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Locality Name:
Stambaugh, Menominee Iron Range, Iron Co., Michigan, USA


mindat Locality ID: 213937
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213937.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stambaugh, Menominee Iron Range, Iron Co., Michigan, USA": 181
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 149

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Baker Mine
Barras Mine
Cannon Mine (Bengal-Tully Mine)
Carlson Exploration (D. M. And M. Exploration)
Cortland Mine
Cyr Mine
Cyr-Lennox Exploration Drill Hole CL-10
D And M Exploration
Hamilton-Merryman Exploration Drill Hole M14
Hanna Exploration
Hiawatha Group
Lenox Exploration Prospect (Lennox Mine)
Palms-Book Exploration
Riverton Group (Riverton; Iron River)
Soderman Exploration
Soderstrom Exploration (1) Drill Hole N4
Soderstrom Exploration (2)
Unnamed Exploration
Unnamed Prospect 192x (MRDS - 10218953)

Latitude: 46°4'39"N
Longitude: 88°38'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.0775,-88.641944444444

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 S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeGypsum
HydrotalciteKaoliniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StilpnomelaneTalcWoodwardite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Groutite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Seamanite  (*)Shigaite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Sussexite  (*)Talc  (*)
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)61221554966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)122155411547
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1221498483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2221498,22155427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122155427198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)83221554,221556,221596577
Copper  (*)CopperCu12214983846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212214989895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)10221481,221498,221499,221507,221541,221554,221555,221559,221593,2216147437
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)2221498,22149972
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3221498,221499,2215546890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41221498350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311221481,221498,221499,221507,221541,221554,221555,221559,221593,221596,22161414640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412215545591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44221498,221499,221554,22159614899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1221498770
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210221481,221498,221499,221507,221541,221554,221555,221559,221593,22161439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22221498,2215543106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82221498,2214999056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23221498,221499,22155461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12214981711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1221498969
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O102221498,221499312
Seamanite  (*)NoneMn2+3B(OH)4(PO4)(OH)22221498,2214995
Shigaite  (*)Woodwardite HydrotalciteMn6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2·6H2O2221498,2214997
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)10221481,221498,221499,221507,221541,221554,221555,221559,221593,2216146417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2221498,22155421482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O10221481,221498,221499,221507,221541,221554,221555,221559,221593,221614456
Sussexite  (*)NoneMn2+BO2(OH)122149825
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212216143337



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