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Locality Name:
Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA


mindat Locality ID: 14448
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14448.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Algomah Mine
Belt Mine (Piscatauqua)
Butler Mine
Caledonia Mine
Evergreen Bluff Mine
Flintsteel Mine (Nassau Mine; Old Flintsteel Mine; Superior-Nassau Superior Mine)
Knowlton Mine
Lake Mine (Great Western Mine; Bohemian)
Mass Consolidated Mine
Nebraska Mine
South Lake Mine (Aztec Mine)
Toltec Mine

Latitude: 46°46'8"N
Longitude: 89°4'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.768888888889,-89.073888888889

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPlancheitePrehnite
PumpellyiteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Algodonite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Crednerite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Gerhardtite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kinoite  (*)
Likasite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Nantokite  (*)Paramelaconite  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)Quartz  (*)
Saponite  (*)Silver  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)122268641
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12226961588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31222686544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212226865509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612226891633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10222686,222687,222689,222691,222693,222694,222696,222699,222701,22270227770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2222686,2226963531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812226891756
Copper  (*)CopperCu13222686,222687,222689,222690,222691,222692,222693,222694,222696,222699,222700,222701,2227023846
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO2122268635
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2222686,2226892970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)13222686,222687,222688,222689,222690,222691,222692,222693,222694,222696,222698,222699,222701498
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O1222686164
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12222686,222687,222689,222690,222691,222693,222694,222696,222699,222700,222701,2227028173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1222687551
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)3122268924
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12226897437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2222693,2226966890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32222686,22268914640
Kinoite  (*)NoneCa2Cu2Si3O10·2H2O122268617
Likasite  (*)NoneCu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O122268911
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23222686,222687,22269812537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4222689,222690,222696,2227004924
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl122268635
Paramelaconite  (*)NoneCu1+2Cu2+2O32222686,22269613
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61222686158
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O2222686,22269674
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)24222689,222696,222701,2227021898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O9222686,222687,222689,222691,222692,222693,222694,222701,222702106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212222686,222687,222689,222690,222691,222693,222694,222696,222699,222700,222701,22270261156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O2222686,222689301
Silver  (*)CopperAg8222686,222687,222689,222690,222694,222696,222699,2227005186
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2222686,2226961101



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