Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 194616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194616.html

Tectonic Settings: Passive Margin

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grum Deposit, Anvil 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.

Baryte	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Ba Fe O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Fe O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	541	495	11547
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	495	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	495	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	495	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedznpb-00087	541	521	Early Cambrian		Yes	194614	Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Dy/Grum/Vangorda	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
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	Yes	194619	Swim Deposit, Anvil District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Swim	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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