Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Galena Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 28908
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28908.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Galena Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Arctic Mine
Bluebird Mine
Calumet
Cream Mine
Dixie Mine
Elsa
Formo Mine
No Cash Deposit
Tin Can Mine

Latitude: 63°54'53"N
Longitude: 135°23'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.914722222222,-135.38722222222

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Dundasite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Malachite	Marcasite
Meneghinite	Mica	Minium	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite

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 C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Dundasite Gypsum Kaolinite Kieserite Malachite Marcasite
Meneghinite Mica Minium Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tridymite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gunningite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hawleyite ()*	Ice ()*	Ilesite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Minium ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szmikite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Zinc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	35270,35272,35274	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	35270	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	35265,35276	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	35272	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	35265,35271	413
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	35265	450
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	35268	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	35272,35274	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	35270	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	35265	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	35272,35276	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	35272	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	0		97
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	5	35265,35270,35272,35274,35276	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	35265,35270,35272,35274,35276	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Gunningite ()*	Kieserite	Zn(SO₄)·H₂O	5	35265,35266,35271,35273,35274	48
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	35265	6890
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	2	35265,35270	62
Ice ()*	Amorphous Tridymite	H₂O	1	35270	59
Ilesite ()*	Starkeyite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	35274	9
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	0		784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	35265	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	35272	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	35272	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	35272	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	0		158
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	0		247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	35270,35272	17380
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	35265	428
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	35265	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	3	35270,35272,35274	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	4	35265,35270,35272,35274	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	35270,35272,35274,35276	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	35270,35272,35274,35276	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	0		293
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	35265	1153
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	0		179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	35265,35270,35272,35274,35276	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4	35265,35270,35272,35274	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	35265,35270,35271,35272,35274,35276	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	3	35270,35272,35274	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0		3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	35270	2045
Szmikite ()*	Kieserite	Mn(SO₄)·H₂O	2	35265,35274	14
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	35265	139
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	35274	5317
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	1	35270	52

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061052	Elsa, Galena Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon, Canada	https://rruff.info/R061052

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