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Locality Name:
Windy Craggy Deposit, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 250
Youngest recorded age at locality: 250

mindat Locality ID: 239048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239048.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windy Craggy Deposit, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°39'49"N
Longitude: 137°43'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.663611111111,-137.72138888889
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 As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCubaniteDigeniteMarcasiteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStilpnomelaneValleriiteWurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)225025003092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS25025009052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)250250027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2250250027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2502500966
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32502500802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S25025001027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS250250024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu250250030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC25025002812
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS225025005674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2250250039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S825025009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2250250061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)25025006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS250250021482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O2502500456
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]2502500237


1 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
vms-00094250250Permian-Triassic       S239048Windy Craggy Deposit, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaWindy CraggyMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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