Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baltic, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 195309
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195309.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baltic, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Atlantic Section 16 Exploration Prospect
Baltic Mine

Latitude: 47°4'12"N
Longitude: 88°37'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.07,-88.618333333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Digenite	Epidote	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz

Anilite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Laumontite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Stromeyerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Digenite Epidote Mica None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	220494	88
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	220494	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	220494	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	220494	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	220493,220495	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	220494	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	220494	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	220493,220494	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	220494,220495	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	220493,220494	8173
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	220494	1271
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	220494	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	220494	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	220494	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	220493,220494,220495	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	220494	5186
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	220494	332

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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