Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 31216
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31216.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tagish Lake Meteorite
Windy Arm

Latitude: 59°51'43"N
Longitude: 134°24'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.861944444444,-134.41361111111

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Barringerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper
Diamond	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Kaňkite	Magnetoplumbite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Symplesite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Barringerite ()*	Beudantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Diamond ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hibonite ()*	Iron ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaňkite ()*
Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Quenstedtite ()*	Realgar ()*	Saponite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Symplesite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Yukonite ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Barringerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper
Diamond Garnet Gypsum Iron Kaňkite Magnetoplumbite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Symplesite Talc Tetrahedrite

47 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	2	35378,35379	2793
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	35376	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	35378,35379	9052
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P	1	35376	22
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	35379	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	35376	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	35379	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	35379	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	35378,35379	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	35376	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	35376	1756
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	35376	697
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	35379	126
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	35376	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	35376	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	35376	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	35376	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	35378,35379	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	35379	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	35376	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	35376	6890
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	35376	80
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	35376	1089
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	35378,35379	784
Kaňkite ()*	Kaňkite	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·3.5H₂O	1	35379	38
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	35376	98
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	35376	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	35376	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	35379	12537
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	35376	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	35376	495
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	35378,35379	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	35379	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	35376	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	35378,35379	61156
Quenstedtite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·11H₂O	1	35379	17
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	35378,35379	712
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	35376	301
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	35379	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	35376	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	35378,35379	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	35376	1934
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	35378,35379	92
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	35376	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	35376	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	35379	5317
Yukonite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·4H₂O	2	35378,35379	29

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X100001	Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada	https://rruff.info/X100001

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