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Locality Name:
Hot Springs District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 203159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hot Springs District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA": 73
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 73

Number of Child Localities: 73
Child Localities:
Alameda Creek Mine
American Creek Mine (includes California Gulch And Colorado Gulch)
Big Denver Creek Prospect
Big Denver Prospect
Black Bart Prospect
Boulder Creek Mines
Cache Creek Mine
Chicago Creek Mine
Cooney Creek Mine
Cosna Dome Prospects
Dalton Gulch Mine
Deadwood Creek Mine
Deep Creek And Tributaries Mine
Eureka Creek Mine (including Boston; Unanimous; Nugget; And American Creeks)
Ferguson Draw Mine
Glenn Creek; Alice Bench Mine
Gold Basin Creek Prospect
Gold Run Creek Mine
Granite Creek Prospect
Harter Gulch Mine
Hot Springs Dome; Barrett; Donnelly Prospect
Hutlinana Creek Prospects
Idaho Gulch Mine
Karshner Creek Occurrence
Killarney Creek Prospect
Little Boulder Creek Mines (includes Queen Twin Creek And 4 Unnamed Tributaries)
McCaskey Bar Mine
McIntyre Prospect
McKinley Creek Prospects
Miller Gulch Mine
Moose Creek Mines (includes Lower Boulder Creek; Value Creek)
Moosehead Rack Prospect
New York Gulch; New York Creek Mine
Omega Creek; Alpha Creek Mine
Patterson Creek Mine
Pioneer Creek; Including Doric; Boothby; Seattle Jr.; Skookum; Joe Bush; And North Fork Creeks Mines
Quartz Creek; Homestake Bar Mine
Rhode Island Creek Mine
Seattle Creek Mine
Shirley Bar Mine
Slate Creek Mine
Sullivan Creek Mine
Thanksgiving Creek Mine
Tofty Gulch Mine
Tofty Ridge Prospect
Tonawanda Creek Mine
Trail Creek; Salt Creek; Dry Creek Mines
Unnamed Mines (ARDF - TN078; Near Junction Of Boulder Creek And Little Boulder Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN050; Near Ruby Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN061; Lower Little Minook Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN065; West Of Elephant Gulch)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN079; On Serpentine Ridge; Boulder)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN083; Upper Idaho Gulch)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN089; Big Denver Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN102; Northwest Of Manley Hot Springs Dome)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN108; Head Of Blowback Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN109; North Spur Of Bean Ridge)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN112; Near Orum Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN114; Karshner Creek Ridge)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN119; Ridge Between Allen And California Creeks)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN121; Baker-Hutlitakwa Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN132; East Eureka Dome)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN135; Junction Of Elliot Highway And Silverbow Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN138; Pioneer Creek Headwater; Eureka Head)
Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - TN063; Near Hoosier Creek)
Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - TN092; Cache Creek Area)
Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - TN104; Bean Ridge)
Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - TN105; Hot Springs Dome; East Barrett)
Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - TN110; Northeast Of Manley Hot Springs Dome)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - TN087; West Side Of Sullivan Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - TN111; Baker Creek Tributary)
Utah Creek Prospect
Woodchopper Creek Mine

Latitude: 65°7'45"N
Longitude: 150°38'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.129166666667,-150.63527777778

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 Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mn Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
FluoriteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTitaniteVivianiteZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copper  (*)Erythrite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3135146,135181,1352069052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211351575509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5135138,135143,135172,135176,13517711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3135140,135157,13518927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO217135143,135146,135147,135149,135151,135152,135153,135156,135159,135161,135166,135171,135173,135178,135180,135202,1352095171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11351574979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11351575707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25135146,135157,135168,135181,13518627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O47135138,135143,135149,135178,135180,135184,1351883902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4135163,135170,135172,1351762600
Copper  (*)CopperCu2135177,1351783846
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1135157814
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61135181414
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211352029617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5135146,135157,135176,135178,13520424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3135157,135189,1352047437
Gold  (*)CopperAu39135137,135138,135140,135142,135143,135144,135145,135147,135149,135150,135151,135152,135153,135154,135156,135159,135161,135162,135163,135166,135167,135168,135169,135170,135171,135172,135173,135174,135175,135176,135177,135178,135179,135180,135181,135184,135186,135202,13520930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33135138,135157,13518914640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41135149407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O39135138,135143,135149,135163,135170,135172,135176,135178,1352095433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411135138,135143,135149,135157,135160,135163,135172,135178,135181,135189,13520914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22135157,13518512537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2113514617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218135138,135143,135146,135149,135157,135168,135170,135172,135173,135176,135178,135181,135186,135189,135201,135202,135206,13520939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211351573106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82135157,1351689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211135146,135157,135185,135186,135197,135198,135199,135201,135202,135203,13520661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22135149,1351895614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4135149,135162,135170,1351724894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4135157,135192,135201,1352046417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2135177,1352095186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS113514621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311351463418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11351572045
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1135140510
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11351724899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211351842718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2135173,135178939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3135149,135181,1351895251



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