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Locality Name:
Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 231

mindat Locality ID: 108063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 63
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Anvil District
Canadian Creek
Carcross
Crescent Lake
Evelyn Creek Rhodonite Claims
Hayes Creek
Kluane District
Miles Ridge
Mount Nansen Mines
Mt Skukum Deposit
Risby Deposit
Wheaton River District
Whitehorse
Whitehorse Copper Belt

Latitude: 61°16'13"N
Longitude: 135°55'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.270277777778,-135.91916666667

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteAuricuprideBarringeriteBaryteBowieite
BrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiamondDiasporeDigeniteDjerfisheriteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GypsumHexahydriteHumiteIronKaoliniteKaňkiteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelonite
MicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePalygorskitePentlanditePerovskite
PotaritePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStibniteStillwateriteSymplesiteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedrite
TitaniteUllmanniteValleriiteVesuvianiteWollastonite

151 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barringerite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bowieite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cooperite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diaphorite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erlichmanite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geversite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hibonite  (*)
Hollingworthite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Humite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iridium  (*)
Iron  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaňkite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kashinite  (*)Keithconnite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Laurite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Mertieite-II  (*)Miassite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Moncheite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Osmium  (*)
Owensite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Platinum  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Quenstedtite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sudburyite  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Vasilite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Yukonite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S235378,353792793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2535382,35402,35416,35417,354253419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)235390,353958803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe233231235387,35391489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6135395966
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3335376,35382,354211534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1353951588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21353953092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1354093250
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S823323113539167
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS233231735373,35378,35379,35380,35391,35409,354249052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61354242060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2635401,35402,35404,35407,35409,354235509
Barringerite  (*)Barringerite(Fe,Ni)2P13537622
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)541231735363,35364,35365,35366,35371,35391,3539511547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6135379413
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31353711935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41435389,35399,35402,35404,35405,35407,35409,35410,35413,35416,35417,35420,35421,354255516
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S313538733
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb233231135391175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6233231235388,354091633
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2135383101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)835376,35395,35402,35404,35409,35420,35424,3542527770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4135421154
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21353715171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1353794979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S735379,35389,35409,35416,35420,35421,354255707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22332312435373,35378,35379,35380,35388,35389,35391,35392,35395,35396,35399,35402,35404,35405,35409,35413,35416,35417,35419,35420,35421,35423,35424,3542527198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2135400162
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4233231435376,35387,35390,353913902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O233231535388,35402,35409,35420,354233531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4235420,35425951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81353761756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS233231135391966
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS135387124
Copper  (*)CopperCu535389,35392,35409,35416,354253846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS233231535389,35391,35409,35420,354254165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O435389,35409,35416,354232970
Diamond  (*)DiamondC135376697
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8135379126
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1354211027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61135376,35387,35396,35404,35405,35409,35411,35416,35417,35419,354214135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21353769895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6235371,35376944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)233231935382,35391,35395,35402,35407,35409,35419,35420,354218173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2135390110
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)135371551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21353959617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1353761188
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3135394105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5412311035363,35366,35373,35378,35379,35380,35381,35391,35395,3540924243
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb223323113539138
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)335371,35409,354207437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2332311035371,35379,35385,35387,35391,35395,35397,35405,35411,3542030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC541495435363,35371,35376,354162812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31353821544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O233231435376,35388,35395,354066890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2135382209
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2135392205
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6135382741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3135387104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3635371,35395,35399,35409,35421,3542314640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te233231235387,35391804
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O233231135388251
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O1913537680
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS233231135391119
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)135371469
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F213542180
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3233231235371,353915433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr233231235390,35391162
Iron  (*)IronFe1353761089
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe233231235387,35391128
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14235378,35379784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6235395,354092228
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O13537938
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41353955591
Kashinite  (*)BowieiteIr2S313538729
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te713538740
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)233231135391116
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1354091271
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2233231235390,35391226
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4135390311
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O413537698
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1353761487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45412311835363,35376,35391,35392,35404,35405,35409,35411,35412,35413,35415,35416,35417,35418,35419,35421,35424,3542514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22332311135379,35388,35402,35404,35407,35409,35410,35413,35419,35420,3542312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2233231235388,353915674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8135392161
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2233231135391207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2233231135391155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.523323113539144
Miassite  (*)NoneRh17S1513538710
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe233231135391114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1353921066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2535396,35405,35409,35417,354255800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2233231135391133
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2541495235363,3539517380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs233231135391633
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1354092349
Osmium  (*)NoneOs135390169
Owensite  (*)Djerfisherite(Ba,Pb)6(Cu1+,Fe,Ni)25S272332311353912
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O135395306
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS233231135391767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8233231435376,35388,35391,353921512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3235376,35409495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21354212273
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17135400100
Platinum  (*)CopperPt233231235387,35391485
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O135409309
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22Cl21353829
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3235378,353791425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25412311335363,35365,35366,35373,35379,35380,35388,35391,35395,35396,35421,35424,3542539462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2135395771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8541231835363,35376,35388,35391,35392,35396,35409,354249056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25414951435363,35371,35373,35378,35379,35380,35382,35383,35395,35402,35407,35409,35420,3542161156
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O13537917
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS235378,35379712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)235383,353951711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)135383969
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O233231135388293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22332311353915614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O135376301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1353964894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O235373,353791153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1353766417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4233231135391249
Silver  (*)CopperAg235389,353955186
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi23323113539144
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2233231135391337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5412311235363,35366,35373,35378,35379,35380,35381,35382,35388,35391,35395,3540921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4235376,354211934
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb223323113539175
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3335373,35381,354093418
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb23323113539146
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O335375,35378,3537992
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)135376703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2233231535376,35391,35409,35416,354213337
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)135383240
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S235371,35385510
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe23323113539166
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13235379,354095317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O233231335391,35409,354214899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2235417,354252562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS233231135391293
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]435409,35418,35421,35425237
Vasilite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)713538711
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101354091395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4233231135391380
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3435405,35409,35417,354251247
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O235378,3537929
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)233231535388,35409,35419,35420,354211025



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_668Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion
Michelle_690Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


8 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
sedznpb-00087541521Early Cambrian        194614Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, CanadaDy/Grum/VangordaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00055541495Cambrian host rock age      194618DY Deposit, Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, CanadaDyTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedexmvt-00062541495Cambrian host rock age      194616Grum Deposit, Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, CanadaGrumTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedexmvt-00081541495Cambrian host rock age      194619Swim Deposit, Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, CanadaSwimTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00133541521Early Cambrian        194619Swim Deposit, Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, CanadaSwimSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00084541495Cambrian host rock age      194617Vangora Deposit, Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, CanadaVangordaTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
Michelle_668233231232±1 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu250348Canalask Mine, Kluane District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, CanadaCanalaskHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See 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).
Michelle_690233231>232±1 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu9386Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE Deposit, Kluane District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, CanadaWellgreenHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See 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).


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X100001Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/X100001
R070330Little Chief Mine, Whitehorse Copper Belt, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070330


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