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Locality Name:
McGuire Pit (Salzman Quarry; Salzman Enterprises), Nine Mile Pluton, Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1490
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1410

mindat Locality ID: 170234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-170234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McGuire Pit (Salzman Quarry; Salzman Enterprises), Nine Mile Pluton, Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°47'39"N
Longitude: 89°48'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.794166666667,-89.807777777778

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 Ba Ca Ce F Fe H Mn Na Nb O P Pb Si Sn Ta W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Ce F Fe H Mn Na Nb O P Pb Si Sn Ta W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteColumbiteFeldsparNonePerovskiteQuartzRutileTapioliteTopaz

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cryolite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Prosopite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1490141008803
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21490141005171
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6149014100518
Cryolite  (*)PerovskiteNa2NaAlF614901410050
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)149014100551
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)614901410073
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6149014100121
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)149014100469
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6149014100170
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)414901410039
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214901410061156
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O614901410088
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21490141001476



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_031149014101450±40U/Pb monazite  Yes  144223Nine Mile Pluton, Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USANine Mile PlutonMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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