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Locality Name:
Mineral Hills, Menominee Iron Range, Iron Co., Michigan, USA


mindat Locality ID: 213929
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213929.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Hills, Menominee Iron Range, Iron Co., Michigan, USA": 133
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 101

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Bates Mine (Includes Johnson)
Boyington Well Prospect
C C I Exploration Drill Hole 3001
C C I Exploration Drill Hole B4
C C I Exploration Drill Hole M6
C C I Exploration Drill Holes 1; 6
Cleveland-Cliffs Exploration (C-series Holes)
Cleveland-Cliffs Exploration (S-series Holes)
Davidson Group
Forbes Mine
Hector Exploration
Hill Exploration
Homer-Wauseca Group
Inland Exploration
Iron Prospect Drill Hole 3101 (MRDS - 10292377)
James Mine (Osana Mine)
Keweenaw Exploration
Mather Exploration Drill Hole W-2
Olson Exploration
Phyllis Exploration
Sherwood Mine
Spies-Virgil Mine
Turosky Exploration Drill Hole T7
Verona-Bates Lake Exploration Drill Hole V1

Latitude: 46°7'57"N
Longitude: 88°36'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.1325,-88.609166666667
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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeFluoriteHalotrichiteHydrotalciteNone
PyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneWoodwardite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Seamanite  (*)Shigaite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61221261966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)122128211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412213405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122128227770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12212261252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12213405707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122134027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS122134024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12221226,221257,221261,221269,221272,221282,221283,221294,221301,221314,221340,2213527437
Graphite  (*)NoneC2221294,2213402812
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1221282409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313221226,221257,221269,221272,221278,221282,221283,221287,221294,221301,221314,221340,22135214640
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O41221287172
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212221226,221257,221269,221272,221282,221283,221287,221294,221301,221314,221340,22135239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212212823106
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3221282,221287,2213401711
Seamanite  (*)NoneMn2+3B(OH)4(PO4)(OH)212212875
Shigaite  (*)Woodwardite HydrotalciteMn6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2·6H2O2221282,2212877
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11221226,221257,221269,221272,221282,221283,221294,221301,221314,221340,2213526417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS122134021482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O11221226,221257,221269,221272,221282,221283,221294,221301,221314,221340,221352456
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212213402718


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