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Locality Name:
Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 204888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jason Deposit
Tom Deposit

Latitude: 63°9'59"N
Longitude: 130°11'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.166388888889,-130.19972222222

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Benstonite ()*
Celsian ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cymrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Norsethite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

22 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	393	359	2	35347,35348	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	393	359	1	35348	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	393	359	2	35347,35348	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	393	359	2	35347,35348	83
Benstonite ()*	None	Ba₆Ca₆Mg(CO₃)₁₃	393	359	2	35347,35348	17
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	393	359	2	35347,35348	100
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	393	359	2	35347,35348	27198
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O	393	359	1	35348	46
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	393	359	1	35348	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	393	359	1	35347	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	393	359	1	35347	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	393	359	2	35347,35348	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	393	359	2	35347,35348	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	393	359	1	35348	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	393	359	2	35347,35348	17380
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂	393	359	2	35347,35348	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	393	359	2	35347,35348	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	393	359	2	35347,35348	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	393	359	2	35347,35348	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	393	359	2	35347,35348	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	393	359	2	35347,35348	21482
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	393	359	2	35347,35348	251

4 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
sedexmvt-00065	383	359	Late Devonian	host rock age	203637	Jason Deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Jason	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00097	393	359	Middle–Late Devonian		203637	Jason Deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Jason	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00082	383	359	Late Devonian	host rock age	194139	Tom Deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Tom	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00134	393	359	Middle–Late\|Devonian		194139	Tom Deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Tom	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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