Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Whitewater Mts, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 245490
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245490.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitewater Mts, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mount Eaton

Latitude: 58°44'8"N
Longitude: 133°35'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.735555555556,-133.59972222222

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.

Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Gypsum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schwertmannite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Gypsum Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

18 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	270	270	1	29556	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	270	270	1	29556	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	270	270	1	29556	11547
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	270	270	1	29556	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	270	270	1	29556	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	270	270	1	29556	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	270	270	1	29556	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	270	270	1	29556	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	270	270	1	29556	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	270	270	1	29556	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	270	270	1	29556	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	270	270	1	29556	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	270	270	1	29556	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	270	270	1	29556	61156
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O	270	270	1	29556	37
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	270	270	1	29556	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	270	270	1	29556	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	270	270	1	29556	5317

1 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
	vms-00093	270	270	Permian										S	245492	Tulsequah Chief Mine, Mount Eaton, Whitewater Mts, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Tulsequah Chief	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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