Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Klondike Area (Klondyke District; Klondike District), Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 122872
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122872.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Klondike Area (Klondyke District; Klondike District), Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Dawson City
Grand Forks
Hunker Dome
Indian River Drainage
Klondike River Drainage
Mitchel Vein
Sheba Vein
Violet Shaft

Latitude: 63°58'55"N
Longitude: 139°19'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.981944444444,-139.33111111111

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Struvite	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Lead ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Newberyite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Struvite ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg N O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Struvite Tetrahedrite
Titanite Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	35214	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	35201,35206	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	35201	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	35196,35214	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	35215	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	35196	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	35196	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	35201	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	35196,35214	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	35201	3902
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	35201	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	35214	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	35198,35214	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	35201	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	35196,35198,35201,35202,35204,35209,35210,35212,35214	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	35201	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	35196	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	35201	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	35201	1507
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	35201	192
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	35205	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	35201	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	35201,35214	17380
Newberyite ()*	None	Mg(PO₃OH)·3H₂O	1	35205	24
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	35214	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	35214	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	35201	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	35196	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	35198,35202,35204,35213	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	35201	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	35201	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	35196	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	35201	978
Struvite ()*	Struvite	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O	1	35205	30
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	35201	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	35201	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	35201	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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