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Locality Name:
Colville District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 323

mindat Locality ID: 203105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colville District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 50
Child Localities:
Abby Creek Occurrence
Anaktuvuk River Occurrence
Bion Occurrence
Chandler Lake Occurrence
Chandler River Occurrence
Cobblestone Creek Occurrence
Cockedhat Mountain Occurrence
Coville River Occurrence
Drenchwater Creek Prospect
Drenchwater--East Prospect
Drenchwater--West Prospect
Itkillik River West Occurrence
Ivotuk Hills Occurrence (ARDF - KL010)
Ivotuk Hills Occurrence (ARDF - KL011)
Kady Occurrence
Kakivilak Creek Occurrence
Kakivilik Creek North Occurrence
Kiligwa River--Barite Occurrence
Kiligwa River--Sulfides Occurrence
Kiruktagiak River Occurrence
Koiyaktot Mountain--East Occurrence
Koiyaktot Mountain--West Occurrence
Kurupa River Southwest Occurrence
Lisburne Ridge Occurrence
Longview/Lakeview Occurrence
Monitis Creek Occurrence
Mt. Bupto Occurrence
Nanushuk River Occurrence
Natvakruak Lake Occurrence
Nigu River Occurrence
Otuk Creek Occurrence
Outwash Creek South-Southwest Occurrence
Outwash Creek Southeast Occurrence
Outwash Creek Southwest Occurrence
Outwash Creek West Occurrence
Rolling Pin Creek Occurrence
Safari Creek North Occurrence
Safari Creek South Occurrence
Schrader Bluff Occurrence
Siksikpuk River Occurrence
Siniktanneyak--East Occurrence
Siniktanneyak--Northwest Occurrence
Skimo Creek East Occurrence
Skimo Creek West Occurrence
Stack Occurrence
Story Creek Occurrence
Tiglukpuk Creek Occurrence
Twistem Creek Barite Occurrence
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HW001)
Vidlee Occurrence

Latitude: 68°25'35"N
Longitude: 155°9'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.426388888889,-155.15194444444

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

15 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	132431	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			11	132409,132411,132420,132426,132433,132436,132444,132445,132446,132453,132456	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			8	132409,132410,132420,132423,132428,132436,132439,132453	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			8	132420,132423,132424,132425,132431,132436,132457,132458	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	132428	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			8	132410,132412,132428,132434,132437,132451,132452,132455	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	359	323	5	132410,132412,132418,132428,132434	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	323	18	132417,132418,132419,132420,132423,132424,132425,132429,132430,132436,132439,132440,132441,132442,132443,132448,132454,132458	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	132427	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	132431	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	323	13	132417,132418,132421,132423,132424,132427,132439,132440,132441,132443,132448,132450,132458	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	323	14	132410,132417,132418,132419,132420,132423,132425,132428,132429,132430,132436,132440,132441,132443	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	132439	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	323	15	132417,132418,132419,132421,132425,132429,132430,132439,132440,132441,132442,132443,132448,132454,132458	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			2	132412,132428	605

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
	sedznpb-00456	359	323	Mississippian?											197267	Drenchwater Creek Prospect, Colville District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA	Drenchwater Creek	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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