Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Champion Mine (Beacon Mine), Champion, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3839
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3839.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Champion Mine (Beacon Mine), Champion, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°30'28"N
Longitude: 87°59'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.507777777778,-87.988888888889

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Paragonite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Staurolite Talc
Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	376
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	57
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	172
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	61
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	247
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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