Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mesaba Deposit (Minnamax Deposit; Babbitt Deposit; Babbitt Lake Deposit; Amax Underground Mine), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA

mindat Locality ID: 16397
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16397.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mesaba Deposit (Minnamax Deposit; Babbitt Deposit; Babbitt Lake Deposit; Amax Underground Mine), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°42'30"N
Longitude: 91°56'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.708333333333,-91.941666666667

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.

Amphibole	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Epidote	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cabriite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Froodite ()*	Godlevskite ()*	Graphite ()*
Greenalite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Silver ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talnakhite ()*
Troilite ()*	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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baddeleyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Epidote Nickeline None Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Wurtzite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Cabriite ()*	None	Pd₂CuSn	12
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	62
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	40
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	61
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	161
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆	35
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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