Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Newaygo Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 55652
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55652.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newaygo Co., Michigan, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
County Line
Glen Brady No. 4 Well
Grant Tile Company Clay Pit
Muskegon River
NE Newaygon Clay Pit

Latitude: 43°31'37"N
Longitude: 85°45'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.526944444444,-85.766111111111

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.

Baryte	Carnallite	Copper	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: Au C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl K O S Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Carnallite Copper Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sylvite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	222614	1588
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	222614	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	0		1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	222614	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	222613,222617	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	222614	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	222614	1398
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	222614	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	222614	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	222614	61156
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	0		275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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