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:
Salmon River Bench Mine, Salmon River - Red Mountain District, Goodnews Bay, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA

mindat Locality ID: 199819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-199819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salmon River Bench Mine, Salmon River - Red Mountain District, Goodnews Bay, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°56'23"N
Longitude: 161°41'60"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.939722222222,-161.7

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.

Copper	Diamond	None	Potarite	Pyrite	Spinel

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: As Au C Cr Fe Hg Ir O Pt S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Cr Fe Hg Ir O Pt S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Diamond None Potarite Pyrite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Diamond ()*	Gold ()*	Iridium ()*
Mercury ()*	Platinum ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	697
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	162
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	397
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	485
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	66

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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