Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Arctic Prospect, Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 360

mindat Locality ID: 196312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196312.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arctic Prospect, Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 67°10'26"N
Longitude: 156°23'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.173888888889,-156.38694444444

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Talc

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stibnite Talc

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	360	360	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	360	360	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	360	360	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	360	360	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	360	360	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	360	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	360	360	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	360	360	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	360	360	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	360	360	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	360	360	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	360	360	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	360	360	3337

1 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
	vms-00983	360	360	Devonian-Mississippian										S	196312	Arctic Prospect, Shungnak District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA	Arctic	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

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