Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 203122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA": 236
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 227

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Admiralty District
Chichagof District
Juneau District
Petersburg District
Yakutat District

Latitude: 58°10'31"N
Longitude: 135°31'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.175277777778,-135.52138888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pentlandite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Violarite ()*	Witherite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	130146	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	130008,130146	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	130099	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	130146	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	130062	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			8	130008,130118,130119,130123,130132,130144,130150,130178	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	130201	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	65.5	2.6	17	130046,130053,130066,130117,130119,130135,130138,130141,130142,130143,130144,130145,130148,130152,130156,130164,130201	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	130179	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	360	360	2	130095,130210	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			5	130032,130123,130128,130132,130148	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	360	360	6	130095,130099,130130,130146,130154,130210	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	130032	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			30	130008,130009,130010,130025,130028,130049,130064,130079,130081,130095,130100,130118,130119,130141,130142,130143,130145,130146,130148,130150,130151,130152,130154,130162,130166,130168,130170,130171,130178,130184	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	130132	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	360	360	2	130154,130210	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	2.6	94	130008,130009,130010,130015,130018,130019,130023,130024,130025,130028,130032,130035,130036,130038,130039,130045,130046,130047,130049,130053,130056,130064,130079,130080,130081,130083,130084,130089,130091,130092,130095,130099,130100,130117,130118,130119,130120,130121,130125,130128,130129,130132,130135,130136,130137,130138,130144,130145,130146,130147,130151,130152,130154,130157,130158,130159,130160,130161,130162,130163,130164,130165,130167,130168,130169,130170,130173,130174,130179,130180,130182,130183,130184,130185,130191,130197,130199,130202,130205,130207,130209,130210,130213,130215,130216,130217,130226,130227,130232,130235,130236,130238,130241,130242	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	130099	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			3	130101,130146,130157	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	130079,130183	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			2	130099,130236	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	130081,130172	4135
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	130146	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	65.5	2.6	7	130081,130083,130117,130137,130146,130164,130172	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	360	270	36	130008,130009,130010,130023,130025,130028,130032,130035,130046,130053,130066,130080,130089,130094,130097,130119,130141,130144,130145,130147,130148,130149,130174,130182,130191,130196,130197,130200,130201,130205,130207,130209,130210,130215,130216,130229	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	130179,130227	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	65.5	2.6	50	130008,130009,130010,130013,130025,130030,130033,130043,130046,130052,130056,130066,130072,130073,130082,130086,130087,130088,130092,130094,130097,130117,130132,130141,130142,130143,130144,130145,130148,130149,130153,130181,130186,130189,130192,130194,130195,130197,130200,130201,130203,130206,130208,130209,130211,130219,130221,130222,130224,130225	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	130051,130062,130070	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			6	130009,130025,130047,130079,130149,130182	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	130171	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			15	130099,130129,130134,130224,130225,130228,130229,130230,130232,130233,130235,130236,130240,130241,130242	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			3	130032,130151,130201	784
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	130184	762
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)			1	130099	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			27	130012,130024,130047,130074,130083,130084,130091,130099,130129,130146,130154,130166,130168,130173,130176,130183,130202,130224,130225,130226,130230,130232,130233,130236,130240,130241,130242	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	360	360	11	130079,130095,130101,130118,130146,130154,130157,130174,130182,130210,130228	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	130145	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	65.5	2.6	14	130045,130064,130117,130146,130157,130159,130165,130169,130172,130173,130177,130180,130182,130185	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃			1	130182	140
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	130182	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65.5	2.6	3	130117,130142,130174	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	130099	633
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	65.5	2.6	2	130065,130098	306
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			6	130024,130049,130091,130099,130226,130236	1512
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			2	130172,130239	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	360	2.6	93	130008,130009,130010,130015,130018,130024,130025,130028,130032,130035,130036,130039,130046,130049,130053,130056,130066,130080,130081,130083,130085,130089,130091,130094,130095,130097,130099,130117,130118,130119,130120,130122,130123,130124,130125,130126,130128,130129,130131,130132,130135,130136,130137,130138,130139,130142,130143,130144,130145,130146,130147,130148,130151,130152,130154,130156,130158,130160,130161,130162,130163,130164,130165,130166,130167,130168,130169,130170,130171,130173,130174,130179,130180,130183,130184,130191,130195,130197,130198,130199,130200,130202,130205,130207,130209,130210,130213,130215,130217,130227,130234,130235,130239	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	130154	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	360	2.6	51	130008,130009,130010,130012,130019,130023,130024,130025,130038,130047,130049,130053,130069,130081,130085,130091,130095,130117,130129,130133,130135,130137,130139,130146,130147,130152,130159,130161,130165,130167,130170,130179,130182,130183,130200,130202,130205,130207,130209,130210,130213,130215,130216,130227,130232,130234,130235,130236,130238,130241,130242	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65.5	2.6	86	130008,130009,130010,130015,130018,130023,130025,130028,130029,130035,130039,130046,130047,130049,130053,130054,130056,130064,130066,130067,130072,130076,130077,130083,130086,130087,130088,130089,130092,130094,130095,130097,130101,130117,130118,130119,130120,130123,130128,130138,130139,130141,130142,130143,130144,130145,130146,130148,130149,130150,130152,130153,130156,130160,130161,130162,130165,130166,130168,130169,130170,130173,130174,130177,130178,130180,130182,130185,130189,130191,130193,130195,130196,130197,130199,130200,130201,130203,130205,130207,130209,130212,130214,130215,130221,130222	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	130224,130225	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	65.5	2.6	7	130046,130117,130120,130152,130172,130177,130185	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	130035	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	130132,130144,130150	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	130171	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	360	2.6	42	130008,130009,130010,130023,130025,130032,130046,130049,130050,130053,130080,130089,130095,130097,130117,130119,130132,130138,130141,130144,130145,130147,130148,130154,130156,130171,130174,130175,130179,130180,130182,130183,130191,130198,130199,130200,130201,130205,130207,130209,130210,130215	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	130201	3418
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	130132	589
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			5	130046,130146,130150,130151,130154	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	130154	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	130190	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	130099	380
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)			1	130132	251
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	130224,130225	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
PorphCu-00237	65.5	2.6	Tertiary	Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	198741	Margerie Glacier Prospect (Margarie Glacier Prospect; Porcupine Prospect), Glacier Bay District, Juneau District, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA	Margerie Glacier	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
vms-00997	270	270	Permian		S	199267	Orange Point Deposit Prospects, Juneau District, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA	Orange Point	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-01002	360	360	Devonian		S	200210	Sumdum Prospect, Petersburg District, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA	Sumdum	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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