Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vesper, Wood Co., Wisconsin, USA

mindat Locality ID: 250357
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250357.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vesper, Wood Co., Wisconsin, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Schill Quarry
Vesper Quarry

Latitude: 44°30'3"N
Longitude: 89°58'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.500833333333,-89.979722222222

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	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anatase ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cheralite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Si Th Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	289521	2162
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	289521	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	289521	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	289521	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	289521	27198
Cheralite ()*	Monazite	CaTh(PO₄)₂	1	289521	50
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	289521	1756
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	289521	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	289521	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	289522	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	289521	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	289521	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	289521	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	289521,289522	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	289521	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	289521	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	289521,289522	61156
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	289521	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	289521	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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