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Locality Name:
Cleveland Peninsula, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 239936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cleveland Peninsula, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bugger Lake
Caamano Point
Falls Creek
Gold Mountain
Smugglers Cove
Smugglers Creek
Snowstorm Prospects (incl. Last Chance Prospects And Gold Mountain Prospects)

Latitude: 55°36'39"N
Longitude: 131°59'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.610833333333,-131.99305555556

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kermesite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11329869052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411329795516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)9132963,132965,132971,132972,132973,132975,132976,132982,13298727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25132967,132971,132979,132982,13298427198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11329718173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5132971,132972,132973,132976,13298124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14132963,132967,132968,132969,132971,132972,132973,132974,132976,132977,132978,132981,132982,13298430554
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21132965230
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS221132963,132965,132967,132968,132969,132971,132972,132973,132975,132976,132977,132978,132979,132980,132981,132982,132984,132986,132987,132988,13298939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO222132963,132965,132967,132968,132969,132971,132972,132973,132974,132975,132976,132977,132978,132979,132980,132981,132982,132984,132986,132987,132988,13298961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1132965712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS113298121482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311329653418
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S3132972,132973,132976510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311329735317



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