Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cash Cu Deposit, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 76.76
Youngest recorded age at locality: 76.1

mindat Locality ID: 206384
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206384.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cash Cu Deposit, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°25'0"N
Longitude: 137°37'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.416666666667,-137.61666666667

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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Spinel

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Digenite Epidote Fluorite Gypsum
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	76.76	76.1	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	76.76	76.1	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	76.76	76.1	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	76.76	76.1	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	76.76	76.1	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	76.76	76.1	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	76.76	76.1	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	76.76	76.1	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	76.76	76.1	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	76.76	76.1	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	76.76	76.1	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	76.76	76.1	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	76.76	76.1	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	76.76	76.1	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	76.76	76.1	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	76.76	76.1	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	76.76	76.1	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	76.76	76.1	39462
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	76.76	76.1	1101

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG96_1461-00005	76.76	76.14	76.45±0.31	Re-Os			molybdenite				Molybdenite			206384	Cash Cu Deposit, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Cash	Selby and Creaser (2001)	10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1461	EG96_1461
	EG96_1461-00006	76.68	76.1	76.39±0.29	Re-Os			molybdenite				Molybdenite			206384	Cash Cu Deposit, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Cash	Selby and Creaser (2001)	10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1461	EG96_1461

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