Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cholmondeley Sound, 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: 239932
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239932.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cholmondeley Sound, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dora Bay
Gladstone Prospect
South Arm Of Cholmondeley Sound
West Arm Of Cholmondeley Sound

Latitude: 55°12'44"N
Longitude: 132°15'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.212222222222,-132.26305555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Covellite	Eudialyte	Feldspar
Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Covellite Eudialyte Feldspar
Fluorite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tridymite Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	105	105	1	133099	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	105	105	1	133099	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	105	105	1	133104	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	105	105	1	133102	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	105	105	5	133099,133100,133102,133103,133104	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	105	105	2	133103,133104	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	105	105	6	133100,133102,133103,133104,133105,133109	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	105	105	1	133104	4165
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	105	105	2	133098,133099	182
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	105	105	1	133099	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	105	105	1	133098	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	105	105	4	133099,133103,133104,133105	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	105	105	1	133102	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	105	105	1	133099	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	105	105	1	133098	884
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	105	105	1	133104	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	105	105	6	133099,133100,133103,133104,133105,133107	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	105	105	7	133099,133100,133102,133103,133104,133105,133107	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	105	105	1	133099	1711
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	105	105	1	133099	375
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	105	105	4	133099,133103,133104,133105	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	105	105	1	133099	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00051	105	105								Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	3290	Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	Prince of Wales Island	G. Gehrels; personal communications

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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