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Locality Name:
Watson Lake, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 126
Youngest recorded age at locality: 83.6

mindat Locality ID: 282279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Watson Lake, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sa Dena Hes Mine

Latitude: 60°31'3"N
Longitude: 128°52'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.5175,-128.87722222222

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	Garnet	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite Garnet Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

19 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	126	83.6	1	35360	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	126	83.6	1	35360	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	126	83.6	1	35360	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	126	83.6	1	35360	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	126	83.6	1	35360	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	126	83.6	1	35360	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	126	83.6	1	35360	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	126	83.6	1	35360	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	126	83.6	1	35360	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	126	83.6	1	35360	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	126	83.6	1	35360	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	126	83.6	1	35360	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	126	83.6	1	35360	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	126	83.6	1	35360	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	126	83.6	1	35360	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	126	83.6	1	35360	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	126	83.6	1	35360	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	126	83.6	1	35360	21482
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	126	83.6	1	35360	372

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
	sedznpb-00115	126	83.6	mid-Cretaceous											627	Sa Dena Hes Mine, Watson Lake, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Mt. Hundere	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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