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


mindat Locality ID: 19929
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19929.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 60°38'6"N
Longitude: 135°2'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.635,-135.03861111111
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: Al Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDigeniteEpidoteGarnetHumiteMicaNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTalcTitaniteValleriite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Bornite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Humite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spinel  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S40154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F2080
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070330Little Chief Mine, Whitehorse Copper Belt, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070330

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