Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Medora Mine, Mandan, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1060
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1047

mindat Locality ID: 16036
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16036.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Medora Mine, Mandan, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°25'30"N
Longitude: 88°1'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.425,-88.016666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Gadolinite	Malachite	Mica
None	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Smectite-vermiculite

Babingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Malachite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Silver ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Gadolinite Malachite Mica
None Prehnite Pumpellyite Quartz Rhodonite Smectite-vermiculite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1060	1047	161
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1060	1047	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1060	1047	309
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1060	1047	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1060	1047	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1060	1047	3846
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1060	1047	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1060	1047	8173
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1060	1047	12537
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1060	1047	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1060	1047	106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1060	1047	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1060	1047	301
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1060	1047	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1060	1047	1101

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00057	1060	1047		Rb-Sr						Yes		Kamiokite	Mo	3847	Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA		Bornhorst et al. (1988)	10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619	EG83_619

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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