Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 203115
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203115.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 473
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 322

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Annette Island
Baker Island
Cat Island
Cleveland Peninsula
Dall Island
Duke Island
Flat Island
Forrester Island Wilderness
Ham Island
Kosciusko Island
Long Island
Marble Island
Mary Island
Misty Fjords National Monument
Noyes Island
Percy Island Group
Prince Of Wales Island
San Juan Bautista Island
Sukkwan Island

Latitude: 55°15'14"N
Longitude: 132°23'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.253888888889,-132.39694444444

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAndalusiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEudialyte
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetIlvaiteIsomertieiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePhenakitePolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilpnomelaneTetradymiteTetrahedriteThortveitite
TitaniteTopazTridymiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

100 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunogen  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bassetite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clintonite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gittinsite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hessite  (*)Nováčekite-I  (*)Iimoriite-(Y)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Isomertieite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phenakite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sklodowskite  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Temagamite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21451004133000,133115,133136,1332203419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61051054133081,133085,133094,1330991022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)15610517132904,133025,133043,133083,133084,133085,133086,133087,133088,133089,133090,133092,133094,133099,133115,133235,1332388803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1051051133220489
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1051051133082272
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO515614611330811310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31051052133110,1331151534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)10510511331042734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)210510511333373092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11330051036
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)21561461133081295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS60010511132931,132957,132986,133087,133225,133239,133252,133271,133309,133316,1333469052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21051058132946,133102,133115,133118,133177,133193,133278,1333035509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1051059132890,132901,132908,132909,132913,132924,132947,133227,13327811547
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10156146113309251
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS415610516132904,132911,132979,133045,133092,133115,133172,133217,133220,133221,133255,133267,133277,133278,133279,1333135516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O61561052133086,133092248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14510083132890,132895,132896,132904,132908,132911,132913,132922,132924,132931,132933,132941,132945,132946,132947,132963,132965,132971,132972,132973,132975,132976,132982,132987,132997,133000,133028,133032,133034,133046,133082,133099,133100,133102,133103,133104,133115,133121,133128,133129,133136,133149,133152,133166,133173,133176,133184,133192,133195,133196,133200,133203,133205,133206,133209,133210,133211,133212,133213,133214,133215,133217,133218,133220,133222,133226,133227,133228,133244,133255,133272,133276,133278,133282,133316,133318,133323,133328,133330,133332,133341,133345,13335027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1051052133103,1331044979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1051054132890,133115,133172,1332205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2600105185132890,132893,132899,132900,132901,132904,132908,132911,132917,132928,132931,132935,132939,132943,132946,132958,132967,132971,132979,132982,132984,132992,132994,132995,132997,133000,133001,133003,133004,133005,133006,133008,133012,133021,133025,133028,133032,133042,133043,133045,133046,133053,133054,133055,133056,133057,133059,133062,133064,133065,133066,133072,133074,133078,133092,133100,133102,133103,133104,133105,133109,133114,133115,133116,133118,133120,133121,133123,133124,133125,133126,133128,133129,133132,133133,133136,133137,133139,133141,133144,133145,133149,133151,133154,133156,133158,133159,133163,133164,133166,133168,133169,133170,133171,133172,133174,133175,133176,133179,133184,133187,133192,133195,133197,133198,133199,133201,133203,133204,133205,133206,133207,133208,133209,133210,133211,133212,133213,133214,133215,133217,133218,133219,133220,133222,133223,133226,133227,133228,133230,133239,133244,133245,133249,133255,133257,133259,133261,133267,133269,133270,133271,133272,133274,133276,133277,133278,133279,133282,133287,133288,133290,133291,133293,133295,133297,133298,133299,133300,133301,133303,133305,133306,133307,133309,133311,133316,133317,133318,133324,133325,133328,133332,133336,133337,133341,133342,133344,133346,133350,133353,133354,133356,133357,13336027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O44132951,132952,133005,1330063902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1451003133136,133267,1332783531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41132952951
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2145100113313686
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1561461133092566
Copper  (*)CopperCu1051054133172,133205,133287,1332983846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1051055132890,133104,133172,133220,1332914165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31133005802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S10510511332201027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61051058133000,133115,133136,133137,133212,133217,133299,1333004135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)210510511333379895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)60010532132971,133062,133110,133115,133126,133136,133137,133149,133151,133156,133203,133206,133209,133210,133211,133212,133213,133214,133215,133217,133220,133222,133223,133226,133228,133239,133249,133259,133261,133298,133337,1333468173
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)21051052133098,133099182
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61051051133099414
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21051057133082,133084,133085,133086,133091,133098,1333379617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11330051188
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O46001052133239,133346445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15610581132890,132898,132899,132900,132901,132908,132909,132913,132919,132922,132924,132933,132939,132945,132947,132955,132971,132972,132973,132976,132981,132996,132997,133001,133004,133021,133028,133032,133034,133037,133043,133062,133074,133075,133077,133085,133086,133092,133096,133099,133103,133104,133105,133111,133112,133128,133129,133130,133149,133152,133158,133159,133160,133168,133169,133170,133171,133172,133173,133174,133177,133179,133187,133192,133194,133196,133220,133227,133244,133249,133253,133270,133271,133272,133277,133314,133316,133317,133324,133325,13332824243
Gittinsite  (*)ThortveititeCaZrSi2O7600100113306911
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1451002133110,1331367437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14510036132933,132963,132967,132968,132969,132971,132972,132973,132974,132976,132977,132978,132981,132982,132984,133015,133096,133121,133123,133136,133158,133160,133162,133168,133169,133172,133174,133192,133220,133277,133278,133288,133317,133321,133325,13332830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11330052812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31451003133110,133115,1331361544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O360010022132890,132901,132911,132913,132915,132946,133082,133094,133096,133126,133136,133217,133220,133228,133235,133239,133267,133278,133337,133344,133345,13334614640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41451001133136407
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1051051133220804
Nováčekite-I  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O156146113309255
Iimoriite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2(SiO4)(CO3)10510511330858
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O310510511330885433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)1051051133116197
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2105105113322048
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21132965230
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)1051051133220116
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O14510011331361271
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2105105113322080
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O460010555132890,132915,132922,132926,132936,132946,132951,132952,133005,133006,133012,133021,133045,133057,133068,133085,133088,133114,133115,133118,133126,133136,133137,133151,133182,133203,133204,133206,133208,133209,133210,133212,133213,133214,133215,133217,133218,133219,133220,133222,133223,133226,133228,133235,133239,133257,133265,133277,133280,133298,133300,133337,133341,133342,13334614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214510017132908,132911,132941,132946,132997,133034,133046,133102,133115,133118,133136,133177,133193,133267,133276,133278,13330312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210510511333375674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS210510520132957,132992,132994,133012,133021,133025,133043,133045,133047,133049,133052,133053,133059,133066,133078,133115,133206,133223,133261,1332995800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26001057132933,133099,133220,133239,133337,133346,13335317380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1051051133098884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)14510011331362349
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1561461133092144
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82133005,1330061512
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1051051133086326
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1051051133104716
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1133021494
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311328901425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2600100206132890,132893,132895,132896,132898,132899,132900,132901,132903,132904,132908,132911,132913,132915,132921,132922,132924,132928,132930,132931,132933,132936,132939,132941,132943,132946,132947,132955,132957,132958,132963,132965,132967,132968,132969,132971,132972,132973,132975,132976,132977,132978,132979,132980,132981,132982,132984,132986,132987,132988,132989,132992,132994,132995,132999,133000,133003,133004,133006,133012,133017,133021,133025,133032,133042,133043,133045,133047,133049,133052,133056,133057,133059,133062,133065,133072,133074,133076,133078,133079,133080,133084,133085,133086,133088,133092,133094,133096,133099,133100,133103,133104,133105,133107,133115,133120,133122,133123,133124,133125,133126,133128,133129,133130,133132,133133,133136,133139,133141,133147,133156,133158,133159,133160,133162,133163,133164,133166,133168,133169,133170,133171,133172,133173,133174,133175,133176,133177,133179,133184,133187,133189,133192,133195,133196,133197,133198,133203,133205,133206,133208,133209,133210,133211,133212,133214,133215,133217,133218,133219,133220,133222,133225,133226,133228,133230,133232,133235,133239,133241,133243,133244,133245,133246,133247,133251,133253,133255,133257,133259,133267,133270,133271,133276,133277,133278,133282,133287,133288,133290,133291,133293,133295,133298,133301,133308,133309,133316,133317,133318,133321,133323,133324,133325,133328,133332,133336,133337,133341,133346,133350,133353,133354,133356,133357,13336039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S860010042132903,132904,132939,132957,132992,133000,133003,133005,133006,133012,133021,133025,133042,133045,133053,133054,133066,133074,133079,133092,133126,133136,133144,133151,133156,133166,133179,133204,133212,133220,133239,133249,133253,133257,133272,133279,133297,133298,133311,133346,133357,1333609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2600100198132890,132895,132896,132898,132899,132900,132901,132903,132904,132908,132909,132911,132913,132915,132921,132924,132928,132933,132941,132945,132946,132947,132955,132957,132963,132965,132967,132968,132969,132971,132972,132973,132974,132975,132976,132977,132978,132979,132980,132981,132982,132984,132986,132987,132988,132989,132992,132995,133000,133004,133008,133012,133015,133017,133021,133025,133032,133042,133043,133047,133049,133052,133053,133059,133062,133064,133065,133072,133074,133075,133076,133077,133078,133079,133082,133083,133084,133085,133086,133087,133088,133089,133090,133092,133094,133099,133100,133102,133103,133104,133105,133107,133110,133115,133120,133121,133122,133123,133124,133125,133126,133128,133129,133133,133136,133139,133141,133144,133147,133149,133156,133158,133159,133160,133162,133163,133164,133166,133168,133169,133170,133171,133172,133173,133174,133175,133176,133177,133179,133184,133189,133191,133192,133193,133195,133196,133199,133201,133203,133207,133209,133212,133213,133217,133218,133225,133227,133228,133235,133237,133238,133239,133241,133242,133243,133244,133245,133246,133249,133252,133253,133255,133259,133267,133270,133271,133272,133276,133277,133278,133282,133288,133291,133300,133301,133306,133307,133316,133317,133318,133320,133321,133323,133324,133325,133327,133328,133329,133332,133337,133340,133341,133344,133345,133346,133350,133353,13335761156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1132965712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)10510511330991711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1451001133136969
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21051052133085,133099375
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81051052133084,133086353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1051052133021,1331794894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1051053133085,133176,1333376417
Silver  (*)CopperAg10510511331925186
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O156146113309256
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te4105105113322024
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21051051133220337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS60010572132890,132899,132900,132908,132909,132913,132919,132924,132947,132955,132981,132997,133001,133003,133025,133028,133032,133042,133062,133074,133075,133077,133085,133086,133092,133096,133099,133103,133104,133105,133126,133128,133129,133137,133149,133152,133158,133159,133160,133166,133170,133171,133172,133173,133184,133187,133192,133196,133227,133232,133239,133244,133245,133253,133270,133271,133290,133291,133293,133295,133298,133308,133309,133316,133317,133324,133328,133346,133350,133353,133357,13336021482
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2105105113322075
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32132890,1329653418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O6001052133239,133346456
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe3105105113322024
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311329941803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S3132972,132973,132976510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1310510520132890,132908,132955,132973,132997,133034,133115,133121,133122,133123,133124,133125,133162,133193,133201,133227,133270,133321,133323,1333285317
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO21051051133087236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)15610510133083,133084,133085,133086,133087,133088,133090,133092,133094,1333371006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O14510011331364899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F210510511333371476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21561053133082,133085,1330922718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1051051133082890
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31051052133069,1331491247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1051053133084,133085,133086939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1051056133084,133085,133086,133087,133099,1333375251



6 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
Mo-00051105105       MolybdeniteMo3290Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAPrince of Wales IslandG. Gehrels; personal communications   
ree-00667156146151 ± 5 Ma (Rb-Sr)Rb-Sr       199753Ross-Adams Mine, Bokan Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USABokan Mountain (Ross-Adams)Orris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
MR35_383-002145100Lower Cretaceous        8482Copper Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USACopper MountainToland (2004) MR35_383 
MR35_383-001145100Lower Cretaceous        5835Green Monster Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAGreen Monster MountainToland (2004) MR35_383 
vms-00994600600Proterozoic       S194859Khayyam Mine (Kiam Mine), Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAKhayyamMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00996600600Upper Proterozoic       S194861Niblack Mine, Niblack Anchorage, Moira Sound, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USANiblackMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060041Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060041
R070457I And L No. 4 Claim, Bokan Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070457


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