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Keno Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

Latitude: 63°55'N
Longitude: 135°25'W
Keno Hill is a mountain (hill) ENE of Galena Hill. It is also the official name of a townsite that is locally known as "Keno City", which is nestled between Keno and Sourdough Hills. A group of silver-lead-zinc mines clustered on Keno Hill and the adjacent Galena Hill were major producers of silver, lead, zinc and cadmium in the 1940s and 1950s, exploiting the large Galena Hill-Keno Hill deposit.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Anglesite
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Baryte
Beudantite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brochantite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Covellite
Dundasite
Freibergite
Galena
Gold
Gunningite
Gypsum
Hawleyite
Ice
Jamesonite
Kaolinite
Malachite
Marcasite
Meneghinite
Minium
Oxyplumboroméite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rozenite
Scorodite
Sénarmontite
Siderite
Silver
Sphalerite
Stephanite
Stibnite
Szmikite
Szomolnokite
'Tourmaline'
Zinc


49 entries listed. 47 valid minerals.

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References

- Boyle, R. W. (1961): Native zinc at Keno Hill. Can. Mineral. 6, 692-694.
Sabina, A.P. (1992) Rocks & minerals for the collector: The Alaska Highway; Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Yukon/Alaska border. GSC Misc. Rep. 50, 80-84.
Boyle, R.W. (1965) Geology, gepchemistry and origin of the lead - zinc- silver deposit of Keno Hill - Galena Hill area. GSC bulletin 111.

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