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Locality Name:
Babbitt, Mesabi Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 251412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251412.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Babbitt, Mesabi Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Northshore Mine (Peter Mitchell Mine; Reserve Mine; Babbitt Mine)
Serpentine Cu-Ni Deposit

Latitude: 47°39'43"N
Longitude: 91°56'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.661944444444,-91.941666666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAxiniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCubaniteGarnetNickelineNone
OlivinePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzSepioliteSpinelWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212236903419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312236901534
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2122369088
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122369027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122369127198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31223691802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21223690327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612236904135
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1223690371
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)21223690129
Graphite  (*)NoneC12236902812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)21223690223
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61223690741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3122369014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312236915433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42223690,22369114899
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812236911512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2122369039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82223690,2236919056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2122369061156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21223690375
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1223690241


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