Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vulcan, Menominee Iron Range, Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24292
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24292.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vulcan, Menominee Iron Range, Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Curry Mine
East Vulcan Mine
West Vulcan Mine

Latitude: 45°47'19"N
Longitude: 87°53'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.788611111111,-87.885

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	Chalcopyrite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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: C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: K Mn O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	220304,220305,220306	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	220304,220305,220306	27198
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	0		599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	220306	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	220305,220306	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	220304,220305,220306	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	220305	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	220305,220306	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	220305,220306	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	220305,220306	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	220306	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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