Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lake Ellen, Iron Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 283746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Ellen, Iron Co., Michigan, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lake Ellen Kimberlite Prospect

Latitude: 46°10'28"N
Longitude: 88°10'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.174444444444,-88.176944444444

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.

Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene
Rutile	Spinel

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 Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Diamond Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene
Rutile Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	220748	2060
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	220748	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	220748	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	220748	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	220748	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	220748	1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	220748	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	220748	1507
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	220748	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	220748	341
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	220748	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	220748	598
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	220748	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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