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Locality Name:
Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1060
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1047

mindat Locality ID: 3852
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3852.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°27'17"N
Longitude: 87°51'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.454722222222,-87.865

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Analcime	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Epidote	Gadolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Rutile	Volborthite

Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Macfallite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Neltnerite ()*	Orientite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Tangeite ()*	Volborthite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn Na O S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn Na O S Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Analcime Baryte Braunite Calcite Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum
Epidote Gadolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pumpellyite Rutile Volborthite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1060	1047	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1060	1047	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1060	1047	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1060	1047	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1060	1047	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1060	1047	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1060	1047	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1060	1047	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1060	1047	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1060	1047	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1060	1047	243
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1060	1047	1271
Macfallite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn³⁺₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₃	1060	1047	6
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1060	1047	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1060	1047	770
Neltnerite ()*	Braunite	CaMn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1060	1047	8
Orientite ()*	None	Ca₈Mn³⁺₁₀(SiO₄)₃(Si₃O₁₀)₃(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	1060	1047	8
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1060	1047	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1060	1047	15
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1060	1047	3106
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1060	1047	177
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	1060	1047	60
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	1060	1047	155

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00057	1060	1047		Rb-Sr						Yes		Kamiokite	Mo	3847	Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA		Bornhorst et al. (1988)	10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619	EG83_619

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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