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Locality Name:
Phoenix, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1060
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1047

mindat Locality ID: 24224
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24224.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Phoenix, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Babbitt Fissure
Bay State Fissure Mine
Cliff Mine
Eagle River Mine
Garden City Mine
Lake Superior Mine
Meadow Mine
Miskwabic Exploration Prospect
Natick Gap Exploration Prospect
North American Mine
North Cliff
North Cliff Mine
Phoenix Mine
Robbins Mine
South Cliff Mine
St. Clair Mine
Vaughnsville Exploration Prospect
West Vein Mine

Latitude: 47°23'11"N
Longitude: 88°17'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.386388888889,-88.288611111111

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Analcime	Apophyllite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Domeykite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Gypsum
Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kinoite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Natrolite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Analcime Apophyllite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Domeykite Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Gypsum
Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Thomsonite Wollastonite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1060	1047	1	221952	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1060	1047	1	221952	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1060	1047	6	221952,221955,221956,221962,221963,221966	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1060	1047	1	221952	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1060	1047	2	221952,221963	3092
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1060	1047	1	221963	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1060	1047	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1060	1047	2	221952,221962	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1060	1047	3	221950,221952,221963	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1060	1047	4	221952,221953,221963,221968	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1060	1047	10	221952,221953,221954,221956,221957,221960,221963,221965,221966,221968	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1060	1047	2	221952,221953	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1060	1047	1	221952	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1060	1047	1	221952	577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1060	1047	2	221952,221963	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1060	1047	1	221952	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1060	1047	19	221950,221951,221952,221953,221954,221955,221956,221957,221958,221959,221960,221961,221962,221963,221964,221965,221966,221967,221968	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1060	1047	1	221952	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1060	1047	3	221952,221962,221963	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1060	1047	5	221952,221956,221962,221963,221966	498
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1060	1047	1	221952	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1060	1047	1	221963	9895
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	1060	1047	2	221952,221963	73
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1060	1047	7	221952,221956,221957,221960,221963,221965,221968	8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1060	1047	6	221952,221960,221962,221963,221964,221968	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1060	1047	2	221952,221965	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1060	1047	1	221952	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1060	1047	3	221952,221953,221963	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1060	1047	1	221952	5433
Kinoite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O	1060	1047	1	221965	17
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1060	1047	9	221952,221956,221957,221960,221962,221963,221965,221966,221968	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1060	1047	1	221952	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1060	1047	5	221952,221956,221962,221966,221968	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1060	1047	2	221952,221963	4924
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1060	1047	4	221952,221955,221963,221966	1236
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1060	1047	11	221952,221953,221954,221956,221957,221960,221962,221963,221965,221966,221968	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1060	1047	4	221952,221963,221966,221968	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1060	1047	2	221952,221965	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1060	1047	7	221952,221956,221957,221960,221963,221966,221968	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1060	1047	5	221952,221962,221963,221965,221966	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1060	1047	2	221952,221965	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1060	1047	3	221952,221963,221966	1101
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1060	1047	1	221952	452
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1060	1047	1	221952	1247

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00057	1060	1047		Rb-Sr						Yes		Kamiokite	Mo	3847	Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA		Bornhorst et al. (1988)	10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619	EG83_619

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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