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Locality Name:
Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - CR172), Dora Bay, Cholmondeley Sound, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 201976
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-201976.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - CR172), Dora Bay, Cholmondeley Sound, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°10'5"N
Longitude: 132°14'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.168055555556,-132.24388888889

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 C Ca Ce Cl Fe H K Mn Na Nb O Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mn Na Nb O Pb S Si Ti Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClayColumbiteEudialyteFeldsparMicaNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Galena  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O610510501022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)10510508803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)105105027770
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)21051050182
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61051050414
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS105105024243
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2105105017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2105105039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2105105061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)10510501711
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21051050375
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS105105021482
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)10510505251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00051105105      YesMolybdeniteMo3290Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAPrince of Wales IslandG. Gehrels; personal communications   


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