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Locality Name:
Misty Fjords National Monument, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 275554
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275554.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Misty Fjords National Monument, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Alamo Prospect (Glacier Prospect)
Gnat Prospect
Humpback Lake
Marble Copper Prospect
Pyrite Lode Occurrence
QC Prospect
Quartz Hill Prospect
Quartz Ledge Prospect
Roe Point
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - KC016)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - KC017)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - KC018)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - KC019)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - KC020)
Walker Cove

Latitude: 55°35'40"N
Longitude: 130°46'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.594444444444,-130.77805555556
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteFeldsparMalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)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
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11330438803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411330455516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)113304627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210133042,133043,133045,133046,133053,133054,133055,133056,133057,13305927198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS113304324243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42133045,13305714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2113304612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS27133043,133045,133047,133049,133052,133053,1330595800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29133042,133043,133045,133047,133049,133052,133056,133057,13305939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84133042,133045,133053,1330549056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27133042,133043,133047,133049,133052,133053,13305961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS113304221482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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