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

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

mindat Locality ID: 195318
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195318.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wolverine, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
New Baltic Copper Company
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10291649)
Wolverine Mine

Latitude: 47°15'39"N
Longitude: 88°23'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.260833333333,-88.390833333333
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: Ag Al As B C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mn Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAnalcimeArsenopyriteAtacamiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskite
PrehniteQuartzRutileSkutterudite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1080101412206701627
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1080101412206719052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3108010141220670544
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)108010142220670,22067127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1080101412206705707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1080101412206713531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS108010141220671966
Copper  (*)CopperCu108010142220670,2206713846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O108010142220670,2206712970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)108010142220670,220671498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)108010142220670,2206718173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310801014122067114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41080101412206705591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2108010142220670,22067112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)108010141220670770
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1080101412206704924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210801014122067017380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2108010142220670,2206711898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2108010142220670,22067161156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2108010141220671317
Silver  (*)CopperAg108010142220670,2206715186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3108010141220671531
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1080101412206711101


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002199108010141047±33Rb-Sr    Yes  11425Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USAKeweenaw PeninsulaBornhorst et al. (1988)10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619EG83_619 
Kristen002200108010401060±20     Yes  11425Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USAKeweenaw PeninsulaBornhorst et al. (1988)10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619EG83_619 

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