Mineral Evolution Database
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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



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Locality Name:
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 164

mindat Locality ID: 130555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA": 543
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 531

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Anchorage District
Bonnifield District
Chistochina District
Chulitna District (Valdez Creek)
Matanuska Valley
Nelchina District
Palmer
Pinochle Creek Road
Redoubt District
Valdez Creek District
Willow Creek District
Yentna District

Latitude: 62°14'21"N
Longitude: 148°51'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.239166666667,-148.85027777778

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 Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAnalcimeAragoniteArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsum
KaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMordeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpiment
PentlanditePerovskitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazWollastoniteZircon

76 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Nickel  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Platinum  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thorianite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Wodginite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11311882793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe2131401,131433489
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11310651627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)27131057,131082,131169,131270,131372,131376,1313853092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS76131042,131078,131081,131082,131085,131089,131091,131094,131097,131100,131112,131116,131119,131126,131150,131152,131157,131158,131161,131163,131165,131166,131167,131169,131171,131175,131179,131180,131185,131188,131191,131197,131200,131210,131211,131283,131297,131314,131315,131316,131317,131322,131365,131372,131376,131390,131402,131403,131405,131416,131425,131451,131453,131458,131460,131461,131468,131470,131472,131482,131492,131493,131495,131501,131505,131508,131509,131542,131548,131549,131554,131555,131567,131570,131574,1315789052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)228131077,131110,131201,131223,131227,131229,131230,131231,131232,131233,131235,131236,131251,131261,131264,131271,131306,131339,131356,131375,131376,131390,131434,131438,131459,131471,131498,1315065509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2002002131503,13157611547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311313111935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS440131052,131053,131104,131110,131131,131133,131135,131145,131147,131151,131179,131201,131202,131223,131226,131227,131228,131258,131261,131265,131269,131285,131286,131306,131308,131339,131355,131356,131361,131370,131383,131386,131392,131399,131423,131434,131451,131459,131498,1315395516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20020035131042,131052,131057,131065,131068,131069,131081,131082,131091,131110,131126,131131,131145,131154,131181,131188,131197,131201,131210,131223,131261,131267,131297,131308,131310,131320,131347,131355,131376,131390,131434,131487,131503,131505,13153927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO220131100,131126,131132,131188,131314,131321,131461,131463,131472,131481,131483,131484,131485,131486,131493,131499,131508,131509,131577,1315785171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4131372,131390,131402,1314094979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S33131052,131053,131104,131110,131131,131145,131154,131179,131226,131227,131228,131237,131250,131251,131252,131253,131256,131257,131258,131260,131261,131262,131265,131269,131306,131326,131327,131328,131355,131392,131399,131434,1314385707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2200200165131040,131042,131052,131053,131055,131077,131078,131082,131089,131091,131093,131094,131097,131098,131100,131101,131104,131110,131112,131116,131119,131123,131124,131126,131128,131132,131133,131135,131138,131140,131144,131145,131147,131148,131151,131152,131154,131157,131158,131166,131167,131169,131171,131175,131179,131180,131188,131191,131197,131198,131200,131201,131202,131204,131205,131210,131211,131217,131220,131221,131222,131223,131224,131226,131229,131230,131231,131232,131233,131234,131235,131236,131241,131259,131264,131267,131269,131277,131285,131301,131302,131306,131308,131313,131315,131316,131317,131318,131319,131321,131323,131331,131333,131338,131339,131344,131347,131352,131355,131356,131361,131363,131370,131375,131376,131383,131386,131390,131392,131395,131398,131401,131402,131403,131405,131406,131407,131409,131412,131418,131423,131424,131426,131428,131429,131433,131434,131443,131446,131451,131453,131456,131457,131459,131469,131470,131471,131474,131482,131492,131494,131495,131498,131503,131505,131506,131517,131518,131523,131524,131525,131537,131539,131541,131542,131546,131547,131548,131555,131558,131560,131561,131563,131567,13157627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O416416415131041,131047,131215,131216,131313,131318,131323,131442,131473,131531,131532,131533,131535,131536,1315453902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3131052,131251,1312613531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3131038,131044,1313752600
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1131433169
Copper  (*)CopperCu16416416131041,131110,131145,131161,131226,131250,131251,131306,131356,131400,131418,131458,131461,131505,131508,1315783846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS9131131,131151,131188,131260,131285,131306,131308,131355,1313614165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11311511027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611315394135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22002004131057,131128,131503,1315059895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)49131052,131097,131098,131104,131118,131131,131135,131145,131147,131151,131201,131202,131211,131226,131227,131229,131230,131231,131232,131233,131235,131236,131237,131250,131252,131253,131257,131258,131260,131261,131262,131263,131264,131265,131269,131285,131289,131296,131306,131308,131310,131326,131327,131328,131355,131434,131470,131505,1315068173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF26131056,131100,131211,131289,131333,1314919617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20020051131048,131075,131082,131104,131116,131126,131138,131140,131152,131158,131159,131161,131163,131165,131169,131173,131175,131179,131188,131191,131199,131200,131249,131308,131315,131321,131339,131354,131365,131370,131372,131376,131386,131390,131402,131403,131405,131407,131409,131426,131433,131438,131491,131492,131503,131505,131542,131558,131567,131570,13157624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu419164234131041,131046,131050,131059,131060,131061,131062,131063,131064,131071,131072,131073,131075,131079,131080,131081,131083,131084,131086,131087,131090,131092,131095,131096,131099,131103,131105,131106,131108,131109,131111,131113,131114,131115,131120,131121,131122,131125,131127,131130,131134,131136,131137,131139,131141,131142,131143,131149,131153,131155,131156,131160,131161,131162,131163,131165,131168,131169,131170,131174,131176,131177,131178,131181,131182,131184,131186,131187,131189,131190,131192,131193,131194,131195,131196,131203,131206,131207,131208,131209,131210,131212,131213,131218,131225,131238,131239,131240,131241,131242,131245,131266,131275,131304,131305,131311,131312,131314,131320,131325,131334,131336,131340,131341,131342,131343,131345,131346,131348,131349,131350,131351,131353,131354,131356,131358,131359,131360,131363,131364,131365,131366,131367,131370,131371,131372,131373,131377,131378,131380,131381,131382,131384,131385,131386,131387,131390,131391,131392,131393,131396,131397,131401,131402,131403,131405,131406,131407,131408,131409,131411,131412,131413,131415,131416,131418,131419,131421,131422,131423,131424,131425,131426,131432,131433,131436,131437,131438,131439,131440,131445,131446,131447,131448,131449,131450,131451,131454,131455,131457,131458,131460,131461,131462,131463,131464,131465,131466,131472,131473,131475,131476,131478,131479,131480,131482,131483,131484,131485,131486,131487,131488,131489,131490,131492,131493,131494,131495,131496,131497,131499,131501,131502,131505,131507,131508,131509,131510,131538,131539,131540,131543,131544,131549,131555,131558,131565,131568,131573,131574,131576,131577,131578,13157930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11315052812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11314346890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314131128,131284,131450,131463,131469,131471,131474,131483,131484,131485,131486,131498,131506,13155214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te3131161,131342,131343804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312131461,131463,131472,131483,131484,131485,131486,131493,131499,131508,131577,1315785433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr1131499162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe1131086128
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42131372,1314345591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O11313891271
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41131242249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O441131044,131048,131086,131121,131153,131161,131171,131195,131201,131223,131264,131336,131342,131343,131344,131346,131368,131398,131418,131429,131444,131457,131458,131461,131463,131472,131482,131483,131484,131485,131486,131493,131499,131508,131531,131532,131536,131545,131576,131577,13157814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)281131052,131053,131055,131077,131097,131098,131104,131110,131131,131145,131147,131148,131151,131154,131173,131201,131202,131217,131222,131223,131226,131227,131229,131230,131231,131232,131233,131234,131235,131236,131243,131249,131250,131251,131252,131253,131256,131257,131258,131259,131260,131261,131262,131264,131265,131270,131271,131283,131289,131292,131295,131297,131326,131327,131328,131335,131339,131344,131355,131356,131372,131376,131390,131395,131402,131434,131443,131448,131459,131471,131492,131498,131506,131514,131516,131517,131521,131522,131530,131560,13156212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22002003131082,131085,1315035674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1131086397
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS21131175300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS234131097,131101,131123,131124,131132,131148,131179,131211,131245,131259,131301,131324,131333,131356,131361,131368,131369,131390,131405,131428,131439,131453,131456,131482,131491,131492,131495,131533,131546,131547,131555,131556,131557,1315705800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11310651508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O2131065,131389405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)224131075,131078,131082,131100,131124,131126,131157,131163,131175,131243,131246,131259,131314,131322,131365,131370,131376,131390,131434,131468,131481,131492,131553,13156717380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)34131372,131390,131401,13143367
Nickel  (*)CopperNi113141857
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31131161511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2131363,1313702349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82131323,1314921512
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)1131468140
Platinum  (*)CopperPt15131046,131358,131461,131463,131483,131484,131485,131486,131488,131490,131499,131502,131510,131565,131577485
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211310681898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32131140,1311751425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2200200187131044,131045,131048,131075,131078,131081,131085,131089,131090,131091,131093,131094,131097,131098,131100,131101,131104,131110,131116,131118,131124,131126,131128,131132,131133,131140,131144,131145,131146,131152,131157,131158,131161,131163,131169,131171,131173,131175,131179,131180,131181,131188,131191,131197,131199,131200,131204,131205,131210,131214,131215,131217,131220,131221,131222,131223,131224,131234,131241,131242,131243,131245,131246,131247,131248,131249,131254,131259,131263,131267,131268,131272,131273,131274,131277,131279,131280,131281,131282,131283,131284,131286,131296,131297,131299,131303,131310,131313,131316,131317,131320,131322,131333,131335,131338,131339,131342,131343,131347,131354,131361,131363,131365,131368,131370,131372,131375,131376,131387,131390,131392,131393,131396,131398,131401,131402,131403,131405,131406,131409,131412,131414,131418,131421,131424,131425,131426,131433,131434,131439,131443,131447,131450,131451,131453,131457,131458,131461,131463,131469,131470,131471,131472,131474,131482,131487,131491,131492,131493,131494,131495,131499,131500,131501,131503,131505,131506,131508,131511,131512,131513,131514,131516,131517,131519,131521,131522,131523,131525,131528,131541,131542,131546,131547,131548,131549,131554,131555,131558,131560,131563,131567,131570,131575,131576,131577,13157839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820020046131040,131042,131078,131081,131100,131101,131133,131144,131161,131163,131169,131188,131191,131197,131200,131210,131241,131260,131284,131286,131297,131316,131317,131319,131323,131335,131418,131457,131482,131492,131494,131495,131503,131505,131518,131524,131525,131531,131532,131534,131537,131541,131545,131548,131563,1315679056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2419200258131040,131042,131045,131052,131057,131065,131068,131069,131075,131076,131078,131081,131082,131085,131089,131090,131091,131093,131097,131098,131100,131101,131104,131110,131111,131112,131116,131118,131119,131123,131124,131126,131128,131131,131132,131135,131138,131140,131144,131145,131146,131147,131150,131151,131152,131154,131157,131158,131159,131161,131163,131165,131166,131167,131169,131171,131172,131173,131175,131179,131180,131181,131185,131188,131191,131197,131198,131199,131200,131201,131202,131204,131210,131211,131214,131223,131226,131227,131228,131229,131230,131234,131236,131241,131243,131245,131249,131250,131251,131252,131253,131255,131256,131257,131258,131259,131260,131261,131262,131263,131264,131265,131267,131269,131270,131271,131277,131280,131282,131283,131284,131285,131289,131292,131293,131295,131297,131306,131308,131309,131310,131314,131315,131316,131317,131320,131321,131322,131324,131326,131327,131328,131329,131331,131332,131333,131335,131338,131339,131342,131343,131352,131354,131355,131356,131359,131360,131362,131363,131364,131365,131366,131367,131369,131370,131371,131372,131374,131375,131376,131377,131378,131379,131380,131381,131383,131385,131386,131387,131388,131390,131391,131392,131393,131394,131396,131397,131401,131402,131403,131404,131405,131406,131407,131409,131410,131412,131414,131415,131416,131421,131422,131423,131424,131425,131426,131427,131430,131431,131433,131434,131436,131437,131438,131439,131440,131443,131447,131448,131450,131451,131453,131459,131461,131469,131470,131471,131472,131474,131481,131482,131483,131484,131485,131486,131487,131491,131492,131493,131494,131495,131498,131500,131501,131503,131505,131506,131508,131514,131518,131522,131524,131528,131533,131540,131542,131548,131549,131554,131558,131560,131563,131567,131570,131574,131576,131577,13157861156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1131161712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11311281711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25131390,131461,131483,131484,1314855614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)36131039,131040,131043,131044,131046,131059,131097,131098,131104,131153,131173,131245,131307,131308,131344,131356,131368,131372,131376,131382,131390,131398,131428,131458,131460,131461,131473,131483,131484,131485,131486,131493,131508,131509,131540,1315784894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)20020015131057,131128,131227,131229,131230,131231,131232,131233,131235,131236,131254,131306,131339,131503,1315056417
Silver  (*)CopperAg4131046,131418,131424,1314405186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20020051131042,131075,131082,131089,131100,131104,131110,131112,131116,131126,131132,131138,131145,131152,131158,131159,131163,131169,131179,131180,131188,131191,131198,131199,131200,131211,131244,131246,131249,131308,131315,131319,131321,131333,131338,131339,131376,131390,131402,131403,131405,131418,131433,131482,131491,131492,131495,131503,131505,131567,13157621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411314861934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S316131089,131112,131145,131169,131173,131180,131181,131185,131197,131315,131316,131317,131320,131492,131505,1315673418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211314413337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134131097,131175,131188,1313081803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1317131082,131091,131097,131126,131152,131188,131202,131308,131355,131363,131372,131376,131390,131402,131403,131405,1314335317
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO25131461,131483,131484,131485,131486236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O4131483,131484,131485,1314864899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22131056,1311001476
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8113131478
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO32131356,1315391247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)15131048,131056,131368,131461,131463,131468,131472,131483,131484,131485,131486,131493,131508,131577,1315785251



5 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
podchrome-00892164164Jurassic       Cr197974Highway Prospect, Anchorage District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USAHighwayMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00890164164Jurassic       Cr199396Pioneer Creek Prospect, Anchorage District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USAPioneer Creek 38Moiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00891164164Jurassic       Cr199396Pioneer Creek Prospect, Anchorage District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USAPioneer Creek 39Moiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
vms-00988419359Devonian        197273Dry Creek Cut Mine, Valdez Creek District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USADry Creek NorthMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-01000200200Triassic or Jurassic       S199907Shellabarger Pass; Shellebarger Pass Prospects, Yentna District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USAShellabarger PassMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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