Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Palmer, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palmer, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Ajibik Quartzite
Empire Mine
Goose Lake Member
Isabella Mine (Watson)
Kona Dolomite
New Richmond Pit
Palmer Gneiss
Palmer Gneiss (2)
Palmer Gneiss (3)
Palmer Ridge
Platt Mine
Richmond Mine (New Richmond)
Richmond Mine (Old Richmond)
Unnamed Locality
Unnamed Prospect (drill Core)
Volunteer (Old) Mine (Cascade; Palmer; Emma; Old Volunteer; West End; Maitland Shaft; Maitland-Volunteer; Howe)
Volunteer Mine (Maitland-Volunteer; New Volunteer)
Wheat Mine

Latitude: 46°26'14"N
Longitude: 87°35'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.437222222222,-87.588055555556

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Mica	Monazite
None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tourmaline

Aegirine ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenalite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Thermonatrite ()*
Trona ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Mica Monazite
None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Stilpnomelane Talc Tourmaline

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	222341,222354	1022
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	222341	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	222341,222357	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	222341,222356,222357	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2	222350,222357	376
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	222341,222353,222357	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	8	222341,222343,222349,222350,222351,222352,222355,222356	7437
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	222355	61
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	222341	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	222341,222343,222345,222350,222351,222352,222355,222356	14640
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	222341	93
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	222341,222343,222350,222351,222352,222354,222355,222356	14899
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	222341	61
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	222355	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	222347	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	222344,222346	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	222351	471
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	222341,222354,222357	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	222344	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	222341,222357	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	222340,222341	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	222340,222341,222343,222345,222350,222351,222352,222355,222356	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	222357	1711
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	222341,222354	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	222341	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	222341	2705
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	222341	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	222341,222356	6417
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2	222341,222342	456
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	1	222341	64
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	222341	129

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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