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Keno Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

Keno City, Keno Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

Photo: B.Balaz

Latitude: 63°55'N
Longitude: 135°25'W

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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.
Some of the minerals reported for Keno Hill are not mine specific.

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65 entries listed. 49 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

Canada

Yukon Territory
- Mayo Mining District
  - Keno Hill

Canada

Yukon Territory
- Mayo Mining District
  - Keno Hill

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References

Boyle, R. W. (1961): Native zinc at Keno Hill. Can. Mineral. 6, 692-694.

Boyle, R.W. (1965) Geology, gepchemistry and origin of the lead - zinc- silver deposit of Keno Hill - Galena Hill area. GSC bulletin 111.

Boyle, R. W. (1976): Native lead at Keno Hill, Yukon. Can. Mineral. 14, 577.

Lynch, J.V.G. (1989) Large-scale hydrothermal zoning reflected in the tetrahedrite-freibergite solid solution, Keno Hill Ag-Pb-Zn district, Yukon Canadian Mineralogist 27, 383-400.

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.

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