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Locality Name:
Greenland Township, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA


mindat Locality ID: 127341
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127341.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greenland Township, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Greenland
Winona

Latitude: 46°47'20"N
Longitude: 89°2'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.788888888889,-89.038888888889

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H N O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAnalcimeCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDomeykiteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetMalachiteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePumpellyite
QuartzSmectite-vermiculite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Domeykite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gerhardtite  (*)Hematite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Natrolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)
Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Silver  (*)Spertiniite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212226733419
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12226721627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312226731534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6222668,222670,222671,222672,222673,22267427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12226735707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12226733531
Copper  (*)CopperCu6222668,222670,222671,222672,222673,2226743846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2222668,2226732970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)5222668,222670,222671,222672,222673498
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As122267373
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)6222668,222670,222671,222672,222673,2226748173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212226739617
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)3024
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33222672,222673,22267414640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O5222668,222670,222672,222673,2226741271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22222673,22267412537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12226684924
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12226731236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)25222668,222670,222671,222673,2226741898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O3222668,222670,222673106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26222668,222670,222671,222672,222673,22267461156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1222668301
Silver  (*)CopperAg3222668,222670,2226735186
Spertiniite  (*)NoneCu(OH)2017
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2222668,2226731101



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