Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yakataga District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA

mindat Locality ID: 203147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yakataga District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Crystal Creek Occurrence
Guyot Beach Occurrence (Icy Bay)
Icy Bay Occurrence
Icy Bay Occurrence (east Of Carson Creek)
Icy Bay Occurrence (west Of Claybluff Point)
Icy Cape Occurrence (Guyot Bay)
Kayak Island Occurrence
Natural Arches Occurrence (north Of Bering Glacier)
Point Riou Occurrence (near Icy Bay)
Riou Bay Occurrence
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - IB001; Beach Between Yahtse River And Yana Stream)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - IB002; Beach Between Yahtse River And Yana Stream)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - IB003; Beach Near Yahtse River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - IB013; West Of Icy Bay)
White River Mine
Yakataga Mine (between Cape Yakataga And White River)
Yakataga Mine (east Of White River)
Yakataga Mine (west Of Cape Yakataga)

Latitude: 59°59'14"N
Longitude: 141°53'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.987222222222,-141.89166666667

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	134898	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	134897	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	134897	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	12	134891,134892,134893,134894,134895,134896,134899,134900,134904,134906,134907,134908	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	4	134898,134906,134907,134908	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	134897	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	16	134891,134892,134893,134894,134895,134896,134899,134900,134901,134902,134903,134904,134905,134906,134907,134908	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	134906,134907,134908	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	15	134891,134892,134893,134894,134895,134896,134899,134900,134901,134902,134903,134904,134906,134907,134908	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	15	134891,134892,134893,134894,134895,134896,134899,134900,134901,134902,134903,134904,134906,134907,134908	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	134898	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	134897,134901,134902,134903	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	134898	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	15	134891,134892,134893,134894,134895,134896,134899,134900,134901,134902,134903,134904,134906,134907,134908	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	134897	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	15	134891,134892,134893,134894,134895,134896,134899,134900,134901,134902,134903,134904,134906,134907,134908	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	9	134891,134892,134893,134894,134895,134896,134899,134900,134904	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	15	134891,134892,134893,134894,134895,134896,134899,134900,134901,134902,134903,134904,134906,134907,134908	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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