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Locality Name:
Menominee Co., Michigan, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 126754
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126754.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Menominee Co., Michigan, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Back Forty Deposit
Hermansville
Unnamed Railroad Grade

Latitude: 45°32'1"N
Longitude: 87°43'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.533611111111,-87.727777777778
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiamondDiaspore
DjerfisheriteGarnetHydrotalciteLillianiteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSkutteruditeSphalerite
SpinelValleriiteZircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Cronstedtite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Eugenite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Luanheite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meixnerite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Qandilite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramdohrite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1800180012225332793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1800180012225339052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62222535,2225362060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)122253511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41800180012225335516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122253527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21800180012225335171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218001800122253327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412225343902
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe180018001222533281
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4122253554
Diamond  (*)DiamondC2222534,222535697
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8180018001222533126
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612225354135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl122253560
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212225359895
Eugenite  (*)NoneAg11Hg218001800122253317
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12225351188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS180018002222533,22253524243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3122253570
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1800180012225337437
Gold  (*)CopperAu18001800122253330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3180018002222533,22253514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312225355433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412225351507
Luanheite  (*)NoneAg3Hg18001800122253317
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4180018002222533,22253514899
Meixnerite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2(OH)16(OH)2·4H2O12225355
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24180018001222533158
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218001800122253317380
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3180018001222533176
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812225351512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3180018000495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212225352273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218001800122253339462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31222534341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8180018002222533,2225359056
Qandilite  (*)Spinel(Mg,Fe3+)2(Ti,Fe3+,Al)O4122253511
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218001800122253361156
Ramdohrite  (*)LillianitePb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S2418001800122253334
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212225355614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1800180012225335186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3180018001222533531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18001800122253321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412225351934
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]1222535237
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12225355251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-0106318001800Proterozoic       S221750Back Forty Deposit, Menominee Co., Michigan, USABack FortyMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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