Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Salmon Bay, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 105
Youngest recorded age at locality: 105

mindat Locality ID: 222589
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222589.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salmon Bay, Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°19'8"N
Longitude: 133°10'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.318888888889,-133.17138888889

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Topaz	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Si Th Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Si Th Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Marcasite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Spinel Topaz Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	105	105	3092
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	105	105	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	105	105	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	105	105	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	105	105	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	105	105	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	105	105	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	105	105	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	105	105	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	105	105	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	105	105	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	105	105	6417
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	105	105	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	105	105	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	105	105	5251

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
	Mo-00051	105	105								Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	3290	Prince Of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA	Prince of Wales Island	G. Gehrels; personal communications

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