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Locality Name:
Ely Township, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA


mindat Locality ID: 295155
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295155.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ely Township, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
North Lake

Latitude: 46°31'5"N
Longitude: 87°46'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.518055555556,-87.766944444444
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 Au B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mo Na O Pb S Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteKobelliteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetradymiteTourmaline

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122210327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122210327198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12221038173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1222103345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS122210324243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41222103192
Gold  (*)CopperAu122210330554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212221035674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212221035800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1222103494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2122210339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812221039056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2122210361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12221034894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12221032705
Silver  (*)CopperAg12221035186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS122210321482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31222103276


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