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Locality Name:
Howard's Pass Deposit, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 444
Youngest recorded age at locality: 433

mindat Locality ID: 41743
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41743.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Howard's Pass Deposit, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°28'33"N
Longitude: 129°24'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.475833333333,-129.40222222222
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2444433027198
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F44443302740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS444433024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O44443301689
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS44443301066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS244443305800
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4444330767
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S44444330131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2444433039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S844443309056
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)44443302473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS444433021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1344443305317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS4444330372


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-00064444433Early Silurian host rock age      41743Howard's Pass Deposit, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaHowards PassTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00096444433Early Silurian        41743Howard's Pass Deposit, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaHowards PassSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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