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

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

mindat Locality ID: 24570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Delaware, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Amygdaloid Mine
Connecticut Mine
Delaware Mine (Delaware Conglomerate Mine)
Drexel Mine
Drill Hole 77
Hogan Mine
Native Copper Mine
Pennsylvania Copper Mine
Stoutenburgh Mine

Latitude: 47°25'24"N
Longitude: 88°6'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.423333333333,-88.100833333333

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: Ag Al B C Ca Cu H K Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAnalcimeCalciteCopperFeldsparGadoliniteMalachiteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural group
PrehnitePumpellyiteThomsonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)Silver  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O106010473221836,221837,2218391627
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)106010473221837,221838,22183927770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1060104712218373531
Copper  (*)CopperCu106010477221835,221836,221837,221838,221839,221840,2218423846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1060104712218372970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)106010478221835,221836,221837,221838,221839,221841,221843,221844498
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1060104712218371271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2106010473221836,221837,22183912537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1060104712218374924
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O106010473221835,221836,2218371236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2106010473221836,221837,2218391898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O106010471221837106
Silver  (*)CopperAg1060104712218375186
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O106010471221837452



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-0005710601047 Rb-Sr    YesKamiokiteMo3847Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA Bornhorst et al. (1988)10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619EG83_619 


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