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Locality Name:
Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE Deposit, Kluane District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 233
Youngest recorded age at locality: 231

mindat Locality ID: 9386
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9386.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE Deposit, Kluane District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°27'55"N
Longitude: 139°31'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.465277777778,-139.5275

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	Auricupride	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Djerfisherite	Epidote	Marcasite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Talc	Titanite	Ullmannite

Altaite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Breithauptite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Geversite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*
Michenerite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Owensite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siegenite ()*	Sobolevskite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Sudburyite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Titanite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Violarite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite
Djerfisherite Epidote Marcasite Melonite Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Pyrite
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stillwaterite Talc Titanite Ullmannite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	233	231	489
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	233	231	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	233	231	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	233	231	11547
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	233	231	175
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	233	231	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	233	231	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	233	231	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	233	231	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	233	231	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	233	231	24243
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	233	231	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	233	231	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	233	231	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	233	231	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	233	231	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	233	231	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	233	231	128
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	233	231	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	233	231	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	233	231	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	233	231	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	233	231	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	233	231	155
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	233	231	44
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	233	231	114
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	233	231	133
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	233	231	633
Owensite ()*	Djerfisherite	(Ba,Pb)₆(Cu¹⁺,Fe,Ni)₂₅S₂₇	233	231	2
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	233	231	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	233	231	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	233	231	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	233	231	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	233	231	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	233	231	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	233	231	249
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	233	231	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	233	231	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	233	231	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	233	231	75
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	233	231	46
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	233	231	3337
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	233	231	66
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	233	231	4899
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	233	231	293
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	233	231	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_690	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

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
	Michelle_690	233	231	>232±1		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	9386	Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE Deposit, Kluane District, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	Wellgreen	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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