Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 274675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Mountain, Cleveland Peninsula, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Gold Mountain Mine: Annie Mine; Mountain Top Mine; Starry Banner Mine; Fannie MIne; Gold Dollar Mine; Jewel Mine; Gertrude Mine; Annex No. 1 Mine; Lone Jack Mine
Gold Standard; Blue Jay; Lakeview Mine
Gold Standard; Blue Jay; Lakeview; Lower Gold Standard; Lone Jack; Alaska; Free Gold Mine
Kingston Prospect
Lone Jack Prospect (ARDF - CR079)
Lower Gold Standard; Lone Jack Mine (Helm Bay); Alaska; Free Gold
Midnight Sun Prospect
Old Glory Mine (upper Workings); American Eagle
Old Glory; Last Chance Mine
Puzzler Prospect
Rainy Day Prospect
Sleeping Beauty; Beat; Stensland Prospect

Latitude: 55°38'8"N
Longitude: 132°'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.635555555556,-132.00055555556

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

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 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:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	132979	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	132971,132972,132973,132975,132976,132982	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	132971,132979,132982	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	132971	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	132971,132972,132973,132976,132981	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	132971,132972,132973,132974,132976,132977,132978,132981,132982	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	132971,132972,132973,132975,132976,132977,132978,132979,132980,132981,132982	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	132971,132972,132973,132974,132975,132976,132977,132978,132979,132980,132981,132982	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	132981	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	3	132972,132973,132976	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	132973	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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