Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 101

mindat Locality ID: 48346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48346.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA": 251
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 236

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ambler District
Brooks Range
Chicago Creek
Fairhaven District
Kiana District
Kotzebue
Lisburne District
Lisburne District (Red Dog District)
Noatak District
Selawik District
Shungnak District
Wiseman

Latitude: 67°3'54"N
Longitude: 159°8'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.065,-159.135

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Fluorite	Germanite	Gypsum
Humite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Owyheeite
Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Starkeyite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe Ge H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Fluorite Germanite Gypsum
Humite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Owyheeite
Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Starkeyite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zircon

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Boyleite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carrollite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cymrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Germanite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Owyheeite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Platinum ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Renierite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sarmientite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Witherite ()*	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	419	323	2	132697,132710	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	419	323	9	132498,132554,132559,132565,132568,132667,132668,132683,132710	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			10	132485,132586,132597,132627,132636,132639,132653,132655,132657,132714	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	419	323	15	132516,132576,132588,132612,132614,132616,132618,132620,132623,132624,132636,132646,132683,132705,132710	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	419	323	13	132485,132567,132586,132602,132660,132661,132683,132692,132693,132694,132701,132705,132710	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	359	323	4	132517,132603,132615,132624	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	343.8	332.2	2	132556,132615	1089
Boyleite ()*	Starkeyite	Zn(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	132609	23
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	132685	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	419	323	28	132494,132516,132520,132553,132554,132555,132556,132558,132559,132565,132568,132576,132579,132586,132591,132615,132623,132624,132632,132663,132673,132675,132683,132694,132697,132701,132710,132724	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄			1	132705	154
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			3	132493,132515,132533	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	132504	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	360	360	4	132586,132630,132683,132705	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	419	323	57	132485,132496,132497,132498,132512,132549,132550,132554,132565,132567,132568,132575,132576,132579,132586,132589,132591,132592,132593,132594,132596,132602,132605,132606,132607,132624,132627,132628,132629,132632,132633,132634,132639,132640,132647,132652,132655,132657,132659,132660,132661,132668,132669,132675,132683,132686,132688,132692,132693,132694,132697,132701,132705,132706,132710,132714,132727	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			6	132567,132621,132641,132642,132662,132666	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	132486,132582,132685,132691	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	132521	2600
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	132497	236
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	132707,132708	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	132586,132661	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	132602	2970
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O	419	323	3	132686,132705,132710	46
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	132497	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	419	323	8	132485,132489,132497,132534,132586,132701,132705,132710	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	419	323	1	132710	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	419	323	4	132640,132675,132679,132697	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			8	132567,132576,132638,132663,132667,132674,132678,132679	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	419	323	67	132494,132498,132500,132504,132507,132515,132516,132517,132518,132520,132529,132536,132549,132550,132553,132554,132555,132556,132558,132559,132564,132565,132567,132568,132576,132586,132588,132591,132592,132597,132601,132605,132606,132607,132611,132612,132613,132615,132617,132619,132620,132623,132624,132634,132635,132636,132638,132646,132649,132656,132667,132668,132669,132673,132683,132692,132694,132697,132701,132705,132710,132712,132713,132717,132727,132728,132730	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆			1	132705	33
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	132679,132724	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			63	132492,132493,132495,132498,132499,132501,132504,132506,132507,132508,132510,132511,132513,132514,132515,132519,132521,132522,132523,132524,132525,132526,132527,132530,132532,132533,132535,132537,132538,132540,132542,132543,132549,132551,132556,132557,132559,132565,132567,132571,132572,132573,132574,132577,132578,132583,132587,132644,132648,132650,132672,132684,132689,132690,132691,132696,132698,132700,132702,132703,132707,132717,132732	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	359	323	1	132624	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			6	132494,132498,132515,132521,132567,132660	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	132498,132608	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	132514	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	132685	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			10	132497,132498,132506,132532,132564,132567,132601,132640,132666,132695	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	360	360	32	132485,132496,132579,132586,132589,132590,132593,132596,132597,132598,132599,132604,132627,132628,132629,132630,132632,132636,132637,132638,132639,132647,132652,132653,132655,132656,132657,132658,132675,132688,132711,132714	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	359	323	7	132612,132613,132615,132623,132624,132626,132705	5674
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	132600	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			4	132567,132667,132668,132713	5800
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	359	323	1	132624	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	419	323	7	132534,132539,132591,132624,132694,132710,132711	17380
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	360	360	1	132591	89
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	132497	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			2	132495,132540	485
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	359	323	1	132624	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	419	323	60	132495,132497,132498,132506,132507,132515,132516,132517,132520,132521,132522,132531,132532,132534,132549,132551,132552,132553,132554,132556,132558,132559,132560,132564,132565,132567,132568,132579,132586,132588,132589,132591,132593,132601,132602,132611,132612,132613,132615,132617,132623,132624,132626,132628,132634,132640,132645,132649,132653,132659,132660,132661,132673,132675,132683,132688,132694,132697,132705,132715	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			3	132504,132507,132529	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	360	323	7	132567,132568,132624,132661,132669,132683,132705	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	419	323	57	132485,132486,132494,132496,132516,132517,132518,132520,132531,132534,132539,132548,132549,132550,132552,132554,132555,132556,132557,132559,132565,132567,132568,132576,132579,132586,132589,132591,132593,132594,132601,132602,132611,132623,132624,132629,132632,132633,132637,132645,132647,132653,132660,132668,132669,132670,132673,132683,132694,132697,132701,132710,132711,132714,132717,132730,132734	61156
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆			1	132705	37
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	132498,132734	5614
Sarmientite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O			1	132609	8
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			6	132514,132541,132552,132560,132567,132577	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	132520,132634	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			4	132499,132707,132708,132732	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	419	323	47	132494,132516,132517,132518,132520,132549,132550,132553,132554,132556,132559,132565,132567,132568,132576,132586,132588,132591,132611,132612,132613,132615,132617,132619,132620,132623,132624,132634,132635,132636,132646,132649,132656,132668,132669,132673,132683,132686,132692,132693,132694,132697,132705,132710,132713,132728,132730	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	360	360	2	132668,132683	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	419	323	1	132710	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	360	360	2	132486,132683	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			2	132639,132686	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	132567	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	359	323	4	132520,132586,132624,132639	5317
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			10	132505,132506,132528,132544,132546,132560,132561,132562,132563,132567	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			2	132545,132563	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	132498,132562	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	419	323	7	132486,132580,132582,132595,132596,132691,132710	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	132497	1395
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	343	323	1	132623	251
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			2	132679,132680	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			4	132498,132562,132676,132679	5251

14 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-01001	360	360	Devonian-Mississippian					S	200040	Smucker Prospect (Charlie; Patti; Puzzle; Ambler 4-B), Kiana District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Smucker	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
sedexmvt-00236	343.8	332.2	338±5.8 Ma (Re-Os on pyrite)	Re-Os on pyrite					198501	Lik; SU Prospect, Lisburne District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Su (Lik south)	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00220	331	323	Late Mississippian		host rock age				193639	Anarraaq Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Lisburne District (Red Dog District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Anarraaq	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00441	343	333	338±5						193639	Anarraaq Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Lisburne District (Red Dog District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Anarraaq	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00228	359	323	Mississippian		host rock age				19486	Red Dog Mine, Lisburne District (Red Dog District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Lik	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00233	344.1	332.5	338.3±5.8 Ma (Re-Os on pyrite)	Re-Os on pyrite					19486	Red Dog Mine, Lisburne District (Red Dog District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Red Dog	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00485	359	323	Mississippian						19486	Red Dog Mine, Lisburne District (Red Dog District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Red Dog	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
vms-00983	360	360	Devonian-Mississippian					S	196312	Arctic Prospect, Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Arctic	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-01004	360	360	Devonian-Mississippian					S	200235	Sunshine Creek Prospect (CS), Bud Group, Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Sunshine Creek	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00985	419	323	Devonian-Mississippian						198217	Jerry Creek Prospect (BT Claim Group), Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	BT	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-01003	419	323	Devonian-Mississippian						200220	Sun; Picnic Creek; Hot Prospects, Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Sun-Picnic Creek	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
USGS-Rb-Sr-06641	105	101	103±2	Rb-Sr	age of metamorphic crystallization	whole rock			201696	Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SP036; West Of Beaver Creek), Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06642	105	101	103±2	Rb-Sr	age of metamorphic crystallization	biotite			201696	Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SP036; West Of Beaver Creek), Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06643	105	101	103±2	Rb-Sr	age of metamorphic crystallization	muscovite	Muscovite		201696	Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SP036; West Of Beaver Creek), Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

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