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Locality Name:
Wilson Lake, Itsi Mt., Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 259628
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259628.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilson Lake, Itsi Mt., Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gun Claim (Gunn Claim)

Latitude: 62°50'45"N
Longitude: 130°'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.845833333333,-130.00555555556
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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O P S Si Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCerchiaraiteChalcopyriteEdingtoniteFeldsparGarnetGillespiteHyalotekite
MargarosaniteMeliliteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSphalerite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Alforsite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bavsiite  (*)
Celsian  (*)Cerchiaraite-(Al)  (*)Cerchiaraite-(Fe)  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Edingtonite  (*)Ferrokinoshitalite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)Gillespite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Itsiite  (*)Meierite  (*)Muirite  (*)Pellyite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanbornite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Suzukiite  (*)
Taramellite  (*)Titantaramellite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Walstromite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alforsite  (*)ApatiteBa5(PO4)3Cl1353405
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31353401534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1353401036
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13534011547
Bavsiite  (*)NoneBa2V2O2[Si4O12]1353401
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)135340100
Cerchiaraite-(Al)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Al4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]1353404
Cerchiaraite-(Fe)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Fe3+4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]235340,353416
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213534027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6235340,353414135
Edingtonite  (*)EdingtoniteBa(Si3Al2)O10·4H2O13534026
Ferrokinoshitalite  (*)NoneBaFe2+3(Si2Al2)O10(OH)21353404
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)13534017
Gillespite  (*)GillespiteBaFe2+Si4O101353409
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6135340741
Itsiite  (*)HyalotekiteBa2Ca(BSi2O7)21353411
Meierite  (*)NoneBa44Si66Al30O192Cl25(OH)331353401
Muirite  (*)NoneBa10Ca2Mn2+TiSi10O30(OH,Cl,F)101353403
Pellyite  (*)NoneBa2CaFe2+2Si6O171353405
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2235340,3534139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81353409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2235340,3534161156
Sanbornite  (*)NoneBaSi2O513534013
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS235340,3534121482
Suzukiite  (*)NoneBaV4+Si2O71353404
Taramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Fe3+,Ti)4O2[B2Si8O27]Clx1353408
Titantaramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Ti,Fe3+,Mg)4(O,OH)2[B2Si8O27]Clx13534010
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3135340212
Walstromite  (*)MargarosaniteBaCa2Si3O91353408
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)235340,35341251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R150042Gun Claim (Gunn Claim), Wilson Lake, Itsi Mt., Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R150042
R160010Gun Claim (Gunn Claim), Wilson Lake, Itsi Mt., Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R160010
R170045Gun Claim (Gunn Claim), Wilson Lake, Itsi Mt., Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R170045
R120160Gun Claim (Gunn Claim), Wilson Lake, Itsi Mt., Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R120160
R150078Gun Claim (Gunn Claim), Wilson Lake, Itsi Mt., Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R150078
R150039Gun Claim (Gunn Claim), Wilson Lake, Itsi Mt., Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R150039
R160011Gun Claim (Gunn Claim), Wilson Lake, Itsi Mt., Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R160011
R150079Gun Claim (Gunn Claim), Wilson Lake, Itsi Mt., Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R150079

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