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Locality Name:
Ruby Creek Prospect, Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 279703
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279703.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruby Creek Prospect, Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bornite

Latitude: 67°3'45"N
Longitude: 156°56'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.0625,-156.94694444444
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 Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe Ge H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteGermaniteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cymrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Germanite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Renierite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)113270511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411327055516
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S41132705154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11327055707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2113270527198
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O113270546
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211327059895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS113270524243
Germanite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13Fe2Ge2S16113270533
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211327055674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2113270539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811327059056
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16113270537
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS113270521482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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