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Locality Name:
Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75.33
Youngest recorded age at locality: 72

mindat Locality ID: 284573
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284573.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Casino Mine

Latitude: 62°44'10"N
Longitude: 138°49'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.736111111111,-138.82888888889
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteArsenicBrochantiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)75.33721351921588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)274721351925509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi74721351921966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS474721351925516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)674721351921633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO274721351925171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O7472135192925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S74721351925707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2747213519227198
Copper  (*)CopperCu74721351923846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS74721351924165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O74721351922970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S74721351921027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)74721351928173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O7472135192345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS747213519224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)75.33721351927437
Gold  (*)CopperAu747213519230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O75.33721351926890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3747213519214640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)674721351922228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)474721351925591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4747213519214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2747213519212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS275.3374.081351925800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O74721351921508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)275.337213519217380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)7472135192186
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2747213519239462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS747213519221482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO74721351921101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1374721351925317


5 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
EG96_1461-0000174.6674.174.38±0.28Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite  206383Casino Mine, Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, CanadaCasinoSelby and Creaser (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1461EG96_1461 
EG96_1461-0000274.6474.0874.36±0.28Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite  206383Casino Mine, Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, CanadaCasinoSelby and Creaser (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1461EG96_1461 
EG96_1461-0000374.9774.4174.69±0.28Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite  206383Casino Mine, Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, CanadaCasinoSelby and Creaser (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1461EG96_1461 
EG96_1461-0000475.3374.7775.05±0.28Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite  206383Casino Mine, Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, CanadaCasinoSelby and Creaser (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1461EG96_1461 
PorphCu-00447747274-72      Bismuth, Bornite, Brochantite, Cassiterite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, NeotociteCu206383Casino Mine, Coffee Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, CanadaCasinoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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