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Locality Name:
Mineral Point Area, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Iowa Co., Wisconsin, USA


mindat Locality ID: 132648
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132648.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Point Area, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Iowa Co., Wisconsin, USA": 165
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 164

Number of Child Localities: 159
Child Localities:
Andi Hermann Mine
Arthur Range Mine
Ashbank Mine
Badger Range Mine
Barite Mine
Barreltown Adits
Barton And Reed Mine
Befock Mine
Ben Hur Mine
Bennet Mine
Big Wolfe Mine
Birdseye Mine
Bom Mine
Bondage Mine
Brook Lot
Brown Mine
Brown Range
Carlson Mine
Chief Of Police Mine
Coad Range Mine
Cody Quarry (Ivey Construction Company; Ed Cody Quarry)
Colliner Mine
Conley Range
Cresent Lead And Zinc Mine
Diamond Grove Diggings
Dr. Law Mine
Dreadnaught Range
E. Norman Mine
Earl Mine
Easy Money Mine
Ertman Mine
Essex Mine
Finkelmeyer Quarry
Foster Mine
Galloway Range
Goebel Mine
Gray Range Mine
Grayville Mine
Gundeys Mine
Harris Diggings
Harris Mine
Hawke Mine
Hazel Patch Mine
Healy Mine
Hewitt Prospect
Hoard Mine
Hoare Mine
Hoerr Mine
Holland Mine
Holman Prospect
Homesite Mine
Hoskins Range Mine
Hutchinson Range
Irish Diggins
James Range Mine
Jeffery And May Range Mine
Jim Dove Mine
Joe Stegan Mine (Duke Smith Mine)
Jones Mine
Joseph Range Mine
Kentuck Range Mine
Kindsman And Davis Mine
Kodatz Mine
Koop Lot
Lead Nass Mine
Leed Range Mine
Lenahan Diggings
Lily Mine
Liverpool Mine (Ross Mine; Harrison Ranges)
Lonyon Mine
Martin Mitchell Mine
Martin Range
Mason Ranges
McFedder Range Mine
McKnight Range Mine
Merry Christmas Mine
Mineral Point Branch Lead Mine
Mineral Point Copper Deposits
Mineral Point Mine
Mitchell Mine
My Mine
Nancy Wallace Mine
Nicol And Holmes Mine
O'Neill Mine
P. M. Mine
Penitentiary Mine (Black Jack Mine)
Plumbum Mine
R. C. Wallace Mine
Rabbit Foot Mine
Redman Diggings
Reese Mine
Renick Range Mine
Richards Mine
Richards Range
Robert B. Wolfe Mine
Rodersdorp Range
Rogers And Mankey Range Mine
S. A. Brown Mine
Scanlon Mine
Schaumberg Range Mine
Sean Patrick Mine
Simmons Pits
Snowden Mine
Spensley Mine
Steiny Mine
Sunnyside Mine
Tearill Range Mine
Thrasher Range
Tiff Range Mine
Tripoli Mine
U. P. Yres Mine
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Vivian Mine
Wagner Mine
Walker Mine
Wegler Range Mine
Western Mine
Whitford Range
Williams Mine

Latitude: 42°52'16"N
Longitude: 90°11'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.871111111111,-90.186944444444

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMinium
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Minium  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25287994,287995,287996,287998,2879995509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3287953,287958,28807811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18287921,287924,287931,287934,287944,287953,287956,287958,287962,287973,287978,287984,287991,287995,288006,288007,288031,28807827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4287995,287997,287998,2879995707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27287921,287956,287994,287995,287997,287998,28799927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12879974165
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S160300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)217287921,287924,287931,287934,287944,287956,287958,287962,287973,287978,287984,287991,287995,288006,288007,288031,2880789895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212879539617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12287921,287924,287934,287953,287958,287962,287973,287984,287991,287997,288007,28807824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12879947437
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25287994,287995,287997,287998,28799912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS26287921,287953,287995,287997,287999,2880785674
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217287921,287924,287931,287934,287944,287956,287958,287962,287973,287978,287984,287991,287995,287997,288006,288007,28803139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215287924,287931,287934,287944,287956,287958,287962,287973,287978,287984,287991,287995,288006,288007,28803161156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4287924,287962,287984,2879952473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20287921,287924,287931,287934,287944,287953,287956,287958,287962,287973,287978,287984,287991,287995,287997,287999,288006,288007,288031,28807821482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2287995,2879991101



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