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


mindat Locality ID: 32771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carcross, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canada": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Arctic Caribou (Big Thing) Mine
Carcross (village)
Tagish Lake
Union Mine
Yukon Antimony Mine

Latitude: 60°0'52"N
Longitude: 134°33'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.014444444444,-134.56027777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBarringeriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopper
DiamondGarnetGypsumIronKaňkiteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteSymplesiteTalcTetrahedrite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)Stibnite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Yukonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S235378,353792793
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31353761534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS435373,35378,35379,353809052
Barringerite  (*)Barringerite(Fe,Ni)2P13537622
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6135379413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13537627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1353794979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1353795707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2435373,35378,35379,3538027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41353763902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81353761756
Diamond  (*)DiamondC135376697
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8135379126
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61353764135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21353769895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6135376944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1353761188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS535373,35378,35379,35380,3538124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13537930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1353762812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1353766890
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O1913537680
Iron  (*)IronFe1353761089
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14235378,35379784
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O13537938
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O413537698
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1353761487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413537614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213537912537
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81353761512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3135376495
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3235378,353791425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2335373,35379,3538039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81353769056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2435373,35378,35379,3538061156
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O13537917
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS235378,35379712
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O135376301
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O235373,353791153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1353766417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS535373,35378,35379,35380,3538121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41353761934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3235373,353813418
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O335375,35378,3537992
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)135376703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21353763337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131353795317
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O235378,3537929



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X100001Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/X100001


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