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Locality Name:
Marquette, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marquette, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
A. Lindberg & Sons Quarry
Bell Creek Granite
Edgewater Motel
Granite Point
Lakeshore Drive
Lighthouse Point
Marquette Mall
Middle Island Point
Mount Mesnard
North 6th Avenue
Ohio Street
Old Airport
Southern Complex
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Unnamed Granite
Unnamed Locality
Unnamed Pegmatite

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicAxiniteBaryteBastnäsiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovellite
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparMicaMonaziteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteTalc

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Axinite-(Mg)  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Axinite-(Mg)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mg2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2122218812
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)122218211547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F2222178,222189304
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12221781966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3222182,222188,22219227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12221855707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22222183,22219227198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2222186,2221931025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12221834165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212221779895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)8222180,222181,222182,222184,222186,222187,222190,2221928173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS122218524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12221827437
Graphite  (*)NoneC12221832812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3122219214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312221835433
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12221934924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1222183945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2122219317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22222183,22219239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23222178,222188,22219261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212221915614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS122218321482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212221793337


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