Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 248512
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248512.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keewenaw Mine, Whitehorse Copper Belt, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Malachite
None	Quartz	Serpentine

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 O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Diaspore Epidote Malachite
None Quartz Serpentine

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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