Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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.

Locality Name:
Serpentine District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA

mindat Locality ID: 203102
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203102.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Serpentine District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bryan Creek; Dick Creek Mine
Dick Creek Mine
Ear Mountain Area
Hot Springs Creek Occurrence
Kougarok Prospect
Ward Mine

Latitude: 65°49'0"N
Longitude: 165°13'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.816666666667,-165.22361111111

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	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O S Si Sn Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Malachite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Titanite Topaz Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	132327	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	132328	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	132327	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	132322,132323,132325,132327	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	132327	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	132326	2600
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	132327	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	132322,132323	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	132328	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	132327	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	132327	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	132327	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	132327,132328	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	132322,132323	4894
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	132326	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	132327	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	132326	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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