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Locality Name:
Windy Arm, Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 10129
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10129.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windy Arm, Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Daulton Mine
Venus Mine

Latitude: 60°1'12"N
Longitude: 134°37'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.02,-134.62611111111
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: Ag As Au C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperKaňkiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSymplesiteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kaňkite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Quenstedtite  (*)Realgar  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Yukonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S235378,353792793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS235378,353799052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6135379413
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1353794979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1353795707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2235378,3537927198
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8135379126
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS235378,3537924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13537930554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14235378,35379784
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O13537938
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213537912537
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3235378,353791425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213537939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2235378,3537961156
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O13537917
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS235378,35379712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1353791153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS235378,3537921482
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O235378,3537992
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131353795317
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O235378,3537929


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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