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Locality Name:
Kantishna Hills District, Denali NP And Preserve, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 155850
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155850.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kantishna Hills District, Denali NP And Preserve, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kantishna Hills Lode Deposits
Kantishna Hills Placer Deposits

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Ge H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArgyroditeArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovellite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinelStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6112928962
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11292899052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211292895509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112928911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411292895516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111129289843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311292891089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112928927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22129289,1292905171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11292894979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112928927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11292894165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211292899895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121129289663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2129289,12929024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2129289,12929030554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311292905433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141129289784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21129289230
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4112929014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112928912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211292895674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1129289915
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1129289249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1129289716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311292891425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22129289,12929039462
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO31129289147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811292899056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22129289,12929061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2129289,129290969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2129289,1292904894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11292891153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11292896417
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41129289586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32129289,1292903418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1129289332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11292892045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311292895317



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