Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Midas; Granby Consolidated Mining; Smelting And Power Co. Mine, Prince William Sound District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 80
Youngest recorded age at locality: 80

mindat Locality ID: 187991
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187991.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Midas; Granby Consolidated Mining; Smelting And Power Co. Mine, Prince William Sound District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cubanite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

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: Al As Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Cubanite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	80	80	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	80	80	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	80	80	802
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	80	80	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	80	80	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	80	80	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	80	80	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	80	80	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	80	80	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	80	80	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00995	80	80	Upper Cretaceous										S	187991	Midas; Granby Consolidated Mining; Smelting And Power Co. Mine, Prince William Sound District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA	Midas	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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