Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lik; SU Prospect, Lisburne District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 343.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 332.2

mindat Locality ID: 198501
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-198501.html

Tectonic Settings: Passive Margin

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lik; SU Prospect, Lisburne District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 68°10'12"N
Longitude: 163°11'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.17,-163.19

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.

Bournonite	Calcite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bournonite Calcite Marcasite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	343.8	332.2	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	343.8	332.2	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	343.8	332.2	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	343.8	332.2	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	343.8	332.2	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	343.8	332.2	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	343.8	332.2	21482

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
	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

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