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Locality Name:
Polk Co., Wisconsin, USA


mindat Locality ID: 51846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Polk Co., Wisconsin, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Clam Falls
Clam River
Dresser Trap Rock Quarry (Junction Quarry; Bryan Rock Products Inc.; Dresser)
Forsythe Lake
Frederic
Horse Creek Limestone Deposit No. 1
Horse Creek Limestone Deposit No. 2
Interstate Park
Lewis
Milltown
Neumann Limestone Deposit
Osceola
Polk County Lime Quarry (Polk County Agricultural Agent)
Somers Creek
Somers Lake
St Croix Falls
Weiss Lake
Young Lake

Latitude: 45°30'32"N
Longitude: 92°30'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.508888888889,-92.504444444444
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)212888833419
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612888832060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412888835516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2288883,28889327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3288883,288890,2888915707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128888327198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41288883951
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12888931025
Copper  (*)CopperCu12888833846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12888832970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3288883,288890,2888938173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3128888314640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312888835433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128888314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23288883,288890,28889112537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23288883,288890,28889361156
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212888832562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12888831025


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