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Locality Name:
Whitehorse, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 245940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitehorse, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Empress Of India Mine
McIntyre Creek
Riverdale
Spring Creek
Whitehorse (Town)

Latitude: 60°43'16"N
Longitude: 135°3'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.721111111111,-135.05666666667
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGypsumMalachiteMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzSpinelWollastonite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Quartz  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
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)21354023419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2335402,35404,354075509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4435402,35404,35405,354075516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)235402,3540427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2335402,35404,3540527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1354023531
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6235404,354054135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)235402,354078173
Gold  (*)CopperAu13540530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1354066890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4235404,3540514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2335402,35404,3540712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21354055800
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2235402,3540761156
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31354051247


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