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Locality Name:
Jason Deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 203637
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203637.html

Tectonic Settings: Passive Margin

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jason Deposit, Macmillan Pass, 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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Benstonite  (*)Celsian  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Norsethite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)239335903092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)393359011547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2393359083
Benstonite  (*)NoneBa6Ca6Mg(CO3)13393359017
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)3933590100
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393359027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239335909617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123933590663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393359024243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)439335905591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2393359017380
Norsethite  (*)NoneBaMg(CO3)2393359030
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393359039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S839335909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2393359061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)39335906417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393359021482
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)3933590251



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-00065383359Late Devonian host rock age      203637Jason Deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaJasonTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00097393359Middle–Late Devonian        203637Jason Deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaJasonSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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