Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Red Bluff Bay Prospects, Chicagof District, Sitka, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 230
Youngest recorded age at locality: 170

mindat Locality ID: 199624
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-199624.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction), Oceanic Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Bluff Bay Prospects, Chicagof District, Sitka, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°51'22"N
Longitude: 134°42'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.856111111111,-134.71083333333

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.

None	Spinel

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: Cr Fe O

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Spinel

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*

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
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	230	170	0		3902

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
podchrome-00928	170	170	Permian-Jurassic (169-179 Ma 40Ar-39Ar)	Cr	199624	Red Bluff Bay Prospects, Chicagof District, Sitka, Alaska, USA	Holanada Creek	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00930	230	230	Triassic	Cr	199624	Red Bluff Bay Prospects, Chicagof District, Sitka, Alaska, USA	Red Bluff Bay 1-2	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00931	230	230	Triassic	Cr	199624	Red Bluff Bay Prospects, Chicagof District, Sitka, Alaska, USA	Red Bluff Bay 3	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00932	230	230	Triassic	Cr	199624	Red Bluff Bay Prospects, Chicagof District, Sitka, Alaska, USA	Red Bluff Bay 4	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00933	230	230	Triassic	Cr	199624	Red Bluff Bay Prospects, Chicagof District, Sitka, Alaska, USA	Red Bluff Bay 5	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00936	230	230	Triassic	Cr	199624	Red Bluff Bay Prospects, Chicagof District, Sitka, Alaska, USA	Red Bluff Bay 6	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00937	230	230	Triassic	Cr	199624	Red Bluff Bay Prospects, Chicagof District, Sitka, Alaska, USA	Red Bluff Bay 7-8	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00938	230	230	Triassic	Cr	199624	Red Bluff Bay Prospects, Chicagof District, Sitka, Alaska, USA	Red Bluff Bay West of 2	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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