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

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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.




Group 1 - Elements
  		• Silver1.AA.05
    Ag
    Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
  		• Arsenopyrite2.EB.20
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
  		• Freibergite2.GB.05
    (Ag
     
    4+2x
    		Cu
     
    2-2x
    		)[(Cu, Ag)
     
    4
    		(Fe, Zn)
     
    2
    		]Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    12
    		S
     
    1-x
    		 (0 < x < 1)
  		• Hawleyite (TL)2.CB.05a
    CdS
  		• Pyrargyrite2.GA.05
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
  		• Sphalerite2.CB.05a
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
  		• Siderite5.AB.05
    FeCO
     
    3
    Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
  		• Gunningite (TL)7.CB.05
    (Zn,Mn)SO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Gypsum7.CD.40
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Jarosite7.BC.10
    KFe
    3+
     
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
  		• Plumbojarosite7.BC.10
    PbFe
    3+
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    4
  		• Szmikite7.CB.05
    MnSO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Szomolnokite7.CB.05
    FeSO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  		• Pharmacosiderite8.DK.10
    KFe
    3+
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 6-7H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Scorodite8.CD.10
    Fe
    3+
     
    		AsO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Unclassified Minerals
  		• Limonite-
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O


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