Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 194614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
DY Deposit
Faro Deposit
Grum Deposit
SB Deposit
Sea Deposit
Swim Deposit
Vangora Deposit

Latitude: 62°15'40"N
Longitude: 133°13'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.261111111111,-133.2175

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.

Baryte	Clay	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Ba C Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	541	495	3	35364,35365,35366	11547
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	495	1	35366	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	541	495	0		2812
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	541	495	0		14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	495	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	495	2	35365,35366	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	541	495	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	495	0		61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	495	1	35366	21482

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedznpb-00087	541	521	Early Cambrian		194614	Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Dy/Grum/Vangorda	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00055	541	495	Cambrian	host rock age	194618	DY Deposit, Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Dy	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00062	541	495	Cambrian	host rock age	194616	Grum Deposit, Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Grum	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00081	541	495	Cambrian	host rock age	194619	Swim Deposit, Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Swim	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00133	541	521	Early Cambrian		194619	Swim Deposit, Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Swim	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00084	541	495	Cambrian	host rock age	194617	Vangora Deposit, Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Vangorda	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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