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Locality Name:
Bonnifield District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 203063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonnifield District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA": 86
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 86

Number of Child Localities: 86
Child Localities:
Alaska Creek; Alaska Gulch Prospect
Antler Creek Prospect
Bonnifield Creek Mine
California Creek Mine
California; Danzinger Mine
Chute Creek Mine
Cody Creek Occurrence
Daniels Creek Mine
Dexter Creek Prospect
Eva Creek Mine
Fourth Of July Creek; July Creek Mine
Fox Creek Gold Placer (Fox Gulch Gold Mine)
French Gulch Prospect
Gagnon Creek; Home Creek Mine
Glacier Creek Prospect
Gold King Creek Mine
Gold Run Creek Prospect
Grizzly Creek Prospect
Grubstake Creek Mine
Healy Creek Mine
Hearst Creek Mine
Homestake Creek Mine
Homestake Creek; Platte Creek Mine
Iceworm Gulch Prospect
Keevy Peak Occurrence
Kenny Occurrence
Last Chance Creek Prospect
Liberty Bell Mine
Lignite Creek; Hoseanna Creek Prospect
Little Moose Creek Mine
Marguerite Creek Mine
McAdam Creek Mine
McCuen Gulch Mine
Moose Creek Mine
Moose Creek Occurrence
Moose Creek; Big Moose Creek; Keys; Triple Xs Mine
Needle Rock Prospect
Nenana Prospect
Peaches Prospect
Popovich Creek Prospect
Rambler; Barlow; Koska Prospect
Rex Creek Mine
Rod; LEA Creek Prospect
Roosevelt Creek Mine
Sanderson Creek Prospect
Sheep Creek; Gossan Peak Prospect
Sunday Creek Prospect
Surprise Creek Occurrence
Totatlanika River Mines
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - FB130; Near Spruce Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - FB139; At Head Of Eagle Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - FB142; Head Of Fourth Of July Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE077; South Of Upper Windy Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE078; South Of Windy Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE080; East Of Lower Slime Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE083; North Side Of Cody Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE090; Upper Moose Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE106; South Of Upper Wood River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE107; Southwest Head Of Wood River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE108; In Headwaters Of Wood River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE109; North Of Lower Yanert Glacier)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE110; Upper Edgar Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE112; South Wall Of Lower Yanert Glacier)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE143; Adjacent To Cantwell Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE145; West End Of Reindeer Hills)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE147; Northwest Flank Of Reindeer Hills)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE148; Southeastern Flank Of Reindeer Hills)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE149; North Of Upper Schist Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE151; Southwest Of Pyramid Peak)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - FB135; Near California Creekl)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE018; East Of Sugar Loaf Mountain)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE082; Upper Moody Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE096; West Of Anderson Mountain)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE097; Headwaters Of Virginia Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE098; On Kansas Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE099; Near 'Rock Creek')
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE100; Upper Chute Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE103; Head Of Kansas Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE144; Southwest Foot Of Reindeer Hills)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE150; Southwest Of Pyramid Peak)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE152; Southwest Of Pyramid Peak)
Wells Creek Prospect
Windy Creek Occurrence
Windy Creek Prospect
Winter Creek Occurrence
Yanert River Prospect

Latitude: 63°49'51"N
Longitude: 148°25'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.830833333333,-148.42694444444

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCovelliteDigeniteEnargite
FeldsparKobelliteLöllingiteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteUllmanniteWollastonite
Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Enargite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5129205,129228,129250,129273,1292839052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112927311547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32129205,1292281935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42129228,1292555516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3129253,129254,12927327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211292365171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216129205,129215,129228,129238,129242,129253,129254,129258,129260,129261,129262,129263,129265,129269,129273,12927427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3129204,129219,1292362600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11292284165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11292551027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62129253,1292544135
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42129228,129273910
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1129270551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13129205,129215,129225,129226,129228,129239,129241,129243,129246,129248,129273,129274,12927824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu48129201,129202,129203,129204,129205,129207,129208,129209,129210,129211,129212,129213,129214,129216,129217,129218,129219,129220,129221,129222,129223,129224,129227,129228,129229,129230,129231,129232,129233,129234,129235,129236,129237,129240,129241,129242,129244,129245,129247,129249,129250,129271,129272,129281,129282,129284,129285,12928630554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143129205,129211,129250784
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35112922887
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21129228762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25129228,129253,129254,129262,12927712537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1129236397
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211292655800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211129206,129215,129225,129226,129228,129236,129239,129243,129246,129273,12927417380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11292362349
Platinum  (*)CopperPt2129204,129236485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28129205,129206,129228,129242,129246,129263,129269,12928339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84129228,129253,129263,1292749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219129206,129215,129225,129226,129228,129236,129239,129243,129246,129248,129256,129264,129265,129273,129274,129275,129276,129277,12927861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11292641711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)5129210,129216,129219,129230,1292364894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11292501153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11292736417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13129215,129225,129226,129228,129239,129243,129246,129248,129269,129273,129274,129278,12928321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41129246668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311129205,129241,129242,129251,129252,129256,129270,129275,129276,129278,1292833418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311292281803
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1129228293
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO32129253,1292541247



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