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Locality Name:
Anvil Mine, Faro, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 248542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anvil Mine, Faro, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteChalcopyriteDiasporeGypsumMarcasiteNickelineNonePyrite
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)54149502734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS54149509052
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS354149501089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2541495027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS541495024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)54149507437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O54149506890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4541495014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS254149505674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2541495039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S854149509056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS541495021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1354149505317



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00058541495Cambrian host rock age      248542Anvil Mine, Faro, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaFaroTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00090541521Early Cambrian        248542Anvil Mine, Faro, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaFaroSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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