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Locality Name:
Nabesna Mine, Chisana District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 199056
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-199056.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nabesna Mine, Chisana District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°22'28"N
Longitude: 143°'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.374444444444,-143.015
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: Al As Au C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumEpidoteGarnetGypsumKhademiteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
SepioliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStibniteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aplowite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Kalinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rostite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Aplowite  (*)StarkeyiteCo(SO4)·4H2O06
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O054
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rostite  (*)KhademiteAl(SO4)(OH)·5H2O010
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O0241
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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