Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 285602
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285602.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Anvil Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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: As Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Gypsum Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

13 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	541	495	1	35329	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	541	495	1	35329	9052
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	541	495	1	35329	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	541	495	1	35329	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	495	1	35329	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	541	495	1	35329	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	541	495	1	35329	6890
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	541	495	1	35329	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	541	495	1	35329	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	495	1	35329	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	541	495	1	35329	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	495	1	35329	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	541	495	1	35329	5317

2 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
	sedexmvt-00058	541	495	Cambrian		host rock age									248542	Anvil Mine, Faro, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Faro	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00090	541	521	Early Cambrian											248542	Anvil Mine, Faro, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Faro	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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