Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Homer-Wauseca Group, Mineral Hills, Menominee Iron Range, Iron Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 11868
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11868.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Homer-Wauseca Group, Mineral Hills, Menominee Iron Range, Iron Co., Michigan, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cardiff Mine
Homer Mine
Wauseca Mine (Wauseca-Aronson Mine; Konwinski Mine)

Latitude: 46°6'35"N
Longitude: 88°39'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.109722222222,-88.654444444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Halotrichite	Hydrotalcite	None	Pyrite	Rutile
Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Woodwardite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Seamanite ()*	Shigaite ()*	Siderite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H Mn O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Halotrichite Hydrotalcite None Pyrite Rutile
Spinel Stilpnomelane Woodwardite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	221283,221294,221301	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	221294	2812
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	0		409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	221283,221287,221294,221301	14640
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	221287	172
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	221283,221287,221294,221301	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	221287	1711
Seamanite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₃B(OH)₄(PO₄)(OH)₂	1	221287	5
Shigaite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	Mn₆Al₃(OH)₁₈[Na(H₂O)₆](SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	221287	7
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	221283,221294,221301	6417
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	3	221283,221294,221301	456

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...