205494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23222205,222210,22221139462
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO31222205147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812222059056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25222205,222206,222209,222210,22221161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12222051711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1222205969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212222055614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12222052705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2222205,2222106417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312222051214
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1222205978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212222053337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312222055317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212222052562


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