Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1012

mindat Locality ID: 3856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Copper Harbor Conglomerate

Latitude: 46°45'0"N
Longitude: 89°33'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.75,-89.55

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.

Acanthite	Anthonyite	Arsenic	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Domeykite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Algodonite ()*	Anatase ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calumetite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalconatronite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Domeykite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Titanite ()*
Wurtzite ()*	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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Anthonyite Arsenic Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Domeykite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Vivianite Wurtzite Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1100	1012	0		2793
Algodonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu_1-xAs_x (x ≈ 0.15)	1100	1100	0		41
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1100	1012	1	222765	2162
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1100	1100	0		544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1100	1012	0		11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1100	1012	0		1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1100	1100	1	222765	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1100	1012	0		27770
Calumetite ()*	Anthonyite	CaCu₄(OH)₈Cl₂·3.5H₂O	1100	1100	0		11
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1100	1100	0		5707
Chalconatronite ()*	None	Na₂Cu(CO₃)₂·3H₂O	1100	1100	0		23
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1100	1100	0		27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1100	1012	0		577
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1100	1100	0		295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1100	1100	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1100	1100	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1100	1100	0		2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1100	1100	0		1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1100	1100	0		300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1100	1012	0		9895
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	1100	1100	0		73
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1100	1012	0		8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1100	1012	0		814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1100	1012	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1100	1012	0		24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1100	1012	0		2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1100	1012	0		717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1100	1012	0		14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1100	1012	0		341
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1100	1012	0		1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1100	1012	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1100	1100	0		12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1100	1012	0		5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1100	1012	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1082	1012	0		5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1100	1012	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1100	1012	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1100	1012	0		2349
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1100	1100	0		158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1100	1012	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1100	1012	0		61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1100	1012	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1100	1012	0		21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1100	1012	0		232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1100	1012	1	222765	4899
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1100	1012	0		372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1100	1012	0		5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00058	1082	1012		Rb-Sr								Molybdenite	Mo	3856	White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA		Ruiz et al. (1984)	10.1130/0091-7613(1984)12<259:RDOODH>2.0.CO;2	G12_259
	sedcu-00655	1100	1100	M. Proterozoic										Cu	3856	White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA	White Pine	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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