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Locality Name:
Mount Williams, Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 278432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Williams, Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Blende Deposit (Will Claim)

Latitude: 64°24'0"N
Longitude: 134°39'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.4,-134.66638888889

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: Ag C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Brucite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)160010001353162734
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)216001000135316462
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21600100013531627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS160010001353164165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2160010001353169895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1216001000135316663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1600140013531624243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21600100013531639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21600100013531661156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)160010001353162473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1600100013531621482



4 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
EG90_369_0001138013761378 ± 2U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  194815Blende Deposit (Will Claim), Mount Williams, Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, CanadaBlende depositRobinson (1995) EG90_369 
EG90_369_0002160014001500 ± 100Pb-Pbmineralizationgalena   Galena  194815Blende Deposit (Will Claim), Mount Williams, Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, CanadaBlende depositRobinson (1995) EG90_369 
sedexmvt-0004716001000Mesoproterozoic host rock age      194815Blende Deposit (Will Claim), Mount Williams, Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, CanadaBlendeTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00074150014001500–1400        194815Blende Deposit (Will Claim), Mount Williams, Wernecke Mts, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, CanadaBlendeSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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