Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sun; Picnic Creek; Hot Prospects, Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 323

mindat Locality ID: 200220
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-200220.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sun; Picnic Creek; Hot Prospects, Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 67°4'13"N
Longitude: 155°2'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.070277777778,-155.04277777778

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Enargite	Mica	None	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stilpnomelane	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cymrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tremolite ()*

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Enargite Mica None Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stilpnomelane Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	419	323	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	419	323	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	419	323	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	419	323	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	419	323	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	419	323	27198
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O	419	323	46
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	419	323	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	419	323	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	419	323	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	419	323	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	419	323	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	419	323	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	419	323	456
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	419	323	2562

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-01003	419	323	Devonian-Mississippian											200220	Sun; Picnic Creek; Hot Prospects, Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Sun-Picnic Creek	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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