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Locality Name:
Mount Jumbo, 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: 239927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239927.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Jumbo, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Campbell Prospect
Houghton Prospect
Jumbo Mine
Magnetite Cliff Prospects

Latitude: 55°15'15"N
Longitude: 132°37'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.254166666667,-132.62666666667

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
SphaleriteSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21051054133297,133298,133299,13330027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu10510511332983846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61051052133299,1333004135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10510511332988173
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41051052133298,13330014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS210510511332995800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2105105113329839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81051052133297,1332989056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2105105113330061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS105105113329821482



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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