Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Red Dog Mine, Lisburne District (Red Dog District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 323

mindat Locality ID: 19486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19486.html

Tectonic Settings: Passive Margin

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Dog Mine, Lisburne District (Red Dog District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 68°7'0"N
Longitude: 162°49'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.116666666667,-162.83305555556

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	Mordenite	Nickeline	None
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Gypsum Marcasite Mica Mordenite Nickeline None
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	359	323	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	359	323	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	359	323	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	323	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	323	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	359	323	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	359	323	5674
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	359	323	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	359	323	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	359	323	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	323	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	359	323	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	323	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	323	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	359	323	5317

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00220	331	323	Late Mississippian		host rock age	Yes	193639	Anarraaq Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Lisburne District (Red Dog District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Anarraaq	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00228	359	323	Mississippian		host rock age		19486	Red Dog Mine, Lisburne District (Red Dog District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Lik	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00233	344.1	332.5	338.3±5.8 Ma (Re-Os on pyrite)	Re-Os on pyrite			19486	Red Dog Mine, Lisburne District (Red Dog District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Red Dog	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00485	359	323	Mississippian				19486	Red Dog Mine, Lisburne District (Red Dog District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Red Dog	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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