Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Comstock-Keno Mine, Keno Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 243800
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243800.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Comstock-Keno Mine, Keno Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 63°57'0"N
Longitude: 135°13'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.95,-135.21666666667

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	Kieserite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrochlore	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gunningite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hawleyite ()*	Malachite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: As C Ca Cd Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cd Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum Kieserite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrochlore Rocksalt Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gunningite ()*	Kieserite	Zn(SO₄)·H₂O	48
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	62
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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