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Locality Name:
Aniak District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 203058
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203058.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aniak District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA": 128
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 128

Number of Child Localities: 128
Child Localities:
Alice And Bessie; Parks Mine
Ammiline Prospect
Barometer Mine
Bear Creek Mine
Bell Creek Prospect
Black Mountain Prospect
Bogus Creek Prospect
Bonanza Creek Mine
Bonanza Ridge Prospect
Brink Prospect (Molybdenum Mountain)
California Creek Mine
California Creek Prospect
Canyon Creek Mine
Central Creek Occurrence
Chineekluk Mountain Prospect
Cinnabar Chief Prospect
Columbia Creek Prospect
Cripple Creek Mine (lower)
Cripple Creek Mine (upper)
Crooked Creek Mine
Dominion Creek Mine (upper)
Dominion Creek Prospect
Egnaty Creek Prospect
Eightmile Creek Prospect
Eureka Creek Prospect
Fairview Prospect
Firebear Occurrence
Fisher Creek Prospect
Fisher Dome Occurrence
Fortyseven Creek Lode Prospect
Fortyseven Creek Placer Mine
Getmuna Prospect
Gold Run Prospect
Golden Gate Falls Prospect
Granite Creek Mine
Greisen Prospect
Harvison Prospect
Headwall Prospect
Hill Top Occurrence
Holokuk Mountain Prospect
Jungjik Occurrence
Kay Creek Occurrence
Kisaralik River Occurrence (Riglagalik River)
Kolmakof Mine
Konechney Prospect Prospect (Mission Creek)
Landru Occurrence
Louise Prospect
Marvel Creek Mine
McCally Creek Prospect
Mellick's Prospect
Mercury Prospect
Mountain Top Mine
Murray Gulch; New York Creek Mine
Necons River Prospect
Ophir Creek Prospect
Oskawalik River Occurrence
Owhat Prospect (Cobalt Creek)
Pipe Prospect
Ptarmigan Prospect
Red Mountain Prospect
Rhyolite Prospect
Robin Creek Prospect
Rocky Creek Mine
Rocky Creek Prospect
Rocky Ridge Prospect
Roger's Knob Prospect
Saddle Mountain Prospect
Saddle Prospect
Shamrock Creek Mine
Shamrock Head Prospect
Spruce Creek Mine
Sue Creek Prospect
Telaquana River Occurrence
Timber Creek Prospect
Tiny Gulch Mine
Tuluksak River Mine (ARDF - BH014)
Tuluksak River Mine (ARDF - RM028)
Tuluksak River Prospect (below Granite Creek)
Two Genevieves Prospect
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - BH004; North End Of Greenstone Ridge)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - BH025; Lower Slate Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - BH026; Kipchuk River Area)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - LC002)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - LH031; East Of Stony River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - RM013; Northern Russian Mountains)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - RM020; Southern Russian Mountains)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM001; West Of Upper Getmuna Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM004; East Head Of Getmuna Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM005; Northeast Of Head Of Getmuna Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM010; Head Of Trapper Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM013; West Of George River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM030; Near VABM Kolmakof)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM031; North Of The Kuskokwim River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM033; East Tributary Of Kolmakof River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM035; East Of Upper Bear Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM036; East Head Of Whitewing Valley)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM037; Northeast Of Lower Sue Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM038; Near VABM Shale)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM039; East Valley Wall Of Kuskokwim River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM040; Near Hill 2370 Northeast Of Aghaluk Mountain)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM041; On Hill 1220)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM042; North Of Oskawalik River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM050; Upper Kogoyuk Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM052; Summit 3162)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM054; On Northeast Bank Of Holokuk River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM056; On Lower Kiokluk Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM060; Eastern Chuilnuk Mountains)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM062; Southwestern Buckstock Mountains)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM063; Southwest Edge Of Buckstock Mountains)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM064; Western Edge Of Buckstock Mountains)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM065; Southwestern Buckstock Mountains)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM066; Near Hill 2548 West Of Buckstock River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM067; Southwestern Buckstock Mountains)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM068; Southwest Forks Of Buckstock River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM069; Western Buckstock Mountains)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM072; Head Of Boss Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM076; South Of Lake 780)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - BH013; South Side Of Tuluksak River)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - RM015; Western Russian Mountains)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - RM022; North Of Mount Hamilton)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - RM026; Near California Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SM021; Southwest Of Barometer Mountain)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SM053; North End Of Buckstock Mountains)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SM070; Northeast Of Upper Buckstock River)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SM075; North Of VABM Point)
Vermillion Prospect
Wallace Prospect
Willis; Willis And Fuller Mine

Latitude: 61°20'38"N
Longitude: 158°35'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.343888888889,-158.58805555556

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAramayoiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aramayoite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pekoite  (*)Platinum  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S727211289712793
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S67272112899829
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS727220128961,128971,128973,128979,128980,128981,128985,128986,128988,128994,128998,129001,129002,129026,129040,129051,129052,129055,129064,1290659052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2727211289865509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)72722129037,12903911547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O772721128979450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi72722128979,1289981966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3727211289501935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)72721128998716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS472723128986,128998,1290645516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1172721128981843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)72724129008,129061,129062,12906827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO272722128961,1289865171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S727211289865707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2727211128950,128979,128986,128988,128998,129008,129024,129025,129026,129064,12906827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O727211289863531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS727225128942,128943,128944,128945,128956,128957,128961,128964,128967,128978,128985,128987,128990,128991,128992,128993,128994,129002,129005,129007,129020,129033,129063,129067,1290692600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS727211289864165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O727211289862970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6727211290664135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)727211290258173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS72725128977,128979,128986,128998,12902624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)72726128986,129001,129013,129037,129053,1290667437
Gold  (*)CopperAu727239128945,128946,128948,128949,128950,128952,128954,128958,128959,128960,128962,128963,128966,128969,128971,128975,128976,128984,128986,128989,128995,128996,128998,128999,129004,129005,129006,129008,129010,129011,129012,129016,129017,129018,129019,129039,129061,129062,12906830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O372722129058,12906914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O372723128961,128972,1290355433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1472721128971784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS272721128981230
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O472727128950,128959,128960,128961,128972,128994,12900814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)272722128986,12902612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2727211289985674
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS72721128987255
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O72721128986182
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS272723128950,128951,1290145800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)272722128950,12897917380
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S187272112897939
Platinum  (*)CopperPt72721128945485
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)72721128951494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2727225128942,128950,128956,128971,128986,128993,128998,129008,129014,129024,129025,129031,129041,129042,129043,129045,129046,129050,129055,129056,129057,129061,129062,129065,12906939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S872722129025,1290689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2727267128942,128943,128944,128950,128951,128956,128964,128967,128970,128971,128973,128974,128978,128979,128981,128982,128985,128986,128988,128992,128993,128998,129000,129001,129002,129007,129008,129009,129013,129020,129022,129023,129025,129026,129027,129028,129029,129031,129032,129034,129036,129037,129038,129040,129041,129042,129043,129044,129046,129048,129049,129050,129051,129052,129053,129054,129055,129057,129058,129060,129061,129062,129064,129065,129067,129068,12906961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS72721128944712
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)72729128971,128972,128977,128986,129009,129035,129037,129039,1290644894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O727211289791153
Silver  (*)CopperAg727211289715186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS72724128998,129024,129064,12906821482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS472722128986,128998586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)72721129069446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3727220128942,128943,128944,128947,128967,128970,128971,128981,128983,128985,128986,128992,128993,129002,129031,129051,129055,129063,129067,1290693418
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te372721129068276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S72721129068510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13727211289985317



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
Hg-001267272 ?-?     Cinnabar, MetacinnabarHg203058Aniak District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA Szumigala (1996) GODAM3_1317 


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