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Locality Name:
Kupreanof District, Petersburg Borough, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 203151
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203151.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kupreanof District, Petersburg Borough, Alaska, USA": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 53
Child Localities:
Allied Group E Prospect
Corn Prospect
Finzens Prospects
Hattie Mine
Helen S Mine
Hope Prospect
Hungerford Prospect
Independence Prospect
Kuiu Mine
Mad Dog 2 Prospect
Maid Of Mexico Mine
Maid Of Texas Prospect
Nicirque Prospect
Northern Copper Company; Tower Arm Copper; Portage Bay Copper Company Prospect
Portage Mountain Group Prospect
RD8 Occurrences
Rubble; East Duncan Pyrite Occurrences
Salt Chuck Prospect
Scott Gold Prospect
Scott Prospect
Silver Star; Silver King Prospect
Skate Creek Prospect
Spruce Creek Prospect
Taylor Creek Prospect
TB Occurrence
Unnamed (ARDF - PE117; At Head Of Mosman Inlet)
Unnamed Mine (ARDF - CR001)
Unnamed Mine (ARDF - PE030; Along Harvey Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - PA031; On Saginaw Bay)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - PA039; In Table Bay)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - PA040; Near Mount Howard)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - PE003; Near Hamilton Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - PE024; North Of Mouth Of Castle River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - PE078; Near Kake)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - PE079; Near Head Of Portage Bay)
Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - PA024; North Of Saginaw Bay)
Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - PE010; Near Kane Peak)
Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - PE011; Near Petersburg Creek)
Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - PE021; Near Totem Bay)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PA022; North Side Of Cornwallis Peninsula)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PA023; On Keku Islands)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PA025; On 'Little Creek')
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PE002; Near Gunnuk Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PE004; Near Big John Bay)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PE018; Near Lovelace Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PE020; Near Kushneahin Lake)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PE023; Near Indian Point)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PE033; In Vicinity 'Brushy Creek')
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PE081; On Towers Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PE084; Near Taylor Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PE093; Adjacent To Helen S Mine)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - PE101; Near The South End Of Woewodski Island)
Unnamed Prospects (ARDF - PE034; East Of Harvey Lake)

Latitude: 56°40'52"N
Longitude: 133°27'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.681111111111,-133.45944444444

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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4132741,132764,132771,1327879052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)10132737,132738,132743,132753,132756,132758,132765,132776,132778,13278711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411327515516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10132743,132751,132758,132759,132760,132762,132763,132765,132766,13277027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11327634979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217132740,132746,132747,132750,132751,132753,132754,132757,132758,132760,132762,132766,132770,132771,132773,132785,13278727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411327733902
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211327609895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11327668173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11327682740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18132740,132741,132743,132745,132747,132753,132754,132755,132756,132758,132759,132760,132763,132767,132771,132776,132784,13278724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4132741,132744,132747,13276430554
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611327631066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43132750,132762,13277314899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211327715800
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811327731512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229132740,132746,132747,132749,132750,132751,132752,132753,132754,132755,132756,132757,132758,132759,132760,132761,132762,132764,132766,132767,132769,132770,132771,132776,132777,132783,132784,132785,13278639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S87132750,132753,132757,132766,132771,132773,1327879056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216132740,132741,132742,132743,132744,132747,132748,132751,132752,132755,132759,132764,132766,132767,132771,13278761156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11327632473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS24132740,132741,132743,132745,132746,132747,132750,132754,132755,132756,132758,132759,132760,132762,132763,132767,132769,132770,132771,132776,132777,132784,132787,13278921482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311327635317
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)2132765,132776251



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