Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Jackson County Iron Mine (Black River Falls Mine; Ron Mound; Seven Mile Mound Mine; Red Mound), Jackson Co., Wisconsin, USA

mindat Locality ID: 12252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jackson County Iron Mine (Black River Falls Mine; Ron Mound; Seven Mile Mound Mine; Red Mound), Jackson Co., Wisconsin, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°17'26"N
Longitude: 90°43'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.290555555556,-90.723055555556

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	Andalusite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*	Ferro-gedrite ()*	Gedrite ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	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: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Garnet Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel Staurolite Talc Titanite Zircon

28 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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	129
Ferro-gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	11
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	223
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	375
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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