Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kennecott, Nizina District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kennecott, Nizina District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bonanza Mine (Kennicott Mine; Erie; Jumbo; Mother Lode; Kennecott Unpatented Claims)
Jumbo Mine
Mother Lode Mine

Latitude: 61°31'11"N
Longitude: 142°50'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.519722222222,-142.83583333333

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	Wurtzite

Anilite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*
Ice ()*	Idaite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H O Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Covellite Digenite Enargite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Tridymite Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	3	134517,134518,134519	88
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	3	134517,134518,134519	246
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	134517,134518,134519	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	134517,134518,134519	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	134517,134518,134519	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	3	134517,134518,134519	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	134517,134518,134519	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	134517,134518,134519	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	134517,134518,134519	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	3	134517,134518,134519	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	3	134517,134518,134519	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	134517,134518,134519	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	3	134517,134518,134519	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	134517,134518,134519	24243
Ice ()*	Amorphous Tridymite	H₂O	0		59
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	3	134517,134518,134519	142
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	3	134517,134518,134519	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	134517,134518,134519	12537
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	3	134517,134518,134519	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	134517,134518,134519	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	134517,134518,134519	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	3	134517,134518,134519	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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