Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pelican River Massive Sulfide Deposit, Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex, Oneida Co., Wisconsin, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1835
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1835

mindat Locality ID: 51825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51825.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pelican River Massive Sulfide Deposit, Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex, Oneida Co., Wisconsin, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane
Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane
Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1835	1835	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1835	1835	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1835	1835	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1835	1835	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1835	1835	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1835	1835	376
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1835	1835	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1835	1835	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1835	1835	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1835	1835	1544
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1835	1835	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1835	1835	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1835	1835	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1835	1835	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1835	1835	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1835	1835	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1835	1835	456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1835	1835	5317

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
	vms-01082	1835	1835	Proterozoic										S	51825	Pelican River Massive Sulfide Deposit, Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex, Oneida Co., Wisconsin, USA	Pelican	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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