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Locality Name:
Crandon Massive Sulfide Deposit (Little Sand Lake Deposit; Crandon Project; Exxon Deposit), Little Sand Lake, Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex, Forest Co., Wisconsin, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1830
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1830

mindat Locality ID: 25693
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25693.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crandon Massive Sulfide Deposit (Little Sand Lake Deposit; Crandon Project; Exxon Deposit), Little Sand Lake, Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex, Forest Co., Wisconsin, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°28'14"N
Longitude: 88°55'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.470555555556,-88.919166666667

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 As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigenite
EnargiteEpidoteFluoriteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1830183009052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61830183002060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41830183005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18301830027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1830183005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218301830027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1830183001025
Copper  (*)CopperCu1830183003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1830183004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1830183001027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21830183009895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4183018300910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1830183008173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21830183009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18301830024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1830183007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu18301830030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1830183002812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318301830014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418301830014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21830183005674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218301830017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218301830039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81830183009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218301830061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1830183005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18301830021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4183018300586



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
vms-0108018301830Proterozoic       S25693Crandon Massive Sulfide Deposit (Little Sand Lake Deposit; Crandon Project; Exxon Deposit), Little Sand Lake, Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex, Forest Co., Wisconsin, USACrandonMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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