Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blende Deposit (Will Claim), Mount Williams, Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 194815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blende Deposit (Will Claim), Mount Williams, Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 64°24'0"N
Longitude: 134°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.4,-134.66666666667

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	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Brucite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1600	1000	2734
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1600	1000	462
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1600	1000	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1600	1000	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1600	1000	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1600	1000	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1600	1400	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1600	1000	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1600	1000	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1600	1000	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	1000	21482

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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