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Locality Name:
Salt Chuck Mine (Stevens; Liebrant; Goodro; Joker Mine), Kasaan Peninsula, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 105
Youngest recorded age at locality: 105

mindat Locality ID: 30836
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30836.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salt Chuck Mine (Stevens; Liebrant; Goodro; Joker Mine), Kasaan Peninsula, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°37'60"N
Longitude: 132°33'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.633333333333,-132.55

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidote
IsomertieiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSpinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Altaite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Isomertieite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Temagamite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)210510503419
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1051050489
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS410510505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)105105027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S10510505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2105105027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS10510504165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S10510501027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10510508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS105105024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu105105030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3105105014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1051050804
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2105105048
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)1051050116
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2105105080
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4105105014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2105105017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2105105039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S810510509056
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te4105105024
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21051050337
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2105105075
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe3105105024



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
Mo-00051105105      YesMolybdeniteMo3290Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAPrince of Wales IslandG. Gehrels; personal communications   


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