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Locality Name:
Wimmer No. 3 Pit (Wimmer Pit; Beilke's Quarry), Nine Mile Pluton, Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1490
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1410

mindat Locality ID: 8614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wimmer No. 3 Pit (Wimmer Pit; Beilke's Quarry), Nine Mile Pluton, Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°53'54"N
Longitude: 89°41'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.898333333333,-89.695555555556

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K La Mn Na Nb Nd O P S Si Ta Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K La Mn Na Nb Nd O P S Si Ta Ti U Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylBrookiteCalciteColumbiteCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteMonazite
NoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinelZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Brookite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Liandratite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(La)  (*)Monazite-(Nd)  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1490141008803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21490141002162
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)149014100255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2149014100606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181490141004286
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2149014100700
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6149014100518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6149014100289
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1490141002740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21490141009617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1490141007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314901410014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31490141005433
Liandratite  (*)NoneU6+Nb2O814901410021
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414901410014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1490141004924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)149014100945
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)14901410038
Monazite-(Nd)  (*)MonaziteNd(PO4)14901410026
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)149014100326
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214901410061156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10149014100312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21490141005614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)149014100598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1490141006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14901410021482
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6149014100211
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1490141005251



1 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
Bradley_2012_031149014101450±40U/Pb monazite  Yes  144223Nine Mile Pluton, Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, USANine Mile PlutonMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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