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Locality Name:
Price Co., Wisconsin, USA


mindat Locality ID: 194147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Price Co., Wisconsin, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex

Latitude: 45°28'41"N
Longitude: 90°10'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.478055555556,-90.173611111111
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 Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Altaite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212889213419
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1288921489
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412889215516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12889215707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22288919,28892127198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128891924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu128892130554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128892114899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2128892117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22288919,28892139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82288919,2889219056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2128892161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2288919,28892121482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312889211803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312889215317


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