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Locality Name:
Jackson Co., Wisconsin, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1819
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1165

mindat Locality ID: 22546
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22546.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jackson Co., Wisconsin, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Black River Falls
Castle Mound
Jackson County Iron Mine (Black River Falls Mine; Ron Mound; Seven Mile Mound Mine; Red Mound)
Merrillan
Taylor Pit
Tilden Mound Deposit (Section 11 Mound)

Latitude: 44°19'23"N
Longitude: 90°51'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.323055555556,-90.864166666667
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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidote
GarnetMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinelStauroliteTalc
TitaniteWavelliteZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)
Ferro-gedrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gedrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212881683419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312881682353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512881681310
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21288168718
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1288169280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128816827770
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61288169310
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21288168327
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)181911652288166,2881688173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)21288168129
Ferro-gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2128816811
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12881672740
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21288168178
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12881687437
Graphite  (*)NoneC12881682812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)21288168223
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21288168209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3181911652288166,28816814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312881685433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412881681507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4181911652288166,28816814899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2128816817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128816839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812881689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2181911652288166,28816861156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21288168375
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512881681516
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1288168978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212881683337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O181911652288166,2881684899
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1288169301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1288169374
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12881685251


6 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
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00794_206_238156915691569206_238 zircon   Zircon  169228Black River Falls, Jackson Co., Wisconsin, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00794_207_206181918191819207_206 zircon   Zircon  169228Black River Falls, Jackson Co., Wisconsin, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00794_207_235167916791679207_235 zircon   Zircon  169228Black River Falls, Jackson Co., Wisconsin, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00795_206_238116511651165206_238 zircon   Zircon  169228Black River Falls, Jackson Co., Wisconsin, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00795_207_206177417741774207_206 zircon   Zircon  169228Black River Falls, Jackson Co., Wisconsin, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00795_207_235139813981398207_235 zircon   Zircon  169228Black River Falls, Jackson Co., Wisconsin, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 

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