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Locality Name:
Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 83.6

mindat Locality ID: 45767
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45767.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Bailey Deposit
Canada Tungsten Mine
Cassiar Mts
Cassiar Pegmatite Area
Coal River
Faro
Fiddler Yukon Mine
Finlayson Lake Camp
Howard's Pass Deposit
Itsi Mt.
Itsy Mts
JC Tin Skarn Deposit
Logtung Claims
Macmillan Pass
Mount Hundare Mine
Seagull Batholith
St Cyr Range
Ting Creek Intrusion
Tintina
True Blue Beryl Property (Shark Claims)
Tsa Da Glisza Property (Regal Ridge)
Watson Lake
Wolverine Creek

Latitude: 61°11'59"N
Longitude: 130°20'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.199722222222,-130.34694444444

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 Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O Os P Pb Pt REE Ru S Sb Si Sn Th Ti V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAstrophylliteAuricuprideBaryte
BerylBournoniteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCerchiaraiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbite
CopperCorundumCubaniteCylindriteDanburiteDiasporeEdingtoniteEpidoteEudialyteFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGeocroniteGillespiteGypsumHumiteHyalotekiteKaoliniteKobellite
LöllingiteLapieiteMalachiteMarcasiteMargarosaniteMeliliteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOwyheeitePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSapphirine
ScheeliteSerpentineSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopaz
TourmalineTridymiteWollastoniteWurtziteWöhleriteZircon

128 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Albite  (*)Alforsite  (*)
Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Bavsiite  (*)Benstonite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cancrinite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celsian  (*)Cerchiaraite-(Al)  (*)Cerchiaraite-(Fe)  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cymrite  (*)Danalite  (*)Danburite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Edingtonite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erlichmanite  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferrokinoshitalite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Franckeite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geocronite  (*)Gillespite  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iridium  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Itsiite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lapieite  (*)Laurite  (*)Låvenite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Malayaite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Meierite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)
Muirite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nordenskiöldine  (*)Norsethite  (*)
Osmium  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pellyite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Polydymite  (*)Potassic-magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Robinsonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanbornite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Suzukiite  (*)Taramellite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Tintinaite  (*)Titanite  (*)Titantaramellite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Variscite  (*)Walstromite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212683.6235322,353603419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61353541022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]135354133
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)235350,353548803
Alforsite  (*)ApatiteBa5(PO4)3Cl1353405
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1353541627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312683.6535325,35340,35344,35351,353601534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)54183.6235329,353602734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2393359235347,353483092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1353401036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4135322708
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2135354295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS541359935325,35329,35344,35345,35348,35350,35351,35354,353569052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F135354161
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61353542060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21353305509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)393359335340,35347,3534811547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2393359235347,3534883
Bavsiite  (*)NoneBa2V2O2[Si4O12]1353401
Benstonite  (*)NoneBa6Ca6Mg(CO3)13393359235347,3534817
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18635326,35344,35345,35351,35357,353584286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi335322,35325,353451966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41353255516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3541495235329,353561089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12683.6835322,35325,35327,35344,35350,35351,35358,3536027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O135354232
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2535325,35330,35344,35350,353515171
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)393359335340,35347,35348100
Cerchiaraite-(Al)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Al4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]1353404
Cerchiaraite-(Fe)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Fe3+4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]235340,353416
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12683.61353604979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1353255707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS254183.61435321,35322,35329,35330,35337,35340,35344,35347,35348,35351,35353,35356,35358,3536027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2135354285
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4235358,353613902
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3135322802
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O39335913534846
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S235344,3535158
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8135325148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)135325498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612683.6535325,35340,35341,35345,353604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23933591353489895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)135358648
Edingtonite  (*)EdingtoniteBa(Si3Al2)O10·4H2O13534026
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)435322,35344,35351,353548173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2135361110
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2135354182
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)135358551
Ferrokinoshitalite  (*)NoneBaFe2+3(Si2Al2)O10(OH)21353404
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F444433235337,353542740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239383.61135322,35325,35330,35344,35345,35347,35350,35351,35354,35357,353609617
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.913532752
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12393359135347663
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)13534017
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS54183.61135327,35329,35330,35337,35345,35347,35348,35349,35354,35356,3536024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23135327133
Gillespite  (*)GillespiteBaFe2+Si4O101353409
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5414951353297437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312683.6235345,353601544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O541495235329,353586890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2135354209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6335340,35344,35351741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312683.6435350,35354,35358,3536014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O44483.6235337,353601689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31353505433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr135361162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe135361128
Itsiite  (*)HyalotekiteBa2Ca(BSi2O7)21353411
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14135356784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61353582228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4393359235347,353485591
Lapieite  (*)LapieiteCuNiSbS31353532
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2135361226
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)413535458
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2135325762
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1353531487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O454183.6635321,35329,35344,35351,35354,3536014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2335330,35356,3535812537
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)335325,35344,3535140
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2541359635329,35344,35348,35351,35353,353565674
Meierite  (*)NoneBa44Si66Al30O192Cl25(OH)331353401
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)435322,35326,35350,353544924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS444433235337,353531066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2444433435337,35345,35354,353585800
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5   0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)213535445
Muirite  (*)NoneBa10Ca2Mn2+TiSi10O30(OH,Cl,F)101353403
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2393359435336,35347,35348,3535017380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)135354884
Nordenskiöldine  (*)NoneCaSn(BO3)213532516
Norsethite  (*)NoneBaMg(CO3)2393359235347,3534830
Osmium  (*)NoneOs135361169
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S2813535689
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS444433235337,35353767
Pellyite  (*)NoneBa2CaFe2+2Si6O171353405
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2235354,353582273
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4444433235337,35353131
Potassic-magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21353535
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS254183.61535327,35329,35337,35340,35341,35344,35345,35347,35348,35350,35351,35353,35356,35358,3536039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S854183.61235321,35322,35329,35337,35340,35344,35347,35348,35351,35354,35356,353609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO239383.61935322,35326,35327,35330,35336,35340,35341,35344,35345,35347,35348,35349,35350,35351,35353,35354,35356,35358,3536061156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2135354375
Robinsonite  (*)NonePb4Sb6S1313535639
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21353505614
Sanbornite  (*)NoneBaSi2O513534013
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)635321,35322,35325,35330,35345,353584894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)235350,353582705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)393359335336,35347,353486417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)44483.6235337,353602473
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl135354444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS54183.61635322,35327,35329,35330,35337,35340,35341,35344,35345,35347,35348,35349,35351,35354,35356,3536021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41353531934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4135327668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31353543418
Suzukiite  (*)NoneBaV4+Si2O71353404
Taramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Fe3+,Ti)4O2[B2Si8O27]Clx1353408
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13541433435329,35337,35353,353565317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1353501006
Tintinaite  (*)KobellitePb10Cu2Sb16S3513535624
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O235322,353544899
Titantaramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Ti,Fe3+,Mg)4(O,OH)2[B2Si8O27]Clx13534010
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21353501476
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3135340212
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O135343301
Walstromite  (*)MargarosaniteBaCa2Si3O91353408
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)393359435340,35341,35347,35348251
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31353251247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS44483.6235337,35360372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)335350,35354,353585251



12 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
sedexmvt-00058541495Cambrian host rock age      248542Anvil Mine, Faro, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaFaroTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00090541521Early Cambrian        248542Anvil Mine, Faro, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaFaroSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
vms-00380390390Devonian       S192120Ice Deposit, Finlayson Lake Camp, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaIceMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00381330330Mississippian       S192118Kudz Ze Kayah Deposit, Finlayson Lake Camp, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaKudz Ze KayahMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00383360360Devonian-Mississippian       S192116Wolverine Deposit, Finlayson Lake Camp, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaWolverineMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
sedexmvt-00064444433Early Silurian host rock age      41743Howard's Pass Deposit, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaHowards PassTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00096444433Early Silurian        41743Howard's Pass Deposit, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaHowards PassSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00065383359Late Devonian host rock age      203637Jason Deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaJasonTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00097393359Middle–Late Devonian        203637Jason Deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaJasonSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00082383359Late Devonian host rock age      194139Tom Deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaTomTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00134393359Middle–Late|Devonian        194139Tom Deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaTomSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedznpb-0011512683.6mid-Cretaceous        627Sa Dena Hes Mine, Watson Lake, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaMt. HundereSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060185MW Claim, Screw Creek, Cassiar Mts, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060185
R061079MW Claim, Screw Creek, Cassiar Mts, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R061079
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
R110163Tintina Silver Mines, Tintina, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R110163


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