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:
Tagish Lake Meteorite, Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 31218
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31218.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tagish Lake Meteorite, Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°42'15"N
Longitude: 134°12'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.704166666667,-134.20138888889

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.

Barringerite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Diamond	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Magnetoplumbite	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

Andradite ()*	Barringerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hibonite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Barringerite Calcite Chlorite Clay Diamond Garnet Gypsum Iron Magnetoplumbite Nickeline
None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P	22
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	80
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	98
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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