Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Felch, Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24887
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24887.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Felch, Dickinson Co., Michigan, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Felch Mountain
Highway 69 Roadcut
Kimberlite 69
Kimberlite 70
Metronite Quarry
Rian Quarry
Unnamed Pegmatite

Latitude: 46°0'0"N
Longitude: 87°49'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46,-87.824722222222

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	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Serpentine
Spinel	Talc	Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meionite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diamond Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite Serpentine
Spinel Talc Wollastonite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	220222,220223	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	220222,220223	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	220220	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	220219,220222	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	220222,220223	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	220222	951
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	220220	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	220222,220223	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	220219,220222,220223	9895
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	220223	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	220222	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	220222	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	220222	7437
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	220223	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	220219	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	220222	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	220222	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	220219	5674
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	2	220222,220223	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	220222,220224	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	220222	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	220221,220222,220223	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	220222	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	220219,220222,220223	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	220220,220221	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	220219,220222,220223	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	220222	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	220222,220223	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	220223	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	220218,220222	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	220222	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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