Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mineral Point Copper Deposits, Mineral Point Area, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Iowa Co., Wisconsin, USA

mindat Locality ID: 170280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-170280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Point Copper Deposits, Mineral Point Area, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Iowa Co., Wisconsin, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ansley Copper Mine
Beach Copper Mine
Bracken And Harford Prospect
Pierson Copper Prospect (Ivy Mine)
Temby Copper Mine
Wasley Copper Mine (Walsey Copper Range Mine)

Latitude: 42°50'58"N
Longitude: 90°9'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.849444444444,-90.155277777778

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Diaspore	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Diaspore Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	287994,287995,287996,287998,287999	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	287995	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	287995,287997,287998,287999	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	287994,287995,287997,287998,287999	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	287997	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	287995	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	287997	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	287994	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	287994,287995,287997,287998,287999	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	287995,287997,287999	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	287995,287997	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	287995	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	287995	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	287995,287997,287999	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	287995,287999	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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