Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Goodnews Bay, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA

mindat Locality ID: 18748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goodnews Bay, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Bear Creek Mine (lower)
Bear Creek Mine (upper)
Boulder Creek Mine
Canyon Creek Prospect
Cascade Creek Prospect
Chagvan Bay Occurrence
Dry Gulch Mine
Fox Creek Mine
Fox Creek Mine (2)
Goodnews Bay Occurrence (north Shore)
Ikuk Prospect
Kuskokwim Bay Occurrence (beach From Near Platinum South To Salmon River)
Last Chance Creek Prospect
Malaria Creek Prospect
McCann Creek Occurrence
Olympic Creek Mine
Salmon River - Red Mountain District
Slate Creek Mine
Slate Creek Mine (upper)
Smalls River Prospect
South Spit Occurrence (Goodnews Bay)
Suzie Mountain Prospect
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HG017; North Tributary To Unaluk River)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - GO025; East Of Upper Tunulik River)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - GO043; Head Of Barnum Creek)
Wattamuse Creek Mine
Wattamuse Prospect

Latitude: 59°10'34"N
Longitude: 161°28'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.176111111111,-161.475

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.

Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Bowieite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar	Garnet
Melonite	Modderite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Stibnite	Stillwaterite	Ullmannite	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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe Hg Ir K Mg Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu Mg O Pb Pd Rh S Sb Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Auricupride Bowieite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Diamond Feldspar Garnet
Melonite Modderite Nickeline None Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Spinel Stibnite Stillwaterite Ullmannite Zircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Bowieite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cherepanovite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cooperite ()*	Cuproiridsite ()*	Diamond ()*
Erlichmanite ()*	Froodite ()*	Genkinite ()*	Geversite ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Hongshiite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Insizwaite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iridarsenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*
Kashinite ()*	Konderite ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mercury ()*
Mertieite-II ()*	Miassite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Niggliite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Osarsite ()*	Osmium ()*	Palladium ()*	Platarsite ()*	Platinum ()*
Polarite ()*	Potarite ()*	Mertieite-I ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodium ()*	Ruthenarsenite ()*	Rutheniridosmine ()*	Rutile ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*
Tolovkite ()*	Tulameenite ()*	Xingzhongite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	129099,129131	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	129111,129112	2060
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃	2	129105,129109	33
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	129099,129105,129128,129131	27198
Cherepanovite ()*	Modderite	RhAs	0		15
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	19	129094,129095,129098,129100,129103,129105,129106,129107,129108,129109,129110,129111,129112,129115,129118,129119,129120,129121,129125	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	129118,129119	2600
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	129120	124
Cuproiridsite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Ir³⁺Ir⁴⁺)S₄	1	129105	31
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2	129118,129119	697
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	2	129106,129109	110
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1	129108	62
Genkinite ()*	None	Pt₄Sb₃	1	129108	12
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	1	129108	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	29	129089,129090,129091,129092,129093,129095,129096,129097,129100,129102,129104,129105,129106,129107,129108,129109,129115,129118,129119,129120,129121,129122,129123,129125,129127,129128,129129,129130,129131	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	129106	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	129105	14640
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	5	129105,129106,129107,129108,129109	119
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	1	129108	27
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	9	129095,129103,129105,129106,129107,129108,129109,129118,129121	5433
Insizwaite ()*	Pyrite	PtBi₂	1	129108	15
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	3	129107,129108,129120	154
Iridarsenite ()*	None	IrAs₂	3	129107,129108,129109	13
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	7	129107,129108,129109,129118,129119,129120,129121	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	1	129108	128
Kashinite ()*	Bowieite	Ir₂S₃	1	129109	29
Konderite ()*	None	PbCu₃Rh₈S₁₆	0		4
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2	129105,129120	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	10	129095,129103,129105,129106,129107,129108,129109,129118,129121,129125	14899
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	2	129118,129119	397
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	1	129108	44
Miassite ()*	None	Rh₁₇S₁₅	1	129109	10
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	129105	133
Niggliite ()*	Nickeline	PtSn	1	129108	22
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	129128	2349
Osarsite ()*	Arsenopyrite	OsAsS	1	129105	16
Osmium ()*	None	Os	5	129105,129106,129107,129108,129109	169
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	1	129105	59
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS	1	129108	44
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	15	129091,129095,129100,129101,129103,129105,129106,129108,129109,129114,129115,129116,129117,129119,129124	485
Polarite ()*	None	Pd(Bi,Pb)	1	129108	10
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	1	129108	25
Mertieite-I ()*	None	Pd_5+x(Sb,As)_2-x (x = 0.1-0.2)	1	129108	9
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	129099,129105,129108,129131	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	129099,129131	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	129099,129128,129131	61156
Rhodium ()*	Copper	Rh	1	129108	17
Ruthenarsenite ()*	Modderite	(Ru,Ni)As	1	129108	9
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)	1	129120	47
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	8	129105,129106,129107,129108,129109,129118,129119,129120	337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	0		75
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	129131	3418
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	3	129118,129119,129120	66
Tolovkite ()*	Cobaltite	IrSbS	1	129108	13
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	2	129107,129109	48
Xingzhongite ()*	Spinel	Pb²⁺Ir³⁺₂S₄	2	129107,129108	7
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	129105	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R080088	Goodnews Bay, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA	https://rruff.info/R080088
R070258	Fox Gulch (Fox Gulch Platinum Placer), Salmon River - Red Mountain District, Goodnews Bay, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA	https://rruff.info/R070258

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