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:
Caspian Exploration, Caspian Mine, Caspian, Menominee Iron Range, Iron Co., Michigan, USA


mindat Locality ID: 156764
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156764.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caspian Exploration, Caspian Mine, Caspian, Menominee Iron Range, Iron Co., Michigan, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Drill Hole C1
Drill Hole C17
Drill Hole C21
Drill Hole C22
Drill Hole C26
Drill Hole C27
Drill Hole C29
Drill Hole C3
Drill Hole C30
Drill Hole C31
Drill Hole C32
Drill Hole C4
Drill Hole C53
Drill Hole C55

Latitude: 46°4'8"N
Longitude: 88°37'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.068888888889,-88.6225

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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