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Locality Name:
Kotsina District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 283160
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283160.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kotsina District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ammann Prospect

Latitude: 61°40'40"N
Longitude: 144°4'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.677777777778,-144.06666666667
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: C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211344415509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411344415516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)113444127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11344415707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2113444127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11344414165
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2113444112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2113444139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2113444161156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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