Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Ross-Adams Mine, Bokan Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 156
Youngest recorded age at locality: 105

mindat Locality ID: 199753
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-199753.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ross-Adams Mine, Bokan Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°54'33"N
Longitude: 132°8'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.909166666667,-132.14083333333

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.

Brannerite	Chalcopyrite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Bassetite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Galena ()*	Nováčekite-I ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sklodowskite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*
Uraninite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brannerite Chalcopyrite Feldspar Fluorite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	156	146	8803
Bassetite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	156	146	51
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	156	146	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	156	146	248
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	156	146	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	156	146	566
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	156	146	24243
Nováčekite-I ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	156	146	55
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	156	146	144
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	156	146	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	156	146	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	156	146	61156
Sklodowskite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	156	146	56
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	156	146	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	156	146	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	156	146	2718

2 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
	Mo-00051	105	105								Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	3290	Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	Prince of Wales Island	G. Gehrels; personal communications
	ree-00667	156	146	151 ± 5 Ma (Rb-Sr)	Rb-Sr										199753	Ross-Adams Mine, Bokan Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	Bokan Mountain (Ross-Adams)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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