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Locality Name:
Casino Mine, Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75.33
Youngest recorded age at locality: 72

mindat Locality ID: 206383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Casino Mine, Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°44'10"N
Longitude: 138°49'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.736111111111,-138.82916666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteArsenicBrochantiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)75.337201588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2747205509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi747201966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4747205516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6747201633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2747205171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O74720925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S747205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27472027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu747203846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS747204165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O747202970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S747201027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)747208173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O74720345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7472024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)75.337207437
Gold  (*)CopperAu7472030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O75.337206890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O37472014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6747202228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4747205591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O47472014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27472012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS275.3374.0805800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O747201508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)275.3372017380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)74720186
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27472039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7472021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO747201101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13747205317


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG96_1461-0000174.6674.174.38±0.28Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite  206383Casino Mine, Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, CanadaCasinoSelby and Creaser (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1461EG96_1461 
EG96_1461-0000274.6474.0874.36±0.28Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite  206383Casino Mine, Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, CanadaCasinoSelby and Creaser (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1461EG96_1461 
EG96_1461-0000374.9774.4174.69±0.28Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite  206383Casino Mine, Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, CanadaCasinoSelby and Creaser (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1461EG96_1461 
EG96_1461-0000475.3374.7775.05±0.28Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite  206383Casino Mine, Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, CanadaCasinoSelby and Creaser (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1461EG96_1461 
PorphCu-00447747274-72      Bismuth, Bornite, Brochantite, Cassiterite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, NeotociteCu206383Casino Mine, Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, CanadaCasinoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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