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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.





Mineral List:
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols]
  		•  Freibergite
    (Ag
     
    4+2x
    		Cu
     
    2-2x
    		)[(Cu, Ag)
     
    4
    		(Fe, Zn)
     
    2
    		]Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    12
    		S
     
    1-x
    		 (0 < x < 1)
    Reference: [M.Mauthner (collection)]
  		•  Gunningite (TL)
    (Zn,Mn)SO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Hector-Calumet mine (Calumet mine - Hector mine), Calumet, Galena Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
    Reference: [Can Min 7:209-218]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols]
  		•  Hawleyite (TL)
    CdS
    Type Locality: Hector-Calumet mine (Calumet mine - Hector mine), Calumet, Galena Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
    Reference: [AmMin 40 (1955), 555;]
    Site Photo
    Hector-Calumet mine (Calumet mine - Hector mine), Calumet, Galena Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
    © 2005 M. Kampf
  		•  Jarosite
    KFe
    3+
     
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols]
  		•  Pharmacosiderite
    KFe
    3+
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 6-7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols]
  		•  Plumbojarosite
    PbFe
    3+
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    4
    Reference: [M.Mauthner (collection)]
  		•  Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    Reference: [M.Mauthner (collection)]
  		•  Scorodite
    Fe
    3+
     
    		AsO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [M.Mauthner (collection)]
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [M.Mauthner (collection)]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols]
  		•  Szmikite
    MnSO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Szomolnokite
    FeSO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]


    16 entries listed. 15 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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