Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Salt Chuck Mine (Stevens; Liebrant; Goodro; Joker Mine), Kasaan Peninsula, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 105
Youngest recorded age at locality: 105

mindat Locality ID: 30836
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30836.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salt Chuck Mine (Stevens; Liebrant; Goodro; Joker Mine), Kasaan Peninsula, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°37'60"N
Longitude: 132°33'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.633333333333,-132.55

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote
Isomertieite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Altaite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Sopcheite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Temagamite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote
Isomertieite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Spinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	105	105	3419
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	105	105	489
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	105	105	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	105	105	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	105	105	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	105	105	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	105	105	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	105	105	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	105	105	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	105	105	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	105	105	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	105	105	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	105	105	804
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	105	105	48
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	105	105	116
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	105	105	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	105	105	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	105	105	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	105	105	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	105	105	9056
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄	105	105	24
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	105	105	337
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	105	105	75
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	105	105	24

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00051	105	105								Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	3290	Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	Prince of Wales Island	G. Gehrels; personal communications

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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