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Locality Name:
Greens Creek (Big Sore Mine), Admiralty District, Juneau, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 201

mindat Locality ID: 11520
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11520.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greens Creek (Big Sore Mine), Admiralty District, Juneau, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 57°31'60"N
Longitude: 134°15'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.533333333333,-134.25
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumArgyroditeArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparGeocroniteJalpaiteMarcasiteMicaNonePolybasite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celsian  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mckinstryite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S25220102793
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6252201062
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS25220109052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)252201011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS425220105516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112522010843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)252201027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO225220105171
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)2522010100
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S25220105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2252201027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS25220104165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)225220109895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)2522010180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25220108173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S122522010663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS252201024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S232522010133
Gold  (*)CopperAu252201030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC25220102812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O325220105433
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS22522010116
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S232522010105
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)25220101487
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS225220105674
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S4252201051
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2252201017380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]2522010249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2522010716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32522010733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS325220101425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2252201039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2252201061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2522010712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO225220105614
Silver  (*)CopperAg25220105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS252201021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42522010586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2522010332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1325220101803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1325220105317


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
vms-00992252201Triassic        11520Greens Creek (Big Sore Mine), Admiralty District, Juneau, Alaska, USAGreens CreekMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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