Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, USA

mindat Locality ID: 203149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Anvik District
Marshall District

Latitude: 62°2'38"N
Longitude: 161°26'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.043888888889,-161.44194444444

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Stibnite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	130880	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	130882	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	130880	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	130882	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	130880	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	4	130877,130878,130881,130882	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	130880	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	11	130877,130880,130881,130882,130883,130884,130885,130886,130887,130888,130889	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	130880,130883,130888,130889	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	130882,130888	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	130886	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	130880,130882,130883,130888,130889	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	130880	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	130880	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	130886	17380
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	3	130883,130888,130889	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	130880	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	130880	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	130880,130884,130886	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	130880,130882,130885	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	130880	6417
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	130878	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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