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Locality Name:
Centennial, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1080
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1014

mindat Locality ID: 59249
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59249.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Centennial, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Centennial Mine
Mayflower Old Colony Mine
Michigan Nickel Deposits (MRDS - 10069268)
South Kearsarge Mine

Latitude: 47°15'20"N
Longitude: 88°24'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.255555555556,-88.409722222222

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo N Na O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcetateAmphiboleAnalcimeAnthonyiteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteConnellite
CopperEpidoteGadoliniteMalachiteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehniteQuartzScheelite
Smectite-vermiculite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Anthonyite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Baryte  (*)Buttgenbachite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Calumetite  (*)Centennialite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalconatronite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hoganite  (*)
Kinoite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Silver  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O108010143220525,220526,2205311627
Anthonyite  (*)AnthonyiteCu(OH)2·3H2O1080101412205256
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3108010143220525,220526,220528544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)108010143220525,220526,22052811547
Buttgenbachite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(NO3)2Cl8(OH)62·nH2O108010143220525,220526,22052813
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)108010144220525,220526,220529,22053127770
Calumetite  (*)AnthonyiteCaCu4(OH)8Cl2·3.5H2O108010143220525,220526,22052811
Centennialite  (*)AtacamiteCaCu3Cl2(OH)6·nH2O (n ~ 0.7)1080101412205251
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1080101412205255707
Chalconatronite  (*)NoneNa2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O108010142220525,22052623
Copper  (*)CopperCu108010145220525,220526,220528,220529,2205313846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O108010144220525,220526,220528,2205312970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)108010144220525,220526,220529,220531498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)108010145220525,220526,220528,220529,2205318173
Hoganite  (*)AcetateCu(CH3COO)2·H2O0012205254
Kinoite  (*)NoneCa2Cu2Si3O10·2H2O10801014122052517
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O108010142220525,2205261271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2108010143220525,220526,22052812537
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)108010141220525945
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6108010143220525,220526,220528158
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)108010141220527494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2108010142220526,2205311898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2108010144220525,220526,220529,22053161156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O108010141220531301
Silver  (*)CopperAg1080101412205315186
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21080101412205252562



2 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
Kristen002199108010141047±33Rb-Sr    Yes  11425Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USAKeweenaw PeninsulaBornhorst et al. (1988)10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619EG83_619 
Kristen002200108010401060±20     Yes  11425Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USAKeweenaw PeninsulaBornhorst et al. (1988)10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619EG83_619 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R141189Centennial Mine, Centennial, Houghton Co., Michigan, USAhttps://rruff.info/R141189


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