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


mindat Locality ID: 3288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kennecott, Nizina District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bonanza Mine (Kennicott Mine; Erie; Jumbo; Mother Lode; Kennecott Unpatented Claims)
Jumbo Mine
Mother Lode Mine

Latitude: 61°31'11"N
Longitude: 142°50'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.519722222222,-142.83583333333

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H O Pb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCovelliteDigeniteEnargiteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupOrpimentPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteTridymiteWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)
Ice  (*)Idaite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S43134517,134518,13451988
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)43134517,134518,134519246
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23134517,134518,1345195509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43134517,134518,1345195516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3134517,134518,13451927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3134517,134518,134519925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3134517,134518,1345195707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23134517,134518,13451927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3134517,134518,1345194165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3134517,134518,1345191027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S163134517,134518,134519300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23134517,134518,1345199895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS43134517,134518,134519910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3134517,134518,13451924243
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O059
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS43134517,134518,134519142
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS43134517,134518,134519198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23134517,134518,13451912537
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S33134517,134518,134519511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23134517,134518,13451939462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3134517,134518,13451921482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133134517,134518,1345191803



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