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Locality Name:
Negaunee, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA


mindat Locality ID: 127063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Negaunee, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Athens Mine
Barasa Mine (Barasa Prospect)
Blackhawk Mine (Hawkeye Mine)
Bunker Hill Mine
Cambria-Jackson Mine (Cambria Mine; Incl. Hartford Mine; Lakeside Property; Lillie Mine [Bessemer Mine])
County Road 480 Roadcut
Foster Mine
Jackson Mine (South Jackson Pit)
Lackawanna Mine (East Buffalo; Sam Mitchell; Section 5; Delaware & Lackawanna)
Lucy Mine
Maas Mine (Race Course)
Manganese Mine (Aetna; Schadt; Etna)
Mary Charlotte Mine (Bay State; Star; Allen; East Chicago Forty; Himrod; Ada; Orion)
Mather Mine (Pioneer Pellet Plant; Ore Improvement Plant)
McComber Mine (Lucy Mine; Pendill; East Jackson)
Milwaukee-Davis Mine (Milwaukee; Davis; Wheeling; Grand Rapids)
Negaunee Iron Formation
Negaunee Iron Formation (2)
Negaunee Mine
North Jackson Pit
Queen Group (Buffalo And South Buffalo Tracts)
Regent Group
Rolling Mill Mine (Chester; Kruse Open Pit)
Tracy Mine
Unnamed Railroad Cut
US Highway 41 Roadcut
Washington Street

Latitude: 46°29'40"N
Longitude: 87°36'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.494444444444,-87.601666666667
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: Al As B Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChloriteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiaspore
GypsumKaoliniteNonePyriteQuartzRutileSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalc

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chamosite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Nacrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Seamanite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sudoite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12223241627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12223243250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12223099052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3222311,222315,22232011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4222310,222320,222324,22232527770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12223241252
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81222322577
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O163222308,222311,222320599
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43222308,222318,222329651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22222320,2223259895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)16222304,222305,222307,222308,222310,222311,222312,222314,222315,222316,222318,222320,222321,222324,222328,2223297437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4222308,222311,222320,2223296890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318222304,222305,222307,222308,222310,222311,222312,222314,222316,222318,222320,222321,222324,222325,222327,222328,222329,22233214640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43222311,222320,2223295591
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41222329359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413222304,222305,222307,222308,222310,222312,222314,222316,222320,222321,222324,222328,22233214899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)7222311,222313,222315,222320,222323,222325,222329770
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12223291508
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41222329112
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2122232039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24222311,222315,222318,2223203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219222304,222305,222307,222308,222309,222310,222311,222312,222314,222316,222318,222320,222321,222324,222325,222328,222330,222331,22233261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2222308,2223291711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O102222311,222320312
Seamanite  (*)NoneMn2+3B(OH)4(PO4)(OH)212223085
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)6222304,222319,222320,222322,222324,2223306417
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)8122232951
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22222311,2223293337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X050093Negaunee, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USAhttps://rruff.info/X050093

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