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Locality Name:
Locality 16, Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 244280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Locality 16, Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeApatiteArrojaditeCeriteChildreniteEpsomiteFairfielditeGypsumHoltedahliteNone
QuartzVivianiteWagneriteWicksite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Alluaudite  (*)Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Bobierrite  (*)Brushite  (*)Collinsite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Ernstite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Marićite  (*)Metaswitzerite  (*)
Nahpoite  (*)Quartz  (*)Satterlyite  (*)Strengite  (*)Switzerite  (*)
Whitlockite  (*)Wicksite  (*)Wolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3094
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2050
Bobierrite  (*)VivianiteMg3(PO4)2·8H2O017
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O0104
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O038
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Ernstite  (*)Childrenite(Mn2+,Fe3+)Al(PO4)(OH,O)207
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Marićite  (*)NoneNaFe2+(PO4)08
Metaswitzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O022
Nahpoite  (*)NoneNa2(PO3OH)05
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Satterlyite  (*)Holtedahlite(Fe2+,Mg,Fe3+)12(PO3OH)(PO4)5(OH,O)602
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O021
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)60104
Wicksite  (*)WicksiteNaCa2Fe2+2(Fe3+,Mn2+,Fe2+)4(PO4)6·2H2O03
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)043


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070273Locality 16, Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070273

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