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Locality Name:
Lincoln Co., Wisconsin, USA


mindat Locality ID: 51814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lincoln Co., Wisconsin, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Copper River
Council Grounds State Park
Grandfather Dam
Gravel Pit (Own Crews; MRDS - 10229841)
Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex
Merrill Granite Quarry
Merrill Schist
Tomahawk Pit

Latitude: 45°17'26"N
Longitude: 89°43'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.290555555556,-89.730555555556
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteFeldsparGarnetMicaNickelineNone
PolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Anorthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312884772353
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12884701036
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12884745707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22288474,28847527198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812884771008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12884744165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2288474,28847524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2288474,28847530554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42288469,28847414899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2128847717380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1288475716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128847439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82288474,2884759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22288471,28847761156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12884755186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2288474,28847521482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1288477978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312884745317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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