Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 203061
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203061.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iditarod District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
American Creek Prospect
DeCourcy Mountain Mine
Dome Prospect
Donlin Bench Mine
Donlin Gold Project (Donlin Creek Prospect)
Lewis Gulch Mine
Little Creek Mine
Quartz Gulch Mine
Queen Gulch Mine
Ruby Gulch Mine
Snow Gulch Mine
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - ID154; On Hill 860 North Of American Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - ID157; North Of Return Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - ID161; On Hill 1355 West Of Donlin Creek)

Latitude: 62°3'15"N
Longitude: 158°22'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.054166666667,-158.37472222222

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Zircon

Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cervantite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe Hg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	129137	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	8	129134,129135,129137,129138,129140,129141,129142,129143	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	129143	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	6	129136,129137,129140,129141,129142,129143	5171
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	129134	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	129135,129137	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	8	129134,129136,129137,129138,129139,129140,129141,129142	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	129137	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	129137	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	129133,129136,129138,129139,129140,129141,129142,129143	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	129138	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	129135,129136,129140,129141,129142,129143	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	129137	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	129137	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	129137,129142	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	129137	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	129134,129135,129136,129137,129140,129144,129145,129146	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	129137	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	129136,129137,129140,129142,129143	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	129137	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	6	129134,129137,129138,129140,129142,129143	3418
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	129141	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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