Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Mesabi Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3858
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3858.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mesabi Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA": 374
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 369

Number of Child Localities: 366
Child Localities:
Aad Mine (Fault Mine; Adams-Dorr Mine)
Adriatic Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Agnew Mine (Syracuse Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Agnew No. 2 Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Syracuse Mining Company)
Agnew No. 3 Reserve X-41 Prospect
Ajax Mine (Kanawha Mine; U S Steel Corp)
Albany Mine
Alberta Mine (Lily Mine; State Of Minnesota)
Alexandria Mine (Alexandria-Snyder Mine; Syracuse Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Alice Mine (Eveleth Taconite Company; Oglebay Norton Company Agt)
Allan Mine (Inland Steel Company; Pacific Isle Mining Company)
Alpena Mine-East (Hanna Mining Company; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
Alpena Mine-West (Hanna Mining Company Agt; Hanna Ore Mining Company)
Alworth Land Mine (Hanna Mining Company; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
Alworth Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Arne Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Atkins Mine (G N I O P)
Auburn Mine
Babbitt
Bangor Mine
Belgrade Mine (Kellogg Mine; J & L Steel Corp)
Billings Mine
Biwabik
Biwabik Pit East Proposed (J & L Steel Corp; Biwabik Taconite Operation)
Boeing Mine (Hanna Mining Company; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
Bradford Mine (Morrow Mineold; Syracuse Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Bruce Annex Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Bruce Mine
Brunt Mine
Budd Reserve H-56 Prospect (Hanna Mining Company Agt; Hanna Ore Mining Company)
Burns Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Burrall Reserve X-44 Prospect (Meriden Engineering)
Burt Mine (Syracuse Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Campbell Group A Reserve H-54 (Utica Extension)
Campbell Group B Reserve H-55
Campbell Group D Mine (Hanna Hng Company Agt; Hanna Iron Ore Divn)
Canton Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Carlson Lake Reserve H-58
Carlz No. 1 Reserve H-61 Prospect
Carmi Mine (Carmi Mine; Hanna Mining Company; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
Carson Lake Reserve H-58
Cass Mine (Congdon Trust Et Al)
Chataco Mine (Lamberton Estate Et Al)
Chester Mine
Chisholm Mine (Pitt-Pac; Pitt-Pac Company)
Clark Mine (Oliver Iron Mining Company; U S Steel Corp)
Clark Mine No. 2 (Pitt Pac Company; Cons Pacific Company)
Cloquet Annex Reserve IS-1
Cloquet Annex Reserve X-62
Columbia Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Commodore Mine (Pitt-Pac Company)
Connie Mine
Coons Mine (Coons Mine; Pitt-Pac Co)
Corsica Mine
Croxton-Syme Mine (Syme Mine; U S Steel Corp)
Culver Mine (Rhude & Fryberger Inc)
Cyprus Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Ontario Iron Company)
Dale Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Syracuse Mining Company)
Day Mine (Syracuse Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Day Reserve Mine
Deacon Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Dean Mine (Inland Steel Company)
Donora Mine
Doran Reserve O-14 Prospect (U S Steel Corp)
Dormer Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Douglas Mine
Drew Mine (First Amer Nat Bk Duluth Tr Et Al)
Drill Core M4450
Duluth Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Duncan Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Dunka Pit Erie Pit No. 8 (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Dunwoody Mine
East Burt Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Eaton Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Ontario Iron Company)
Elba Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Elbern Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Elizabeth Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Elizabeth Mine No. 2 (Higging Company Et Al)
Elliott Reserve G-11 Prospect (G N Iron Ore Prop)
Embarrass Mine (Syracuse Mine)
Emmett Mine (Roberts Mine; Atlas Mine; J & L Steel Corp)
Enterprise Mine (Hanna Mining Company Agt; Hanna Ore Mining Company)
Erie Mining Company Mine (Erie Mine Company-Hoyt Lakes Plant; Aurora Mine)
Erie Pit No. 1 (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Erie Pit No. 2 (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Erie Pit No. 4 (P-M & Company Agt; Erie Mining Company)
Erie Pit No. 5 (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Erie Pit No. 6 (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Erie Pit No. 7 (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Erie Pit No. 9 North (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Erie Pit No. 9 South (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Ernie Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Fay Mine (Pacific Isle Mining Company; Inland Steel Company)
Fayal Mine (East Bay Mine)
Fayal No.1 Mine (Eveleth Taconite Company; Oglebay Norton Company Agt)
Forster-Burt Mine (U.S.Steel Reserve O-61)
Forsyth Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Fowler Mine (Eveleth Fee Office)
Franklin Mine (Pitt-Pac Company)
Frantz Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Fraser Mine (D. Autremont Mine)
Genoa Fee Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Genoa-Sparta Mine (Sparta Townsite Mine; Eveleth Fee Office)
Gilbert Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Gilbert Pit West Proposed (Biwabik Taconite Operation; J & L Steel Corp)
Gilbert Silver Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Glen Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Godfrey Mine (Wellington Mine)
Grace Mine (Pickands Mather & Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Graham Mine (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Grant Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Gray Annex Reserve G-8
Gray Reserve St-6 (State Of Minnesota)
Great Northern Reserve P-30 Prospect (P-M & Company Agt; Ontario Iron Company)
Great Western Mine
Gross-Nelson Mine (Virginia Extension Mine)
Hanna Mine (Alan Mine; U S Steel Corp)
Hanna Mining Company Agt (Bennett Annex Mine; Hanna Iron Ore Divn)
Harold Mine (Hanna Mining Company; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
Hartley Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Hartley Trusts (Cavour Mine)
Hartley-Burt Mine
Hartman Reserve X-45
Hector Mine (Hale Mine; State Of Minnesota)
Helmer Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Hibbing
Hibbing Taconite Mine
Higgins No. 2 Mine
Higgins No.1 Canton Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Hobart Mine (Eveleth Fee Office)
Holland Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Hudson Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Erie Mining Company)
Hull-Nelson Mine (Adams Mine Hull-Nelson; Eveleth Taconite Company; Oglebay Norton Company Agt)
Humphrey Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Hunt Annex Reserve H-57 Prospect
Hunt Mine (Hanna Mining Company; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
Iron Chief Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Iron Range Reserve O-88 (Pittsburgh Pacific Company; Pitt-Pal Company)
Iron Range Reserve O-90 Prospect (U S Steel Corp)
Iroquois Mine (Inland Steel Company; Pacific Isle Mining Company)
Itasca Mine (Inland Steel Company)
Jean Mine (Eveleth Fee Office)
Jennings Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Jl-47 Reserve
Jl-48 Reserve Jl-48 Prospect (J & L Steel Corp)
Jl-51 Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Jl-52 Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Jordan Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Judson Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Julia Mine (Bessemer Mine; Pitt-Pac Company)
Kerr Mine (Sheridan Mine; P-M & Company Agt; Syracuse Mining Company)
Kinney Mine
Kinney Scotch Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Knox Extension Mine
Knox Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Erie Mining Company)
Kosmerl Mine (Snyder Mining Company; Shenango Furnace Company)
Labelle Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Lamberton Annex Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Ontario Iron Company)
Lamberton Mine (Lamberton Estate Et Al)
Langdon & Warren Mine (Pitt-Pac Company)
Larkin Mine (Tesora Mine; Pacific Isle Mining Company; Inland Steel Company)
Laura Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Syracuse Mining Company)
Leetonia Mine (Hanna Mining Company)
Leetonia Mine No. 2 (Mahoning Ore & Steel Company; P-M & Company)
Lenont Reserve O-35 Prospect
Leonard Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Leonard-Burt Mine
Leonidas Mine (Nahma Mine; Pitt Pac Company; Pitt-Pac Company)
Lincoln Mine (Pitt Pac Company; Pitt-Pac Company)
Lone Jack Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Longyear Lake No. 1 Reserve ST-2 Prospect
Longyear Mine (Hanna Mining Company; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
LTV Mine (Hoyt Lakes; LTV Steel Mining Company; Erie Mine; Polymet)
Mace No. 1 Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Ontario Iron Company)
Madeira Mine (Ontario Iron Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Madrid Mine (Wawbeek Mine; U S Steel Corp)
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 12W Prospect (Range 12W Magnetic Taconite)
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 13W Prospect
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 14W Prospect
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 15W Prospect (Range 15W Magnetic Taconite)
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 16W Prospect (Range 16W Magnetic Taconite)
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 17W Prospect (Range 17W Magnetic Taconite)
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 18W Prospect (Range 18W Magnetic Taconite)
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 19W Prospect (Range 19W Magnetic Taconite)
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 20W Prospect (Range 20W Magnetic Taconite)
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 21W Prospect (Range 21W Magnetic Taconite)
Mahoning Group 3 Mine (Hanna Mining Company; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
Mahoning Group 4 Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Mahoning Ore & Steel Company)
Mahoning Mine (Prince Edward Mine; P-M & Company Agt; Mahoning Ore & Steel Company)
Mahoning No. 2 Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Mahoning Ore & Steel Company)
Mahoning Reserve H-62 Prospect (Hanna Mining Company; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
Malta And Malta Annex Mine (Eveleth Fee Office)
Malta Extension (U S Steel Corp)
Margaret Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Mariska Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Mary Ellen Pit
Mayas Mine (Vega Minemayas; P-M&E Company Agts; Erie Mining Company)
McEwen Mine (Pitt Pac Company; Pitt-Pac Company)
McGrath Reserve G-12 (G N I O P Et Al)
McKinley Mine (McKinley Group; McKinly Mine)
McKinley Pit Central Proposed (J & L Steel Corp; Biwabik Taconite Operation)
Meadow Extension Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Meadow Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Erie Mining Company)
Meadow Reserve O-29 Prospect
Mesabi Multiple Occurrence
Michael Reserve St-10 Prospect (State Of Minnesota)
Midget Mine (Hartley Trusts)
Midway No. 1 Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Midway No. 2 Mine
Midway Reserve O-30
Mill Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Miller-Mohawk Mine (Miller Mine; Mohawk Mine)
Minnewas Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Minntac Mine (Pilotac Mine; U S Steel Corp)
Minntac Mine (Pilotac Mine)
Minorca Mine (Laurentian Mine; Minorca Taconite Project; Biwabik West)
Missabe Mountain Mine
Mohawk Mine (Now Called Miller-Mohawk Mine; Aurora City Of)
Monica Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Monroe-Tener Mine (Tener Mine)
Moose Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Morris Mine (Winnifred Mine; P-M & Company Agt; Syracuse Mining Company)
Morrow Extension Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Morrow Mine (Eveleth Fee Office)
Morton Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Mott Mine (U S Steel & State Of Minnesota)
Mountain Iron Mine (Rathburn Mine; Aetna Mine; U S Steel Corp)
Myers Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Nassau Mine
Neville Mine (Neville Reserve)
Neville Reserve O-92
Niagara No. 1 Reserve St-11 Prospect
Niles
Nordine Mine (Syracuse Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Norman Mine (Leon Iron Company Et Al)
North Eddy Mine (Agnew; So. Agnew)
North Eddy Mine (Eddy Mine)
North Shiras Mine (State Of Minnesota)
North Uno Mine B-N (Syracuse Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
North Uno Mine G-N (North Uno Mine G-N; Mahoning Ore & Steel Company)
Ohio Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Oneida Reserve PA-8 (Inland Steel Company; Pacific Isle Mining Company)
Onondaga Mine (Pitt Pac Company)
Ontario Reserve P-11
Ordean-Allen Pit (Minorca Taconite Company; Inland Steel Company)
Pacific Isle Reserve PA-9
Pacific Mine (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Palmer Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Park Lot No. 1 Mine (Eveleth Fee Office)
Park Lot No. 3 Reserve Prospect (State Of Minnesota)
Pearce Mine (Meriden Engineering)
Pearsall Mine (Oglebay Norton Company Agt; Eveleth Taconite Company)
Penobscot Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Perkins Annex Mine (U S Steel Corp; Part Of Stephens Mine Group)
Perkins Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Peter Mitchell Mine (East Mesabi Mine; Reserve Mine; Argo Mine)
Pettit Mine (Douglas Robinson Et Al)
Pierce Group Mine (Impro A Mine; Impro B Reserve; Roy Mine; Norpac Mine)
Pillsbury-Brown Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Pilot Annex Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Pilot Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Pool Mine (Ontario Iron Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Prindle Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Rana Mine (Midway Mine)
Rana Mine & Mill (Rand Mine)
Ray Reserve O-73 Prospect (U S Steel Corp)
Reed Mine (Margaret Mac Dougal Et Al)
Rhude & Fryberger Inc (Rana Mine)
Rouchleau Group (U S Rouchleau Group; Rochleau Mine; Auburn Mine; Rouchleau Mine; Great Western Mine)
Rouchleau Mine
Ruddy Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Rust Reserve P-32 Prospect (Syracuse Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Sauntry Mine
Schley Mine
Scranton Mine (Elizabeth Mine; State Of Minnesota)
Section 17 Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Section 18 Mine (Hanna Iron Ore Divn; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
Security Mine
Sellers Mine (Sellers Triangle Mine; Rhude & Fryberger Inc)
Seville Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Sharon Mine
Shaw Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Shenango Mine
Shenango Reserve O-93
Sherman Mine (Sherman Mines Group; South Fraser Mine)
Shiras Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Sidney Mine (Jo Ann Mine; Inland Steel Company; Pacific Isle Mining Company)
Siphon Mine (Spring Mine; Silverton Mine; P-M & Company Agt; Erie Mining Company)
Sliver Mine (Hanna Mining Company; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
Sliver Mine State (Inland Steel Company; Pacific Isle Mining Company)
Smith Mine (Ontario Iron Company; Pickands Mather & Company Agt)
Snively Mine (Shively Mine; U S Steel Corp)
South Agnew Mine (Syracuse Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
South Eddy Mine (Eddy Mine; Inland Steel Company)
South Longyear Mine
South Longyear Mine (Hanna Mining Company Agt; Hanna Ore Mining Company)
South Rust Mine (Syracuse Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
South Stevenson Mine (Hanna Hng Company Agt; Hanna Iron Ore Divn)
South Tener Mine
South Uno Mine B-N (Syracuse Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
South Uno Mine G-N
Southern Townsite Reserve P-31 Prospect (Syracuse Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Sparta Mine (U S Steel Corp)
Spruce Mine (Cloquet Mine; Vega Mine; Cloquet No. 2 Mine; Adams Mine; Eveleth Taconite Company; Dolebay Norton Company Agt)
St. Anthony No. 2 Reserve Cp-1 Prospect
St. Clair Mine (U S Steel Corp)
St. James Mine
Stephens Mine
Stephens Reserve O-86
Stevenson Mine (Pickands Mather & Company Agt; Ontario Iron Company)
Stevenson Mine No. 2 (Hanna Iron Ore Divn; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
Stevenson Reserve H-64 (Hanna Mining Company Agt; Hanna Ore Mining Company)
Stubler Mine
Sullivan Mine (Inland Steel Company; Pacific Isle Mining Company)
Susquehanna Mine (Buffalo-Susquehanna Mine; Anna Mining Company Agt; Hanna Ore Mining Company)
Sweeney Mine (Ontario Iron Company; Pickands Mather & Company Agt)
Syracuse Mine (Wm H Daniels Estate Et Al)
Taconite Reserve Jl-1
The Hanna Mining Company Agent
Thorne Mine (Hanna Mining Company Agt; Hanna Ore Mining Company)
Thunderbird Mine (Adams; Leonidas Mine; Burns Mine; Thunderbird North & South; Fairlane; Eveleth Taconite Company Or 'Etco'; Alice Natural Ore; Fayal Natural Ore; Spruce Natural Ore; Hull-Nelson Natura)
Thunderbird Mine (Virginia Mine; Nelson Reserve On-3)
Thunderbird North (Spruce Natural Ore; Leonidas Mine; Burns Mine; Adams; Security Natural Ore; Oglebay Norton; Hull-Nelson Natural Ore; Troy Natural Ore; Fayal No. 2; Alice Nat)
Tioga Mine (Douglas-Robinson Et Al)
Troy Mine (Oglebay Norton Company Agt; Eveleth Taconite Company)
Twin City Mine (U S Steel Corp; U S Steel Corp - Sherman Group)
U.S. Steel Corp (Mined As Part Of St James Mine; U.S. Steel O-49 Mine)
U.S. Steel Reserve O-40 Prospect
U.S. Steel Reserve O-41 Prospect (U S Steel Corp)
U.S. Steel Reserve O-42 Prospect (U S Steel Corp)
U.S. Steel Reserve O-43 Prospect (U S Steel Corp)
U.S. Steel Reserve O-49
U.S. Steel Reserve O-56 Prospect (U S Steel Corp)
U.S. Steel Reserve O-60 Prospect (U S Steel Corp)
U.S. Steel Reserve O-63 Prospect (U S Steel Corp; Trespass Shipments From Duncan Mine)
U.S. Steel Reserve O-91 Prospect
Union Mine (Pitt Pac Company)
Utica Mine (Hanna Mining Company; Hanna Mining Company Agt)
Victoria Mine (Pitt Pac Company)
Vivian Mine (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Wabigon Mine
Wabigon No. 2 Mine
Wacootah Mine (State Of Minnesota)
Wade Mine (G N I O P)
Wanless Mine (Snyder Mining Company; Snyder Mining Company)
Warren Mine (P-M & Company; Mahoning Ore & Steel Company)
Webb Mine
Weed Mine (Congdon Trust Et Al)
Weggum Mine (Philbin Mine; State Of Minnesota)
Welton Mine
Welton Reserve Jl-45
Wentworth No. 1 Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Erie Mining Company)
Wentworth No. 2 Mine (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company)
Wheeling Mine (U S Steel Corp)
White Iron Mine (Euclid Mine; Elsbeth Korrer Et Al)
Whiteside Mine (Snyder Mining Company)
Whiteside Reserve P-13 Prospect (Syracuse Reserve; Pickands Mather & Company; P-M & Company Agt)
Whitney Mine (Iron Range Reserve O-87)
Williams Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Wills Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Wisstar Mine (J & L Steel Corp)
Woodbridge Mine (Snyder Mining Company)
Wyoming Annex (Pitt Pac Company)
Wyoming Mine
Yates Mine (P-M & Company Agt; Ontario Iron Company)
Yawkey Mine (Eveleth Fee Office)

Latitude: 47°29'57"N
Longitude: 92°38'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.499166666667,-92.649444444444

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: Al B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAxiniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCubaniteDiasporeEpidote
GarnetKaoliniteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRamsdellite
SepioliteSerpentineSpinelStilpnomelaneTalcWurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenalite  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212236903419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312236901534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212223789,223803,223876,223890,223894,223934,223942,223948,223963,224000,224036,2240423092
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2122369088
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14223690,223789,223803,223849,223876,223890,223894,223934,223942,223948,223963,224000,224036,22404227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122369127198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31223691802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21223690327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612236904135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12238498173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1223690371
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)21223690129
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5223696,223753,223756,223800,2240257437
Graphite  (*)NoneC12236902812
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4122369561
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)22223690,223849223
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61223690741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3289223671,223672,223673,223674,223675,223676,223677,223678,223679,223680,223681,223682,223683,223684,223685,223686,223687,223688,223690,223692,223693,223694,223696,223698,223699,223700,223701,223702,223703,223704,223705,223706,223707,223708,223709,223710,223711,223713,223715,223716,223717,223718,223719,223720,223721,223723,223724,223726,223727,223728,223729,223730,223731,223732,223733,223734,223735,223736,223737,223738,223739,223740,223742,223743,223745,223747,223748,223749,223750,223752,223753,223754,223755,223756,223765,223766,223767,223768,223769,223770,223771,223772,223773,223774,223775,223776,223777,223779,223780,223781,223782,223783,223784,223785,223786,223788,223790,223792,223793,223794,223795,223796,223797,223798,223801,223802,223804,223805,223806,223807,223808,223809,223810,223812,223813,223814,223815,223816,223817,223818,223819,223820,223821,223822,223823,223824,223825,223826,223827,223828,223829,223831,223832,223833,223837,223838,223839,223841,223842,223843,223844,223845,223846,223847,223848,223851,223852,223863,223865,223868,223870,223871,223872,223873,223874,223875,223878,223879,223880,223882,223883,223886,223887,223888,223889,223890,223895,223897,223898,223899,223900,223901,223902,223903,223904,223905,223906,223907,223908,223909,223910,223912,223913,223915,223916,223917,223918,223919,223920,223921,223922,223923,223924,223925,223926,223927,223928,223929,223930,223931,223932,223933,223935,223936,223937,223939,223940,223941,223944,223945,223949,223950,223951,223952,223953,223954,223956,223957,223958,223959,223960,223961,223962,223964,223965,223966,223967,223969,223970,223971,223972,223973,223975,223977,223978,223979,223980,223981,223982,223983,223984,223985,223986,223987,223991,223992,223993,223994,223995,223996,223998,223999,224002,224003,224004,224006,224007,224008,224009,224010,224011,224012,224013,224014,224015,224017,224018,224019,224020,224021,224022,224023,224024,224025,224026,224027,224029,224030,224031,224032,224033,224034,224035,224037,224038,224039,224040,224043,22404414640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O0144
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312236915433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4302223671,223672,223673,223674,223675,223676,223677,223678,223679,223680,223681,223682,223683,223684,223685,223686,223687,223688,223690,223691,223692,223693,223694,223696,223698,223699,223700,223701,223702,223703,223704,223705,223706,223707,223708,223709,223710,223711,223713,223715,223716,223717,223718,223719,223720,223721,223723,223724,223726,223727,223728,223729,223730,223731,223732,223733,223734,223735,223736,223737,223738,223739,223740,223741,223742,223743,223745,223747,223748,223749,223750,223752,223753,223754,223755,223756,223765,223766,223767,223768,223769,223770,223771,223772,223773,223774,223775,223776,223777,223779,223780,223781,223782,223783,223784,223785,223786,223788,223789,223790,223792,223793,223794,223795,223796,223797,223798,223801,223802,223803,223804,223805,223806,223807,223808,223809,223810,223812,223813,223814,223815,223816,223817,223818,223819,223820,223821,223822,223823,223824,223825,223826,223827,223828,223829,223831,223832,223833,223837,223838,223839,223841,223842,223843,223844,223845,223846,223847,223848,223849,223851,223852,223863,223865,223868,223870,223871,223872,223873,223874,223875,223876,223878,223879,223880,223882,223883,223886,223887,223888,223889,223890,223894,223895,223897,223898,223899,223900,223901,223902,223903,223904,223905,223906,223907,223908,223909,223910,223912,223913,223915,223916,223917,223918,223919,223920,223921,223922,223923,223924,223925,223926,223927,223928,223929,223930,223931,223932,223933,223934,223935,223936,223937,223939,223940,223941,223942,223944,223945,223948,223949,223950,223951,223952,223953,223954,223956,223957,223958,223959,223960,223961,223962,223963,223964,223965,223966,223967,223969,223970,223971,223972,223973,223975,223977,223978,223979,223980,223981,223982,223983,223984,223985,223986,223987,223991,223992,223993,223994,223995,223996,223998,224000,224002,224003,224004,224006,224007,224008,224009,224010,224011,224012,224013,224014,224015,224017,224018,224019,224020,224021,224022,224023,224024,224025,224026,224027,224029,224030,224031,224032,224033,224034,224035,224036,224037,224038,224039,224040,224042,224043,22404414899
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)215223688,223741,223789,223803,223849,223876,223894,223934,223942,223948,223963,223999,224000,224036,22404261
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812236911512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2122369039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82223690,2236919056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24223690,223695,223872,22399961156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2122389888
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2223825,2238791711
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21223690375
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1223690241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12223789,223803,223876,223890,223894,223934,223942,223948,223963,224000,224036,2240426417
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O2223890,223999456



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