Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Copper Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 8482
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8482.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Big Harbor Mine
Copper City Mine
Corbin Mine
Gonnason Prospect
Jumbo Copper Mine (Jumbo Mine)
Jumbo Copper Mine Area
Rock Lake Occurrence

Latitude: 55°16'30"N
Longitude: 132°42'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.275,-132.71388888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Ilvaite	Malachite
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Ilvaite Malachite
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	105	105	1	133115	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	105	105	1	133115	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	105	105	1	133115	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	105	105	1	133115	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	105	105	1	133115	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	105	105	1	133115	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	105	105	1	133115	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	105	105	3	133114,133115,133116	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	105	105	1	133115	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	105	105	1	133115	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	105	105	2	133111,133112	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	100	0		7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	105	105	1	133115	1544
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	105	105	1	133116	197
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	105	105	2	133114,133115	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	105	105	1	133115	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	105	105	1	133115	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	105	105	1	133115	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	105	105	1	133115	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	105	105	1	133115	5317

2 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
	Mo-00051	105	105								Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	3290	Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	Prince of Wales Island	G. Gehrels; personal communications
	MR35_383-002	145	100	Lower Cretaceous											8482	Copper Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	Copper Mountain	Toland (2004)		MR35_383

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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