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Locality Name:
Douglas Co., Wisconsin, USA


mindat Locality ID: 25674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25674.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Douglas Co., Wisconsin, USA": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Amicon Copper Prospect
Amnicon Falls
Anderson Creek
Astor Prospect
Big Manitou Falls Quarry
Catlin Test Pits
Chippewa Mine
Copper Creek Prospects
Copper Creek Quarry No. 1
Copper Creek Quarry No. 2
Culligan
Dairyland Creek
Flannagan Fire Tower
Flannagan Fire Tower Quarry
Fond Du Lac Copper Prospect
George Larson Quarry
Granum Quarry
Johnson Materials Co. Quarry
Lakeside Cemetery
Mabel Nelson Road Quarry
Martinson Clay & Gravel Pit
Moose River
North Wisconsin Prospect
Old Chippewa Mine
Percival Copper Prospects
Robert Missine Quarry
Rock Creek
Rockmont
Sam Anderson Quarry
Smith Quarry
South Range
Starkweather Copper Prospects (Edwards Mine; Wisconsin Mine)
Stupac Pit
Stupak Quarry (McLean Construction Company)
Sunnyside
Waino
Weyerhauser Copper Mines (Wascott; County No. 1; County No. 2 Or Skrupty; County No. 3)

Latitude: 46°32'24"N
Longitude: 91°55'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.54,-91.931666666667

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGadolinite
MalachiteMarcasiteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyroxeneQuartzSmectite-vermiculite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12872911627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212873133092
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O63287291,287310,2873292060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212873375509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)128731311547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412873375516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10287289,287291,287297,287298,287307,287310,287313,287320,287329,28733727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2287289,2873295707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26287289,287291,287294,287310,287313,28732927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12287289,287294,287296,287297,287298,287301,287307,287318,287319,287320,287330,2873373846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12873372970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)2287291,287313498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)13287291,287294,287297,287298,287301,287307,287310,287313,287319,287320,287329,287330,2873378173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3128732914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312872915433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O9287291,287297,287298,287313,287318,287319,287320,287329,2873301271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)28287289,287291,287298,287307,287318,287320,287330,28733712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212872915674
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12872911236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)210287291,287297,287298,287307,287310,287313,287319,287320,287329,2873371898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211287289,287291,287297,287298,287301,287307,287310,287313,287319,287329,28733761156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1287291301
Silver  (*)CopperAg12872985186



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