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Locality Name:
Sa Dena Hes Mine, Watson Lake, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 126
Youngest recorded age at locality: 83.6

mindat Locality ID: 627
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-627.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sa Dena Hes Mine, Watson Lake, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 60°31'4"N
Longitude: 128°52'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.517777777778,-128.87722222222
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteGarnetNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
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)212683.603419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312683.601534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12683.602734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12683.6027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12683.604979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212683.6027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612683.604135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212683.609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12683.6024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312683.601544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312683.6014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12683.601689
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412683.6014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212683.6039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812683.609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212683.6061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12683.602473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12683.6021482
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS12683.60372


1 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
sedznpb-0011512683.6mid-Cretaceous        627Sa Dena Hes Mine, Watson Lake, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, CanadaMt. HundereSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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