Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Osceola Mine, Osceola, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1080
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1014

mindat Locality ID: 17462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Osceola Mine, Osceola, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
No. 5 Shaft
Osceola No. 1 (Centennial Crosscut; Tamarack Crosscut; Calumet And Hecla Crosscut)
Osceola No. 2
Osceola No. 3

Latitude: 47°13'45"N
Longitude: 88°27'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.229166666667,-88.450277777778

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	Analcime	Atacamite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Gadolinite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Kinoite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Microcline ()*	Natrolite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Spertiniite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Vaterite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl Cu H Mg Na O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Atacamite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Gadolinite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1080	1014	0		8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1080	1014	0		1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1080	1014	1	220593	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1080	1014	0		5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1080	1014	0		3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1080	1014	0		1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1080	1014	2	220595,220596	3846
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1080	1014	0		498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1080	1014	1	220593	8173
Kinoite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O	1080	1014	1	220596	17
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1080	1014	0		1271
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1080	1014	1	220593	4924
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1080	1014	0		1236
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1080	1014	0		158
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1080	1014	0		1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1080	1014	1	220596	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1080	1014	1	220596	5186
Spertiniite ()*	None	Cu(OH)₂	1080	1014	0		17
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1080	1014	0		1101
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	1080	1014	0		37

2 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
	Kristen002199	1080	1014	1047±33	Rb-Sr						Yes				11425	Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA	Keweenaw Peninsula	Bornhorst et al. (1988)	10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619	EG83_619
	Kristen002200	1080	1040	1060±20							Yes				11425	Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA	Keweenaw Peninsula	Bornhorst et al. (1988)	10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619	EG83_619

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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