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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:
Noatak District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 169
Youngest recorded age at locality: 163

mindat Locality ID: 203106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Noatak District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Avan River Occurrence
Ekakevik Occurrence
Inaccessible Ridge Occurrence
Kagvik Creek Occurrence
Kivliktort Mountain--East; East Kivliktort Occurrence
Kivliktort Mountain--West Occurrence
Misheguk Mountain--east Occurrence
Misheguk Mountain--west Occurrence
Nimiuktuk Prospect
Siniktanneyak Mtn. Occurrence
Tuck Occurrence
West Kivliktort Occurrence
Whoopee Creek Occurrence

Latitude: 68°21'32"N
Longitude: 159°2'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.358888888889,-159.04861111111

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: As Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ni O Pb Pd S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteGypsumMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Majakite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6132465,132466,132467,132472,132474,13247511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)113247427770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41691634132464,132470,132471,1324733902
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4132468,132469,132475,13247624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11324676890
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs169163113247022
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22132466,13246812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2113246839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24132468,132469,132475,13247661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4132468,132469,132475,13247621482
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)1132465251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
podchrome-01100169163Middle Jurassic (169-163 Ma 40Ar/39Ar in hornblende from gabbro and plagiogranite)       Cr198912Misheguk Mountain--east Occurrence, Noatak District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USAMisheguk MountainMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


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