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


mindat Locality ID: 203168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruby District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA": 58
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 58

Number of Child Localities: 58
Child Localities:
American Creek Mine
Baker Creek Mine
Banner Creek Prospect
Basin Creek Mine
Bear Gulch; Bear Pup Mines
Beaver Creek Mine (tributary Of Poorman Creek)
Beaver Creek Prospect (tributary Of Big Creek)
Big Creek Mine
Birch Creek Mine
Boston Creek Prospects
California Creek Mine
Cox Gulch; Cox Pup Mine
Crooked Creek Mine
Duncan Creek Mine
Easy Money Creek Prospect
Eldorado Creek Prospect (tributary Of Flint Creek)
Eldorado Creek Prospect (tributary Of Poorman Creek)
Fifth Of July Creek Mine
Flat Creek Mine (tributary Of Timber Creek)
Flat Creek Prospects (tributary Of Long Creek)
Flint Creek Prospect
Fourth Of July Creek Mine (tributary Of Long Creek)
Fourth Of July Creek Mine (tributary Of Sulatna River)
Glacier Creek Mine
Glen Gulch; Glenn Gulch Mine
Gold Run Prospect (tributary Of Deer Creek)
Gold Run Prospect (tributary Of Flint Creek)
Granite Creek Mine
Greenstone Creek; Greenstone Gulch Mine
Little Pup Mine (Gulch)
Long Creek Mine
Lucky Creek Mine (tributary Of Crooked Creek)
Lucky Creek Mine (tributary Of Flint Creek)
Meketchum Creek Mine
Midnight Creek Mine
Monument Creek Mine
Moose Creek Mine
Nevada Creek Prospect
Ophir Creek Mine
Poorman Creek Mine
Quartz Creek Prospect
Root Creek Prospect
Ruby Creek Mine
Short Creek Mine
Sischu Mountain Prospects
Solomon Creek Mine
Spangle Creek Prospect
Spruce Creek Mine
Star Creek Prospect
Straight Creek Mine
Swift Creek Mine
Tamarack Creek; Willow Gulch Mine
Tenderfoot Creek Mine
Timber Creek Mine
Tip Creek Prospect
Trail Creek Mine
White Channel Creek Prospect
Willow Creek Mine

Latitude: 64°18'58"N
Longitude: 155°19'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.316111111111,-155.32472222222
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 Cu Fe H O Pb Pt S Si Sn Th Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeKaolinite
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
TitaniteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Platinum  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211360072162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11360052734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11360179052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211360055509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)113601711547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2136007,1360221966
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO221136003,136006,136007,136010,136011,136016,136017,136018,136019,136022,136027,136029,136033,136034,136038,136041,136042,136046,136048,136050,1360545171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11360054979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2113604327198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2136005,13605424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11360437437
Gold  (*)CopperAu55135999,136000,136001,136002,136003,136004,136005,136006,136007,136008,136009,136010,136011,136012,136013,136015,136016,136017,136018,136019,136020,136021,136022,136023,136024,136025,136026,136027,136028,136029,136030,136031,136032,136033,136034,136035,136036,136037,136038,136039,136041,136042,136044,136045,136046,136047,136048,136049,136050,136051,136052,136053,136054,136055,13605630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3113600714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311360075433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411360435591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4113604314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22136005,13600712537
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1136026485
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31136005733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24136005,136007,136043,13605439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23136017,136035,13604361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2136033,1360544894
Silver  (*)CopperAg2136003,1360055186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS113600521482
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2136007,1360191006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11360074899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11360075251


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