Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mather Mine (Pioneer Pellet Plant; Ore Improvement Plant), Negaunee, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 236332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mather Mine (Pioneer Pellet Plant; Ore Improvement Plant), Negaunee, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mather A Shaft
Mather B Shaft

Latitude: 46°30'11"N
Longitude: 87°38'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.503055555556,-87.635833333333

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	None	Quartz	Rutile

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 Fe H Mn O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite None Quartz Rutile

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Dickite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	222318	651
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	222318	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	222318	14640
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	222318	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	222318	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	222319	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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