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Locality Name:
South Filson Creek Prospect (Filson Creek), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake Co., Minnesota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 167468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-167468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Filson Creek Prospect (Filson Creek), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake Co., Minnesota, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°49'18"N
Longitude: 91°40'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.821666666667,-91.673611111111
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDigeniteFeldsparMicaMilleriteNickeline
NonePentlanditePrehnitePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Talnakhite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O0456
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S16035


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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