Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 5835
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5835.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Green Monster Mountain, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rex Prospect (Idela Prospect)

Latitude: 55°14'16"N
Longitude: 132°31'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.237777777778,-132.52444444444

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodonite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clintonite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodonite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

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	0		3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	100	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	105	105	1	133137	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	145	100	0		3531
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	145	100	0		86
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	105	105	1	133137	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	105	105	1	133137	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	100	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	100	0		30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	145	100	0		1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	100	0		14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	145	100	0		407
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	145	100	0		1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	105	105	1	133137	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	100	0		12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145	100	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	100	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	100	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	100	0		61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	145	100	0		969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	105	105	1	133137	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	145	100	0		4899

2 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
	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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