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Locality Name:
Owhat Prospect (Cobalt Creek), Aniak District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 72
Youngest recorded age at locality: 72

mindat Locality ID: 199294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-199294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Owhat Prospect (Cobalt Creek), Aniak District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°39'46"N
Longitude: 159°6'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.662777777778,-159.10777777778

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.

Aramayoite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Aramayoite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi C Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi C Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aramayoite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bismutite Chalcopyrite Copper Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	72	72	29
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	72	72	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	72	72	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	72	72	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	72	72	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	72	72	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	72	72	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	72	72	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	72	72	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	72	72	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	72	72	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	72	72	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	72	72	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	72	72	5317

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
	Hg-00126	72	72		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Metacinnabar	Hg	203058	Aniak District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA		Szumigala (1996)		GODAM3_1317

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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