Yukon Territory, Canada

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The Yukon is divided into four mining districts with respective Mining Recorders in Watson Lake, Whitehorse, Mayo and Dawson City.
Watson Lake district is the southeast corner of the territory.
Whitehorse district is in the southwest corner of the territory.
Mayo district is in the east-central portion of the territory.
Dawson district is in the northwest portion of the territory.

For mining district locations, names and boundaries see http://maps.gov.yk.ca/imf.jsp?site=YGS

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite Actinolite Aegirine Aegirine-augite Aenigmatite Albite var: Andesine 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Alluaudite Alluaudite-NaNa Almandine Altaite Aluminite 'Amphibole Group' 'var: Byssolite' Analcime Anatase Andalusite Andradite var: Demantoid var: Melanite Anglesite Anhydrite Ankerite Anthoinite 'Apatite' Aragonite Arfvedsonite Argentopentlandite Arrojadite-(BaFe) Arrojadite-(BaNa) Arrojadite-(KFe) Arrojadite-(KNa) (TL) Arsenopyrite Astrophyllite Augelite Augite Aurichalcite Axinite-(Fe) Azurite Barićite (TL) Baryte Barytocalcite Benstonite Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Emerald Beudantite Biotite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bobdownsite (TL) Bobierrite Bornite Boulangerite Bournonite Bowieite Brannerite Brazilianite Breithauptite Brochantite Brucite Brushite Calcite Cancrinite Cassiterite Celestine Celsian Cerussite Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite 'Chert' Childrenite 'Childrenite-Eosphorite Series' 'Chlorite Group' Chondrodite Chromite Chrysotile 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Cobaltite Collinsite Cooperite Copper Covellite Cuprite

Cymrite Danburite Diadochite Diaphorite Digenite Diopside Dolomite var: Ferroan Dolomite Dorfmanite Dravite Dundasite Dypingite Eitelite Ekanite Enstatite Eosphorite Epidote Epsomite Ernstite Eudialyte Farringtonite ? 'Feldspar Group' Ferberite Ferrimolybdite Ferroalluaudite Ferroalluaudite-NaNa Fluorapatite Fluorite Forsterite Franckeite Freibergite Freieslebenite Fresnoite Froodite ? Galena 'Garnet' Garyansellite (TL) Geocronite Gersdorffite Geversite Gillespite Giorgiosite Goethite Gold var: Electrum Gorceixite Gordonite Gormanite (TL) Goyazite Graphite Grossular var: Hessonite Gunningite (TL) Gypsum Hagendorfite Halotrichite Hastingsite Hawleyite (TL) Heazlewoodite Hedenbergite Hematite var: Specularite Hemimorphite Hessite Hexahydrite Hexatestibiopanickelite Hibonite Hinsdalite Hollingworthite 'Hornblende' Hydrokenoelsmoreite Hydromagnesite Hypersthene Ice Iddingsite Illite Ilmenite Iridium Iron var: Kamacite Isoferroplatinum 'Jade' Jagowerite (TL) Jamesonite Jarosite Joséite Kaňkite

Kaolinite Kashinite Keithconnite 'K Feldspar' Kobellite Kotulskite Kryzhanovskite Kulanite (TL) Kyanite Lapieite (TL) Laurite Låvenite Lazulite Lead Limonite Löllingite Ludlamite Maghagendorfite Magnesite Magnetite Malachite Malayaite Marcasite Marialite Marićite (TL) Matildite ? Maucherite Melonite var: Palladoan Melonite Meneghinite Merenskyite Mertieite-II Messelite Meta-aluminite Metaswitzerite Metavivianite Miassite 'Mica Group' Michenerite Microcline Millerite Minium Molybdenite Moncheite Montmorillonite Mosandrite Mpororoite Muirite Muscovite var: Sericite Nahpoite (TL) Natrojarosite Neotocite Nepheline Nesquehonite Newberyite Nickeline Nordenskiöldine Norsethite 'Olivine' 'var: Peridot' Orthoclase Owensite (TL) Owyheeite Oxyplumboroméite Pellyite (TL) Penikisite (TL) Pentlandite 'Perthite' Pharmacosiderite Phlogopite Phosphosiderite Plagionite Platinum Plumbojarosite Polybasite Polydymite Prehnite 'Psilomelane' Pyrargyrite Pyrite var: Cobaltoan Pyrite 'Pyroxene Group' Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Amethyst var: Chalcedony

Quartz var: Citrine var: Jasper var: Smoky Quartz Quenstedtite Rapidcreekite (TL) Realgar Rhodonite Riebeckite Robinsonite Rozenite Russellite Rutile Sanbornite Saponite Sasaite Satterlyite (TL) 'Scapolite' Scheelite Schorl Scorodite Sénarmontite 'Serpentine Group' Siderite var: Mg-rich Siderite Siegenite Silver Smithsonite Sobolevskite Sodalite Souzalite Sperrylite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stannoidite ? Staurolite Stephanite Stibiopalladinite Stibnite Strengite Struvite Sudburyite Sulphur Switzerite Symplesite Szmikite Szomolnokite Taenite Talc Taramellite Tenorite Testibiopalladite Tetradymite Tetraferroplatinum Tetrahedrite var: Argentian Tetrahedrite Thorogummite Tintinaite (TL) Titanite Titantaramellite (TL) Topaz 'Tourmaline' Ullmannite 'Unnamed (Ir-Os-Ru-Re alloy)' Uraninite var: Pitchblende Uvarovite Uvite Valleriite Vasilite Vesuvianite Violarite Vivianite 'Wad' Wardite 'Whiteite' Whiteite-(CaFeMg) Whitlockite Wicksite (TL) Witherite Wolfeite Wollastonite Wurtzite Yukonite (TL) Zinc Zircon Zoisite

373 entries listed. 286 valid minerals. 21 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Canada Yukon Territory Blow River Area Dawson Mining District Barker Creek Big Fish River Cash Cu deposit Coffee Creek Casino Mine Kirkman Creek Klondike Area (Klondyke District; Klondike District) Dawson City Hunker Dome Indian River Drainage Dominion Creek Drainage Dominion Creek Gold Run Creek Quartz Creek Drainage Quartz Creek Klondike River Drainage Bonanza Creek Drainage El Dorado Creek Drainage Claim 11 Bench Irish Gulch Hunker Creek Drainage Hunker Creek Mitchel vein Sheba vein Violet shaft McQuesten Clear Creek Rapid Creek Area 1 (Kulan Camp) Crosscut Creek Stoneman Camp Area 2 Locality 12 Young's Creek Rock River Touché claims (Patience claims) Scroggie Creek Thistle Creek Yukon Crossing Minto deposit Williams Creek Cu deposit (Carmacks Copper) Mayo Mining District Emerald Lake Sceptre Claims Galena Hill Calumet Hector-Calumet mine (Calumet mine - Hector mine) Elsa Bermingham Mine Elsa Mine Galkeno Mine Husky Mine Silver King Mine Hart River Grey Cloud Claim Hess River Keno Hill Keno City Klondyke Keno Mine Ladue-Sadie-Friendship Mine Lucky Queen mine No. 9 Mine Onek Mine Shamrock Mine Wernecke Mar deposit Mayo Highet Creek Kalzas Mt Flo property

Canada Yukon Territory Mayo Mining District Snake River Crest deposit Sourdough Hill Bellekeno Mine Wernecke Mts Hoover prospect Igor prospect Lala mine (Olympic prospect) Mount Williams Blende deposit (Will claim) Slab prospect Slats-Frosty prospect Slats-Wallbanger prospect Ross River Seagull Batholith Ting Creek intrusion Tombstone Mts North Cirque Watson Lake Mining District Bailey deposit Cassiar Mts Screw Creek MW claim Coal River Finlayson Lake Camp Fyre Lake deposit GP4F deposit Ice deposit Kudz Ze Kayah deposit Wolverine deposit Howard's Pass deposit Itsy Mts MacMillian Pass Gun Claim Logtung claims Macmillan Pass Jason deposit Tom deposit Mount Hundare Mine St Cyr Range Lapie River Tintina Tintina Silver Mines True Blue beryl property (Shark claims) Tsa Da Glisza (Regal Ridge) property Watson Lake Sa Dena Hes Mine Whitehorse Mining District Anvil District DY deposit Faro deposit Grum deposit SB deposit Sea deposit Swim deposit Vangora deposit Carcross Tagish Lake Tagish Lake meteorite Windy Arm Daulton Mine Venus Mine Hayes Creek Sonora Gulch Kluane District Burwash Creek Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE deposit Miles Ridge Mount Nansen Mines Weber Prospect Risby deposit Wheaton River District Carbon Hill Porter Claim Whitehorse Copper Belt Little Chief Mine War Eagle Mine Yukon river

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