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Locality Name:
Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 3290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 285
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 207

Number of Child Localities: 66
Child Localities:
'Franks Ridge'
7-mile Gold Prospect
Black Bear Lake
Bokan Mountain
Cannery Cove
Cholmondeley Sound
Copper Mountain
Copper Mountain Mine (New York; Illinois; Miller; Texas Mine; Copper Mountain)
Dolomi Mountain
Dora Lake
Eek Lake
Equator Prospects And Saco Prospects
French Harbor
Green Monster Mountain
Halibut Creek
Harris Peak
Hetta Inlet
Hetta Lake
Hetta Mountain
Hollis
James Lake
Kael Pit Prospect
Kael-7 Mile Trend Prospects
Karta Bay
Karta River Wilderness
Kasaan Bay
Kasaan Peninsula
Keete Inlet
Keete Point
Kendrick Bay
Khayyam Mine (Kiam Mine)
Kitkun Bay
Klawock
Klawock Lake
Klinkwan
Lake Ellen
Lake Luelia
Lake Marge
Lime Point
Mallard Bay
Maybeso Creek
McKenzie Inlet
McLean Arm
Miller Lake (Mineral Lake)
Moira Sound
Mount Jumbo
Nancy Prospect
Natzuhini Bay
Nichols Bay
Nipple Butte
North Pole Hill
Nutkwa Deposit
Nutkwa Lagoon
O.K. Prospect
Park View Prospect
Paul Lake
Paul Young Creek
Pine Creek
Rush Peak
Salmon Bay
South Prince Of Wales Wilderness
Stone Rock Bay
Stumble-On Mine (Mammoth Prospect)
Sunny Cove
Sweetwater Lake
Trocadero Bay

Latitude: 55°16'38"N
Longitude: 132°26'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.277222222222,-132.44194444444

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Eudialyte	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Ilvaite	Isomertieite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Thortveitite	Titanite	Topaz	Tridymite	Wollastonite	Zircon

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Eudialyte Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Ilvaite Isomertieite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Thortveitite Titanite Topaz Tridymite Wollastonite Zircon

86 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunogen ()*
Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bassetite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clintonite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eudialyte ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gittinsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Hessite ()*	Nováčekite-I ()*	Iimoriite-(Y) ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*
Isomertieite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Phenakite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sklodowskite ()*
Sopcheite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Temagamite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	100	3	133115,133136,133220	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	105	105	4	133081,133085,133094,133099	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	156	105	14	133083,133084,133085,133086,133087,133088,133089,133090,133092,133094,133099,133115,133235,133238	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	105	105	1	133220	489
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	105	105	1	133082	272
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	156	146	1	133081	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	105	105	2	133110,133115	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	105	105	1	133104	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	105	105	1	133337	3092
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	156	146	1	133081	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	600	105	8	133087,133225,133239,133252,133271,133309,133316,133346	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	105	105	7	133102,133115,133118,133177,133193,133278,133303	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	105	105	2	133227,133278	11547
Bassetite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	156	146	1	133092	51
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	156	105	12	133092,133115,133172,133217,133220,133221,133255,133267,133277,133278,133279,133313	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	156	105	2	133086,133092	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	100	53	133082,133099,133100,133102,133103,133104,133115,133121,133128,133129,133136,133149,133152,133166,133173,133176,133184,133192,133195,133196,133200,133203,133205,133206,133209,133210,133211,133212,133213,133214,133215,133217,133218,133220,133222,133226,133227,133228,133244,133255,133272,133276,133278,133282,133316,133318,133323,133328,133330,133332,133341,133345,133350	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	105	105	2	133103,133104	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	105	105	3	133115,133172,133220	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	600	105	131	133072,133074,133078,133092,133100,133102,133103,133104,133105,133109,133114,133115,133116,133118,133120,133121,133123,133124,133125,133126,133128,133129,133132,133133,133136,133137,133139,133141,133144,133145,133149,133151,133154,133156,133158,133159,133163,133164,133166,133168,133169,133170,133171,133172,133174,133175,133176,133179,133184,133187,133192,133195,133197,133198,133199,133201,133203,133204,133205,133206,133207,133208,133209,133210,133211,133212,133213,133214,133215,133217,133218,133219,133220,133222,133223,133226,133227,133228,133230,133239,133244,133245,133249,133255,133257,133259,133261,133267,133269,133270,133271,133272,133274,133276,133277,133278,133279,133282,133287,133288,133290,133291,133293,133295,133297,133298,133299,133300,133301,133303,133305,133306,133307,133309,133311,133316,133317,133318,133324,133325,133328,133332,133336,133337,133341,133342,133344,133346,133350,133353,133354	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	145	100	3	133136,133267,133278	3531
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	145	100	1	133136	86
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	156	146	1	133092	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	105	105	4	133172,133205,133287,133298	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	105	105	4	133104,133172,133220,133291	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	105	105	1	133220	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	105	105	7	133115,133136,133137,133212,133217,133299,133300	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	105	105	1	133337	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	600	105	30	133110,133115,133126,133136,133137,133149,133151,133156,133203,133206,133209,133210,133211,133212,133213,133214,133215,133217,133220,133222,133223,133226,133228,133239,133249,133259,133261,133298,133337,133346	8173
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	105	105	2	133098,133099	182
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	105	105	1	133099	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	105	105	7	133082,133084,133085,133086,133091,133098,133337	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	600	105	2	133239,133346	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	156	105	49	133074,133075,133077,133085,133086,133092,133096,133099,133103,133104,133105,133111,133112,133128,133129,133130,133149,133152,133158,133159,133160,133168,133169,133170,133171,133172,133173,133174,133177,133179,133187,133192,133194,133196,133220,133227,133244,133249,133253,133270,133271,133272,133277,133314,133316,133317,133324,133325,133328	24243
Gittinsite ()*	Thortveitite	CaZrSi₂O₇	600	100	0		11
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	100	2	133110,133136	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	100	20	133096,133121,133123,133136,133158,133160,133162,133168,133169,133172,133174,133192,133220,133277,133278,133288,133317,133321,133325,133328	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	145	100	3	133110,133115,133136	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	600	100	16	133082,133094,133096,133126,133136,133217,133220,133228,133235,133239,133267,133278,133337,133344,133345,133346	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	145	100	1	133136	407
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	105	105	1	133220	804
Nováčekite-I ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	156	146	1	133092	55
Iimoriite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₂(SiO₄)(CO₃)	105	105	1	133085	8
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	105	105	1	133088	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	105	105	1	133116	197
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	105	105	1	133220	48
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	105	105	1	133220	116
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	145	100	1	133136	1271
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	105	105	1	133220	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	600	105	40	133085,133088,133114,133115,133118,133126,133136,133137,133151,133182,133203,133204,133206,133208,133209,133210,133212,133213,133214,133215,133217,133218,133219,133220,133222,133223,133226,133228,133235,133239,133257,133265,133277,133280,133298,133300,133337,133341,133342,133346	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	100	10	133102,133115,133118,133136,133177,133193,133267,133276,133278,133303	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	105	105	1	133337	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	105	105	6	133078,133115,133206,133223,133261,133299	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	600	105	6	133099,133220,133239,133337,133346,133353	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	105	105	1	133098	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145	100	1	133136	2349
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	156	146	1	133092	144
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	105	105	1	133086	326
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	105	105	1	133104	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	600	100	128	133072,133074,133076,133078,133079,133080,133084,133085,133086,133088,133092,133094,133096,133099,133100,133103,133104,133105,133107,133115,133120,133122,133123,133124,133125,133126,133128,133129,133130,133132,133133,133136,133139,133141,133147,133156,133158,133159,133160,133162,133163,133164,133166,133168,133169,133170,133171,133172,133173,133174,133175,133176,133177,133179,133184,133187,133189,133192,133195,133196,133197,133198,133203,133205,133206,133208,133209,133210,133211,133212,133214,133215,133217,133218,133219,133220,133222,133225,133226,133228,133230,133232,133235,133239,133241,133243,133244,133245,133246,133247,133251,133253,133255,133257,133259,133267,133270,133271,133276,133277,133278,133282,133287,133288,133290,133291,133293,133295,133298,133301,133308,133309,133316,133317,133318,133321,133323,133324,133325,133328,133332,133336,133337,133341,133346,133350,133353,133354	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	600	100	23	133074,133079,133092,133126,133136,133144,133151,133156,133166,133179,133204,133212,133220,133239,133249,133253,133257,133272,133279,133297,133298,133311,133346	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	600	100	130	133072,133074,133075,133076,133077,133078,133079,133082,133083,133084,133085,133086,133087,133088,133089,133090,133092,133094,133099,133100,133102,133103,133104,133105,133107,133110,133115,133120,133121,133122,133123,133124,133125,133126,133128,133129,133133,133136,133139,133141,133144,133147,133149,133156,133158,133159,133160,133162,133163,133164,133166,133168,133169,133170,133171,133172,133173,133174,133175,133176,133177,133179,133184,133189,133191,133192,133193,133195,133196,133199,133201,133203,133207,133209,133212,133213,133217,133218,133225,133227,133228,133235,133237,133238,133239,133241,133242,133243,133244,133245,133246,133249,133252,133253,133255,133259,133267,133270,133271,133272,133276,133277,133278,133282,133288,133291,133300,133301,133306,133307,133316,133317,133318,133320,133321,133323,133324,133325,133327,133328,133329,133332,133337,133340,133341,133344,133345,133346,133350,133353	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	105	105	1	133099	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	145	100	1	133136	969
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	105	105	2	133085,133099	375
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	105	105	2	133084,133086	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	105	105	1	133179	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	105	105	3	133085,133176,133337	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	105	105	1	133192	5186
Sklodowskite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	156	146	1	133092	56
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄	105	105	1	133220	24
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	105	105	1	133220	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	600	105	51	133074,133075,133077,133085,133086,133092,133096,133099,133103,133104,133105,133126,133128,133129,133137,133149,133152,133158,133159,133160,133166,133170,133171,133172,133173,133184,133187,133192,133196,133227,133232,133239,133244,133245,133253,133270,133271,133290,133291,133293,133295,133298,133308,133309,133316,133317,133324,133328,133346,133350,133353	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	105	105	1	133220	75
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	600	105	2	133239,133346	456
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	105	105	1	133220	24
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	105	105	14	133115,133121,133122,133123,133124,133125,133162,133193,133201,133227,133270,133321,133323,133328	5317
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	105	105	1	133087	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	156	105	10	133083,133084,133085,133086,133087,133088,133090,133092,133094,133337	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	145	100	1	133136	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	105	105	1	133337	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	156	105	3	133082,133085,133092	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	105	105	1	133082	890
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	105	105	1	133149	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	105	105	3	133084,133085,133086	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	105	105	6	133084,133085,133086,133087,133099,133337	5251

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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 ID
Mo-00051	105	105			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
ree-00667	156	146	151 ± 5 Ma (Rb-Sr)	Rb-Sr			199753	Ross-Adams Mine, Bokan Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	Bokan Mountain (Ross-Adams)	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
MR35_383-002	145	100	Lower Cretaceous				8482	Copper Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	Copper Mountain	Toland (2004)	MR35_383
MR35_383-001	145	100	Lower Cretaceous				5835	Green Monster Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	Green Monster Mountain	Toland (2004)	MR35_383
vms-00994	600	600	Proterozoic			S	194859	Khayyam Mine (Kiam Mine), Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	Khayyam	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00996	600	600	Upper Proterozoic			S	194861	Niblack Mine, Niblack Anchorage, Moira Sound, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	Niblack	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060041	Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	https://rruff.info/R060041
R070457	I And L No. 4 Claim, Bokan Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	https://rruff.info/R070457

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