Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alberta, Baraga Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 195300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alberta, Baraga Co., Michigan, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Detroit Graphite Company Graphite Quarry
Ford Dam Trail
Taylor Mine

Latitude: 46°39'25"N
Longitude: 88°26'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.656944444444,-88.438055555556

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	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Melanterite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile

Baryte ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Manganite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Melanterite None
Pyrite Quartz Rutile

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	220025,220027	11547
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	220025	203
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	220025,220026	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	220022,220025	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	220025	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	220022	5591
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	220025,220026	770
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	220025	915
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	220022	443
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	2	220025,220027	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	220022,220025	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	220024,220025,220026	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	220025	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	220025,220027	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	220025	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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