Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 163

mindat Locality ID: 254074
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254074.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA": 148
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 139

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Avan Hills Occurrence
Barter Island
Brooks Range
Canning District
Carter Creek
Chandalar District
Colville District
Esetuk Glacier Occurrence
Lisburne District
Noatak District
Point Barrow
Sheenjek District
Wainwright District

Latitude: 69°5'44"N
Longitude: 152°23'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.095555555556,-152.39194444444

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Titanite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Cymrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ikaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Majakite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb Pd S Sb Si Sn Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Fluorite Gypsum Malachite
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Titanite

32 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			9	132352,132355,132357,132393,132400,132431,132459,132462,132479	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			18	132372,132409,132411,132420,132426,132433,132436,132444,132445,132446,132453,132456,132465,132466,132467,132472,132474,132475	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	132396	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			14	132336,132337,132390,132392,132406,132409,132410,132420,132423,132428,132436,132439,132453,132474	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	132353	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			21	132342,132347,132349,132362,132363,132368,132392,132394,132395,132396,132399,132401,132402,132420,132423,132424,132425,132431,132436,132457,132458	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	169	163	4	132464,132470,132471,132473	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	132350,132357	3846
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O			1	132338	46
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	132428	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			8	132410,132412,132428,132434,132437,132451,132452,132455	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	359	323	18	132351,132358,132359,132365,132366,132371,132373,132375,132376,132377,132388,132389,132410,132412,132418,132428,132434,132459	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	323	30	132342,132395,132401,132402,132403,132406,132407,132417,132418,132419,132420,132423,132424,132425,132429,132430,132436,132439,132440,132441,132442,132443,132448,132454,132458,132459,132468,132469,132475,132476	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	132338,132344,132367	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	132467	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	132427	14640
Ikaite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·6H₂O			1	132477	12
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	132353	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	132353	14899
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	169	163	1	132470	22
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			16	132352,132355,132357,132362,132392,132393,132394,132396,132397,132400,132431,132459,132462,132466,132468,132481	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	132358,132364	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	323	22	132344,132351,132362,132394,132401,132402,132405,132417,132418,132421,132423,132424,132427,132439,132440,132441,132443,132448,132450,132458,132461,132468	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	323	32	132338,132342,132363,132392,132394,132395,132399,132401,132402,132403,132405,132406,132407,132410,132417,132418,132419,132420,132423,132425,132428,132429,132430,132436,132440,132441,132443,132468,132469,132475,132476,132479	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	132343	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	132396,132439	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	132338	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	323	26	132342,132395,132402,132403,132406,132407,132417,132418,132419,132421,132425,132429,132430,132439,132440,132441,132442,132443,132448,132454,132458,132459,132468,132469,132475,132476	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	132402,132403,132407	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	132353	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			2	132412,132428	605
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)			1	132465	251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
podchrome-01118	175	175	Lower Jurassic (202-161 Ma)	Cr	196341	Avan Hills Occurrence, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA	Avan Hills	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
sedznpb-00456	359	323	Mississippian?		197267	Drenchwater Creek Prospect, Colville District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA	Drenchwater Creek	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
podchrome-01100	169	163	Middle Jurassic (169-163 Ma 40Ar/39Ar in hornblende from gabbro and plagiogranite)	Cr	198912	Misheguk Mountain--east Occurrence, Noatak District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA	Misheguk Mountain	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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