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Hector-Calumet mine (Calumet mine - Hector mine), Calumet, Galena Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

Hawleyite
Hector-Calumet mine, Calumet, Galena Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

Photo: 2005 M. Kampf

Latitude: 63°55'N
Longitude: 135°25'W

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A silver-lead-zinc mine. Mine to 1,165 (meters/feet ?) level. The Hector and Calumet mines were originally two mines working the same vein from opposite ends. Calumet was a small mining town, no longer in existence, uphill from Elsa on Galena Hill. A tramline brought ore from Calumet to the mill in Elsa.

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19 entries listed. 18 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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References

TRAILL, R.J. & BOYLE, R.W. (1955): Hawleyite, isometric cadmium sulphide, a new mineral. American Mineralogist 40, 555-559.
BOYLE, R.W. (1965) Geology, geochemistry, and origine of the lead-zinc-silver deposit of the Keno Hill - Galena Hill area, Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulleti 111.

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