Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kluane District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 233
Youngest recorded age at locality: 231

mindat Locality ID: 215062
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215062.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kluane District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Burwash Creek
Canalask Mine
Canyon City Deposit
Florence Creek
Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE Deposit

Latitude: 61°27'55"N
Longitude: 139°31'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.465277777778,-139.5275

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.

Allophane	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Bowieite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Djerfisherite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melonite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stillwaterite	Talc	Tetradymite	Titanite	Ullmannite

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Na Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Bowieite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Djerfisherite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Hexahydrite Malachite Marcasite
Melonite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stillwaterite Talc Tetradymite Titanite Ullmannite

70 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Bowieite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cooperite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Erlichmanite ()*	Galena ()*	Geversite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedleyite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kashinite ()*	Keithconnite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Laurite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*	Miassite ()*	Michenerite ()*
Moncheite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Osmium ()*	Owensite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rozenite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sobolevskite ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*
Titanite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Vasilite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	35390	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	233	231	2	35387,35391	489
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	233	231	1	35391	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	233	231	1	35391	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	233	231	1	35391	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	35389	5516
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃			1	35387	33
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	233	231	1	35391	175
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	233	231	1	35388	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	35389	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	233	231	3	35388,35389,35391	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	233	231	3	35387,35390,35391	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	233	231	1	35388	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	233	231	1	35391	966
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS			1	35387	124
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	35389	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	233	231	2	35389,35391	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	35389	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	35387	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	233	231	1	35391	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂			1	35390	110
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	233	231	1	35391	24243
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	233	231	1	35391	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	233	231	2	35387,35391	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	233	231	1	35388	6890
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃			1	35387	104
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	233	231	2	35387,35391	804
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	233	231	1	35388	251
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	233	231	1	35391	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	233	231	1	35391	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	233	231	2	35390,35391	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	233	231	2	35387,35391	128
Kashinite ()*	Bowieite	Ir₂S₃			1	35387	29
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇			1	35387	40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	233	231	1	35391	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	233	231	2	35390,35391	226
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			1	35390	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	233	231	1	35391	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	233	231	1	35388	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	233	231	2	35388,35391	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	233	231	1	35391	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	233	231	1	35391	155
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	233	231	1	35391	44
Miassite ()*	None	Rh₁₇S₁₅			1	35387	10
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	233	231	1	35391	114
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	233	231	1	35391	133
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	233	231	1	35391	633
Osmium ()*	None	Os			1	35390	169
Owensite ()*	Djerfisherite	(Ba,Pb)₆(Cu¹⁺,Fe,Ni)₂₅S₂₇	233	231	1	35391	2
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	233	231	1	35391	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	233	231	2	35388,35391	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	233	231	2	35387,35391	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	233	231	2	35388,35391	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	233	231	2	35388,35391	9056
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	233	231	1	35388	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	233	231	1	35391	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	233	231	1	35391	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	35389	5186
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	233	231	1	35391	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	233	231	1	35391	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	233	231	2	35388,35391	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	233	231	1	35391	75
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	233	231	1	35391	46
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	233	231	1	35391	3337
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	233	231	1	35391	66
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	233	231	1	35391	4899
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	233	231	1	35391	293
Vasilite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₁₆(S,Te)₇			1	35387	11
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	233	231	1	35391	380
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	233	231	1	35388	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_668	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion
Michelle_690	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

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
	Michelle_668	233	231	232±1		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	250348	Canalask Mine, Kluane District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Canalask	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).
	Michelle_690	233	231	>232±1		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	9386	Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE Deposit, Kluane District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Wellgreen	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...