Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 143813
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143813.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitehorse Copper Belt, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Anaconda Mine
Arctic Chief Mine
Bear Cub Deposit
Best Chance Mine
Big Chief Mine
Black Cub North
Black Cub South
Cowley Park Mine
Gem Deposit
Grafter Mine
Keewenaw Mine
Little Chief Mine
Middle Chief Mine
Pueblo Mine
Valerie Mine
War Eagle Mine

Latitude: 60°38'5"N
Longitude: 135°2'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.634722222222,-135.03861111111

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Valleriite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Humite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Posnjakite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Valleriite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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: Al As Au C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Valleriite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	35416,35417,35425	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	35421	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	35424	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	35424	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	35423	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	7	35410,35413,35416,35417,35420,35421,35425	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	35420,35424,35425	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1	35421	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	35416,35420,35421,35425	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	35413,35416,35417,35419,35420,35421,35423,35424,35425	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	35420,35423	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	35420,35425	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	35416,35425	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	35420,35425	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	35416,35423	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	35421	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	5	35411,35416,35417,35419,35421	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	35419,35420,35421	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	35420	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	35411,35420	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	35416	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	35421,35423	14640
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	1	35421	80
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	11	35411,35412,35413,35415,35416,35417,35418,35419,35421,35424,35425	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	35410,35413,35419,35420,35423	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	35417,35425	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	0		495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	35421	2273
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	0		309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	35421,35424,35425	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	35424	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	35420,35421	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	35421	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0		3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	35416,35421	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	35421	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	35417,35425	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	3	35418,35421,35425	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	35417,35425	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	35419,35420,35421	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070330	Little Chief Mine, Whitehorse Copper Belt, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	https://rruff.info/R070330

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