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Locality Name:
Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1547
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1406.68

mindat Locality ID: 4225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Rotten Granite Quarries
Mosinee Hill Quarry
Nine Mile Pluton
Pegmatite Outcrops
Rib Mountain
Schuettes Quarry
Stettin Pluton
Wausau Pluton

Latitude: 44°55'2"N
Longitude: 89°42'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.917222222222,-89.708333333333
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 As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteAstrophyllite
BaddeleyiteBaryteBastnäsiteBerylBismutiteBrookiteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiite
ChalcopyriteChevkiniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidote
EudialyteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteLepidocrociteMeloniteMicaMolybdenite
MonaziteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePhenakitePseudobrookitePyritePyrochlore
PyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilpnomelane
TapioliteTitaniteTopazTourmalineTridymiteWöhleriteZircon

118 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Agrellite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)
Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Annite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)
Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cheralite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cookeite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cryolite  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euclase  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grayite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kentbrooksite  (*)Låvenite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Liandratite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Miserite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(La)  (*)Monazite-(Nd)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Prosopite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Rhabdophane-(La)  (*)Rhabdophane-(Nd)  (*)Riebeckite  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Sanidine  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderite  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Tainiolite  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)
Thalénite-(Y)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Wöhlerite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12886022793
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O612288582,288602,288603,288604,288606,288607,288608,288609,288610,288611,288613,2886141022
Agrellite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaCa2Si4O10F12886027
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)149014108288586,288589,288593,288597,288598,288602,288604,2886128803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)15471415.492288602,288616706
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1288602470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32288582,2886022353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO214901406.686288582,288583,288589,288591,288597,2885982162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312885821534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2288582,2886021588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)215471406.6803092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21288602356
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)22288602,288605295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2288582,2886029052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F1288602161
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62288602,2886092060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21288602238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2288582,28860211547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F1288602304
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)149014103288582,288597,288602255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2149014108288582,288584,288586,288589,288597,288598,288601,288602606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18149014102288582,2885974286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2128860296
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12886021966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312886021935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112288582,288598843
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO214901406.683288582,288583,288597700
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21288582361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3288582,288598,28860227770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O1288603232
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2149014104288589,288591,288593,2886025171
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O1288602113
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214901410128859127198
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)2149014102288584,28860250
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)215471415.49128861589
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6149014105288586,288589,288593,288597,288612518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6149014102288589,288597289
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)81288582181
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812886021008
Cryolite  (*)PerovskiteNa2NaAlF614901410128859350
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1288582520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)149014102288592,2886038173
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)15471406.680120
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)22288582,288602182
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61288602414
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)2288582,288603371
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)149014101288593551
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21288602271
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)614901410128859373
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F154714108288582,288587,288589,288591,288592,288597,288602,2886162740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21547141013288582,288586,288587,288589,288591,288597,288602,288608,288609,288611,288613,288614,2886169617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2288582,28860224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)149014105288582,288591,288597,288598,2886107437
Gold  (*)CopperAu128858230554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6149014101288593121
Graphite  (*)NoneC12886022812
Grayite  (*)Rhabdophane(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO4)·H2O14901410128858917
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312885821544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1490141012885916890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)22288582,288602209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3149014104288582,288591,288597,28860214640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O1288582144
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)149014101288593469
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3149014107288582,288589,288591,288592,288597,288610,2886125433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2149014101288589148
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142288582,288598784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412885825591
Kentbrooksite  (*)Eudialyte(Na,REE)15(Ca,REE)6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(F,Cl)2128860219
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)4128860258
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1288582581
Liandratite  (*)NoneU6+Nb2O814901410128859721
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4154714105288582,288584,288597,288610,28861614899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)154714108288582,288591,288597,288598,288602,288604,288612,2886164924
Miserite  (*)NoneK1.5-x(Ca,Y,REE)5[Si6O15][Si2O7](OH,F)2·yH2O128858214
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21490141012885915800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)154714106288584,288586,288597,288602,288603,288616945
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)149014103288584,288597,28860238
Monazite-(Nd)  (*)MonaziteNd(PO4)149014103288584,288597,28860226
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22288582,28860217380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2288582,2886021236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)7288602,288603,288604,288605,288607,288608,288613884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12885822994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12886092349
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4MgFe3+2Ti2O8(Si2O7)215471415.49128861646
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)149014107288582,288584,288586,288589,288597,288598,288601326
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6149014101288593170
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6149014101288589121
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)414901410128859339
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5149014101288591164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2149014104288582,288591,288598,28860239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215471406.6812288582,288583,288587,288589,288591,288593,288597,288598,288601,288609,288611,28861661156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O149014102288584,28858966
Rhabdophane-(La)  (*)RhabdophaneLa(PO4)·H2O14901410128858413
Rhabdophane-(Nd)  (*)RhabdophaneNd(PO4)·H2O14901410128858414
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)24288603,288605,288608,288611375
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10149014102288582,288597312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2149014106288582,288589,288591,288597,288608,2886115614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8149014101288589353
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)149014102288582,288597598
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12885822705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)149014105288582,288584,288589,288597,2885986417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2128858292
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl1288602444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS149014104288582,288591,288597,28860221482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1288582446
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1288582456
Tainiolite  (*)MicaKLiMg2Si4O10F22288604,28860940
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O614901410128858999
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6149014103288586,288589,288597211
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O614901410128859388
Thalénite-(Y)  (*)NoneY3Si3O10F14901410128858926
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2288602,2886101006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O149014104288582,288589,288592,2886024899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21490141012885931476
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1288609890
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4128860283
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)149014105288582,288584,288586,288589,288602939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1547141015288582,288586,288589,288591,288597,288602,288604,288607,288608,288610,288611,288612,288613,288614,2886165251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000005Lithologies of the complex grade from hornblende biotite bearing syenite to quartz syenite to alkali biotite granite, with subaluminous to metaluminous to subalkaline
Jen_0000005aLithologies of the complex grade from hornblende biotite bearing syenite to quartz syenite to alkali biotite granite, with subaluminous to metaluminous to subalkaline


8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000005150014701485±15U-Pb zircon   Zircon  4225Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USAWausau ComplexČerný (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90111-MPR51_429 
Jen_0000005a150314331468±35Rb-Sr whole rock     4225Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USAWausau ComplexČerný (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90111-MPR51_429 
Jen_00000801456.0341455.9661456±0.034Rb-Sr       4225Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USAWausau Syenite Complex, WisconsinAnderson (1983)10.1130/MEM161-p133GSAM161_133anorogenic
USGS-Rb-Sr-035181406.681406.681406.68Rb-Sr whole rock     51810Mosinee Hill Quarry, Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
Bradley_2012_031149014101450±40U/Pb monazite     144223Nine Mile Pluton, Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USANine Mile PlutonMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_157154715251536±11U/Pb zircon   Zircon  51806Aspirus Quarry, Wausau Pluton, Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USAAspirusMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
USGS-Rb-Sr-034861475.21475.21475.2Rb-Sr whole rock     51806Aspirus Quarry, Wausau Pluton, Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-034871415.491415.491415.49Rb-Sr whole rock     51806Aspirus Quarry, Wausau Pluton, Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 

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