Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Canalask Mine, Kluane District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 233
Youngest recorded age at locality: 231

mindat Locality ID: 250348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canalask Mine, Kluane District, Whitehorse 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

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.

Allophane	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Epidote	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Starkeyite

Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Brochantite Chalcopyrite Epidote Gypsum Hexahydrite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Sphalerite Starkeyite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	233	231	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	233	231	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	233	231	3531
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	233	231	6890
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	233	231	251
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	233	231	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	233	231	5674
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	233	231	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	233	231	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	233	231	9056
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	233	231	293
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	233	231	21482
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	233	231	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_668	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

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
	Michelle_668	233	231	232±1		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	250348	Canalask Mine, Kluane District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Canalask	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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