Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arcadian Mine, Ripley, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA

mindat Locality ID: 8469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arcadian Mine, Ripley, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Arcadian No. 2 Shaft
Arcadian No. 3 Shaft

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Domeykite	Epidote	Gadolinite	Mica
None	Prehnite	Pumpellyite

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Datolite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Silver ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 As B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Domeykite Epidote Gadolinite Mica
None Prehnite Pumpellyite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	220620	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	220620,220621	3846
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	2	220620,220621	498
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	0		73
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	220620	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	220620	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		106
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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