Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 191824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Hoover Prospect
Igor Prospect
Lala Mine (Olympic Prospect)
Mount Williams
Slab Prospect
Slats-Frosty Prospect
Slats-Wallbanger Prospect

Latitude: 64°24'0"N
Longitude: 134°39'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.4,-134.66638888889

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brannerite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brannerite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marialite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Uraninite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Brannerite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	35317	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	35312,35313,35317	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1600	1000	1	35316	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			5	35313,35314,35317,35318,35319	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	35317	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	35313,35319	11547
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆			3	35312,35317,35319	248
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1600	1000	1	35316	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	35312,35317	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1600	1000	7	35312,35313,35314,35316,35317,35318,35319	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			3	35314,35317,35319	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1600	1000	1	35316	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1600	1000	6	35312,35313,35314,35316,35318,35319	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	35317	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			4	35312,35317,35318,35319	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1600	1000	1	35316	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1600	1400	1	35316	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			6	35312,35313,35314,35317,35318,35319	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			5	35312,35313,35317,35318,35319	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	35317	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			2	35312,35317	139
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	35317	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			5	35312,35313,35317,35318,35319	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			5	35313,35314,35317,35318,35319	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1600	1000	7	35312,35313,35314,35316,35317,35318,35319	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	35317	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1600	1000	7	35312,35313,35314,35316,35317,35318,35319	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	35313	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1600	1000	1	35316	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	1000	1	35316	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	35313	2718

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
EG90_369_0001	1380	1376	1378 ± 2	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon	194815	Blende Deposit (Will Claim), Mount Williams, Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Blende deposit	Robinson (1995)	EG90_369
EG90_369_0002	1600	1400	1500 ± 100	Pb-Pb	mineralization	galena	Galena	194815	Blende Deposit (Will Claim), Mount Williams, Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Blende deposit	Robinson (1995)	EG90_369
sedexmvt-00047	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic		host rock age			194815	Blende Deposit (Will Claim), Mount Williams, Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Blende	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00074	1500	1400	1500–1400					194815	Blende Deposit (Will Claim), Mount Williams, Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Blende	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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