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Locality Name:
Salmon Bay, 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: 222589
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222589.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salmon Bay, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°19'8"N
Longitude: 133°10'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.318888888889,-133.17138888889

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Si Th Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Si Th Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFluoriteMarcasiteMicaNone
PyriteQuartzSpinelTopazZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Thorite  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)210510503092
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2105105027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)210510509895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10510508173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF210510509617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3105105014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4105105014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210510505674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2105105017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2105105039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2105105061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)10510506417
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)10510501006
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F210510501476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)10510505251



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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