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Locality Name:
Hope District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 203079
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203079.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hope District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA": 115
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 115

Number of Child Localities: 115
Child Localities:
Apex; Nightingale Prospect
Babe Occurrence
Ballaine And Nelson Occurrence
Bear Creek Mine
Bertha Creek Mine
Bonanza; Downing Prospect
Brewster; Brewster Quartz Mine
Brown Bear Prospect
California-Alaska; Falls Creek Mine
Canyon Creek Mine (including Mills Creek Below Juneau Creek)
Case; Grant Lake Mine
Chickaloon River Occurrence
Colorado Creek Mine
Colorado; Upper Colorado 1-3 Prospect
Coon And Plowman Prospect
Cooper Creek Mine
Cooper Landing
Crown Point; Kenai-Alaska Mine
Devil Club Ledge; Lakeside Prospects
Dunrovin Occurrence
East Point Mine
Falls Creek Mine
Francisco; Downing Mine
Fresno; Fresno Creek; June Mine
Gilpatrick Dike; Sprague And Byers Mine
Gilpatrick; Frenchy Creek Prospect
Gold Leaf Occurrence
Gold Stamp Mining Co. Mine
Good News; Wheelbarrow Lode Prospect
Granite Creek Occurrence
Gulch Creek And East Fork Sixmile Creek Mine
Gulch Creek No. 1 Occurrence
Gulch Creek No. 2 Occurrence
Gulch Creek No. 3 Occurrence
Heaston-Oracle; Alaska Oracle Mining Co.; Oracle No. 2; Oracle Extension Mine
Hillside Quartz; Hillside; Frenchy Creek Mine Prospect
Hirshey And Carlson; Swetmann-New Hope; Miller Mining Co. Mine
Hirshey-Lucky Strike; Lucky Strike; Swetmann Mine
Independence; Peel And Iverson Prospect
Ingram Creek Mine
Iron Mask; Mascot Occurrences
Johnson And Skeen; Billy-Jim 1 Prospect
Johnson Prospect
Juneau Creek Mine
K And T; Victory; Victor Prospect
Kenai Lu; Kirsten 1 And 2 Mine
Kenai River Mine
Kenai Star; French Mine
Keno And Hiway Occurrence
Lucky Lode; Busted Flat Prospect
Lyengholm; Hargood And Larson; Black Devil Occurrence
Lynx Creek Mine
Lyon Creek Prospect
Lyon Den No. 1 Occurrence
McMillan; Columbia; Ophir Mine
Mighty Prospect
Nearhouse Mine (and Smith)
Nikiska No. 1 Prospect
Ninilchik Occurrence
North Star Prospect
Palmer Creek No. 1 Occurrence
Palmer Creek No. 2 Occurrence
Peak 5309 No. 1 Occurrence
Peak 5309 No. 2 Occurrence
Peak 5309 No. 3 Occurrence
Porcupine Creek Occurrence
Porcupine; Porcupine Gold Mining Co. Occurrence
Primrose Mine
Quartz Creek Mine
Ready Bullion Prospect (Copper Co.)
REC 3-9 Occurrence
Resurrection Creek And Palmer Creek Mine
Robin No. 1 Occurrence
Robin Red Breast Prospect
Robinson And Bowman; Lost Frontier Prospect
Ronan And James; Champion; Gladiator; Valerie Marie Mine
Sawmill Creek Mine
Schoonover; Porcupine Quartz No. 1 Prospect
Seattle Creek Mine
Seward Bonanza Gold Co.; Kenai Lode Mine
Seward Gold; Telluride Prospect
Shell Prospect
Ship Creek Occurrence
Silvertip Creek Mine
Sixmile Creek Mine
Skeen-Lechner Mine
Slate Creek No. 1 Occurrence
Slate Creek No. 2 Occurrence
Slate Creek; Hatcher; Meat-in-the-Pot; Dorothy; Eurika; Discovery Prospects
Snowshoe Occurrence
Solars Occurrence
SS Lode; Double Lode SS Discovery Occurrence
Stetson Creek Mine
Summit Vein Prospect
Sunrise Uranium; Uraluck Exploration Occurrence
Sunshine Prospect
Swetmann Prospect
Taylor Prospect
Teddy Bear Prospect
Teresa; Juneau Bowl Mining Co. Prospect
Tincan Creek Mine
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - KN005; Along The Kenai River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR026; On Donaldson Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR123; Near Juneau Lake)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR147; On Tributary Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR160; On Bench Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR184; Kenai Lake)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR203; Andy Simons Mountain)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR209; North Of Grant Lake)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR211; Above Moose Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SR016; Near Bonanza Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SR021; Near Bonanza Creek); Downing
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SR126; North Side Of Henry Creek)
Whistler; Downing Prospect
Wolverine Creek Prospect

Latitude: 60°38'35"N
Longitude: 149°30'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.643055555556,-149.50027777778

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22130543,1305803092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1130612363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS56130506,130511,130513,130514,130516,130519,130520,130521,130523,130524,130526,130528,130529,130530,130531,130532,130533,130534,130537,130538,130539,130540,130541,130542,130543,130546,130548,130551,130553,130557,130560,130561,130562,130569,130571,130572,130573,130575,130580,130581,130585,130586,130587,130591,130592,130593,130594,130599,130602,130603,130604,130611,130616,130617,130618,1306199052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211306025509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)31130506,130513,130514,130519,130520,130523,130526,130530,130531,130533,130538,130540,130542,130543,130546,130548,130553,130565,130568,130570,130571,130572,130573,130580,130583,130586,130591,130599,130604,130616,13061727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11306025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS228130512,130513,130514,130516,130530,130531,130534,130537,130540,130542,130543,130545,130546,130551,130553,130557,130573,130575,130581,130583,130585,130592,130593,130601,130602,130604,130606,13061327198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11305102600
Copper  (*)CopperCu2130509,1305573846
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS43130506,130512,130513,130514,130516,130519,130520,130523,130528,130529,130530,130531,130533,130537,130540,130542,130543,130546,130551,130553,130560,130562,130568,130571,130572,130573,130580,130581,130583,130585,130586,130587,130591,130592,130593,130594,130599,130602,130603,130604,130605,130613,13061924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu97130506,130508,130509,130510,130511,130512,130513,130514,130515,130516,130518,130519,130521,130522,130523,130526,130527,130528,130529,130530,130531,130532,130533,130535,130536,130537,130538,130539,130540,130541,130542,130543,130544,130545,130546,130547,130548,130549,130551,130552,130553,130554,130555,130557,130558,130559,130560,130561,130562,130564,130565,130571,130572,130573,130574,130575,130577,130578,130579,130580,130581,130582,130583,130584,130585,130586,130587,130588,130589,130590,130591,130592,130593,130594,130595,130596,130597,130598,130599,130601,130602,130603,130604,130605,130606,130607,130608,130609,130610,130611,130612,130613,130616,130617,130618,130619,13062030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3113057014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4113052114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23130531,130569,13060212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23130517,130530,1305405800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2113055717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS245130506,130511,130512,130513,130514,130516,130520,130524,130525,130526,130530,130532,130533,130534,130538,130540,130541,130542,130548,130550,130551,130553,130557,130560,130561,130562,130568,130569,130572,130573,130579,130581,130583,130585,130586,130587,130591,130592,130593,130594,130599,130601,130602,130605,13061339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S810130513,130514,130525,130530,130540,130550,130557,130568,130572,1305739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO280130506,130508,130511,130512,130513,130514,130516,130517,130519,130520,130523,130524,130525,130526,130528,130529,130530,130531,130532,130533,130534,130537,130538,130539,130540,130541,130542,130543,130544,130546,130547,130548,130550,130551,130553,130555,130556,130557,130560,130561,130562,130565,130566,130567,130568,130569,130570,130571,130572,130573,130575,130576,130577,130579,130580,130581,130583,130585,130586,130587,130591,130592,130593,130594,130596,130599,130601,130602,130603,130604,130605,130609,130610,130611,130613,130614,130616,130617,130618,13061961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3130545,130589,1306064894
Silver  (*)CopperAg11305095186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS31130512,130513,130514,130519,130523,130530,130531,130533,130537,130540,130542,130543,130546,130551,130553,130557,130562,130572,130573,130575,130581,130583,130585,130586,130592,130593,130594,130599,130603,130604,13061321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34130537,130550,130556,1305733418



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