Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 198263
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-198263.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jumbo Mine, Kennecott, Nizina District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°31'18"N
Longitude: 142°49'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.521666666667,-142.82055555556

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.

Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Anilite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Idaite ()*
Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Covellite Digenite Enargite Malachite None Not in a structural group Orpiment
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	88
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	246
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	142
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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