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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pitticite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stibnite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Th Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			24	131453,131458,131460,131461,131468,131470,131472,131482,131492,131493,131495,131501,131505,131508,131509,131542,131548,131549,131554,131555,131567,131570,131574,131578	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			4	131459,131471,131498,131506	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	200	200	2	131503,131576	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	131459,131498,131539	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	200	200	4	131487,131503,131505,131539	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			14	131461,131463,131472,131481,131483,131484,131485,131486,131493,131499,131508,131509,131577,131578	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	200	200	35	131453,131456,131457,131459,131469,131470,131471,131474,131482,131492,131494,131495,131498,131503,131505,131506,131517,131518,131523,131524,131525,131537,131539,131541,131542,131546,131547,131548,131555,131558,131560,131561,131563,131567,131576	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			7	131473,131531,131532,131533,131535,131536,131545	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			5	131458,131461,131505,131508,131578	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	131539	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	200	200	2	131503,131505	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	131470,131505,131506	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	131491	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	200	200	9	131491,131492,131503,131505,131542,131558,131567,131570,131576	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			57	131454,131455,131457,131458,131460,131461,131462,131463,131464,131465,131466,131472,131473,131475,131476,131478,131479,131480,131482,131483,131484,131485,131486,131487,131488,131489,131490,131492,131493,131494,131495,131496,131497,131499,131501,131502,131505,131507,131508,131509,131510,131538,131539,131540,131543,131544,131549,131555,131558,131565,131568,131573,131574,131576,131577,131578,131579	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	131505	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			11	131463,131469,131471,131474,131483,131484,131485,131486,131498,131506,131552	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			12	131461,131463,131472,131483,131484,131485,131486,131493,131499,131508,131577,131578	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir			1	131499	162
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			20	131457,131458,131461,131463,131472,131482,131483,131484,131485,131486,131493,131499,131508,131531,131532,131536,131545,131576,131577,131578	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			13	131459,131471,131492,131498,131506,131514,131516,131517,131521,131522,131530,131560,131562	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	200	200	1	131503	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			13	131453,131456,131482,131491,131492,131495,131533,131546,131547,131555,131556,131557,131570	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			5	131468,131481,131492,131553,131567	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	131492	1512
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)			1	131468	140
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			13	131461,131463,131483,131484,131485,131486,131488,131490,131499,131502,131510,131565,131577	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	200	200	53	131453,131457,131458,131461,131463,131469,131470,131471,131472,131474,131482,131487,131491,131492,131493,131494,131495,131499,131500,131501,131503,131505,131506,131508,131511,131512,131513,131514,131516,131517,131519,131521,131522,131523,131525,131528,131541,131542,131546,131547,131548,131549,131554,131555,131558,131560,131563,131567,131570,131575,131576,131577,131578	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	200	200	19	131457,131482,131492,131494,131495,131503,131505,131518,131524,131525,131531,131532,131534,131537,131541,131545,131548,131563,131567	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	200	200	47	131453,131459,131461,131469,131470,131471,131472,131474,131481,131482,131483,131484,131485,131486,131487,131491,131492,131493,131494,131495,131498,131500,131501,131503,131505,131506,131508,131514,131518,131522,131524,131528,131533,131540,131542,131548,131549,131554,131558,131560,131563,131567,131570,131574,131576,131577,131578	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			4	131461,131483,131484,131485	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			13	131458,131460,131461,131473,131483,131484,131485,131486,131493,131508,131509,131540,131578	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	200	200	2	131503,131505	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	200	200	8	131482,131491,131492,131495,131503,131505,131567,131576	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	131486	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			3	131492,131505,131567	3418
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			5	131461,131483,131484,131485,131486	236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			4	131483,131484,131485,131486	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	131539	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			12	131461,131463,131468,131472,131483,131484,131485,131486,131493,131508,131577,131578	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-01000	200	200	Triassic or Jurassic										S	199907	Shellabarger Pass; Shellebarger Pass Prospects, Yentna District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA	Shellabarger Pass	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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