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Locality Name:
Karta River Wilderness, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 105
Youngest recorded age at locality: 105

mindat Locality ID: 239918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karta River Wilderness, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Buckhorn Prospects
Clipper; Cutter; Bendingo Prospects
Constitution Prospect
Dew Drop; Rose Prospect
Flagstaff Mine (Last Chance Mine; Treasure Mine)
Independent; McGilvey Prospect
Juneau; Go-by Prospects
Lone Jack Prospect (ARDF - CR039)
Lucky Find Prospect
Lucky Jim Prospect
Salmon Lake

Latitude: 55°32'38"N
Longitude: 132°42'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.543888888889,-132.71388888889

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: Au C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)210510511331775509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS410510511331725516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1051052133173,13317627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S10510511331725707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21051059133168,133169,133170,133171,133172,133174,133175,133176,13317927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu10510511331723846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS10510511331724165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1051059133168,133169,133170,133171,133172,133173,133174,133177,13317924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1051054133168,133169,133172,13317430554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2105105113317712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210510511133168,133169,133170,133171,133172,133173,133174,133175,133176,133177,13317939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S810510511331799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210510511133168,133169,133170,133171,133172,133173,133174,133175,133176,133177,13317961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)10510511331794894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)10510511331766417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1051054133170,133171,133172,13317321482



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00051105105      YesMolybdeniteMo3290Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAPrince of Wales IslandG. Gehrels; personal communications   


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