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Gormanite from
Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Gormanite
Formula:(Fe2+,Mg)3(Al,Fe3+)4(PO4)4(OH)6 · 2H2O
Comments:Outcrop at 68 34'N 136 46'W.

Please note: All the analyzed specimens of gormanite are an intimate mixture of gormanite and souzalite. The two species are visually indistinguishable and should be labeled as gormanite/souzalite.
Habit:fibrous, radiating
Colour:bluish-green
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sideriteⓘ68 photos of Gormanite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ34 photos of Gormanite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Lazuliteⓘ15 photos of Gormanite associated with Lazulite at this locality.
Warditeⓘ12 photos of Gormanite associated with Wardite at this locality.
Souzaliteⓘ8 photos of Gormanite associated with Souzalite at this locality.
Brazilianiteⓘ5 photos of Gormanite associated with Brazilianite at this locality.
Fluorapatiteⓘ2 photos of Gormanite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Kulaniteⓘ2 photos of Gormanite associated with Kulanite at this locality.
Sigismunditeⓘ2 photos of Gormanite associated with Sigismundite at this locality.
Childreniteⓘ1 photo of Gormanite associated with Childrenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gormanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (54 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5765
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5765:3
GUID (UUID V4):7f836cf3-2ca7-442d-b7c3-9396b25e4c3c
Localities for Gormanite in this Region
Locality 7, Kulan Camp (Area A; Area 1), Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
Stoneman Camp, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
Locality 9, Stoneman Camp, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
Nearest other occurrences of Gormanite
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘLocality 7, Kulan Camp (Area A; Area 1), Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘStoneman Camp, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘLocality 9, Stoneman Camp, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘBig Fish River, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘLocality 15, Big Fish River, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
References
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Report (issue)
mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyali district, Kayseri Province, central Anatolia region, Turkey...mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyali district, Kayseri Province, central Anatolia region, Turkey...crystals from an unnamed mine in the Huancayo district, Huancayo Province, Junin Department, Peru. Largely...Maine. Rose Quartz, 5.8 cm, from the Huancayo district, Huancayo Province, Junin Department, Peru. Fabre...have been known earlier from the Bou Azzer mining district (see the Mineralogical Record’s special “Bou
Journal (issue)
‘D ’ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K IP 6P4 H. Gary Ansell Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth Street Ottawa...Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E8 (Geological Survey of Canada contribution number 38290) B. Darko Sturman...Ontario Museum 100 Queen’s Park Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6 $ 1992 T h e M in e r a l o g ic a l R...and pale purple fluorapatite, from the Rapid Creek area, Yukon Territory. Keith Williams specimen; photo...45 46 Figure 1. The Big Fish River, northern Yukon Territory, as viewed from collecting area “ C.”
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEAR-ENDMEMBER ARROJADITE-(BaNa) FROM BIG FISH RIVER, YUKON, CANADA HEIDI E. TOMES University of Toronto, Department...Sciences, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3B1 VERONICA E. DI CECCO§ AND KIMBERLY...Museum, 100 Queen’s Park Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2C6 FERNANDO CÁMARA Dipartimento di Scienze...has been identified from Big Fish River, Yukon Territory, Canada. Arrojadite-(BaNa) was first discovered...it is associated with apatite group minerals, gormanite, siderite, quartz, and other minerals in thin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
veins cutting phosphatic shales and ironstones (Yukon). Unanalyzed lazulite-scorzalite has been reported...Carolina. Prior to the discovery of the now-famous Yukon lazulite, Graves Mountain in Lincoln County, Georgia...occurrence at the American Progress mine, Bare Mountain district, Nye County, and from an undisclosed locality...quartzite on Vitrefax Hill in the Cargo Muchacho district, Imperial County, and from Markleeville, Alpine...the remote Rapid Creek and Big Fish River valleys in northeastern Yukon Territory, Canada (Mossman and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the Rapid Creek area, Canada. The Rapid Creek is a remote region in the north-eastern Yukon Territory...1976), garyansellite (Sturman and Dunn 1984), gormanite (Sturman et al. 1981), kulanite (Mandarino and...(1984) published a geological description of the Rapid Creek area, which is characterized by deposits of siderite...minerals including arrojadite, gormanite and satterlyite. At Rapid Creek, well-crystallized phosphates...spheroidal aggregates of millimetric greenish-bluish gormanite and rhombohedral brown vitreous millimetric crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Famous Mineral Localities of Canada Joel D. Grice Sammendrag pa norsk Canada kan inndeles i fire fysiogeografiske...sedimenter med store praerielandskap. Det sentrale Canada utgjores av det kanadiske skjoldet som bestar av...bergarter. Appalachene langs den ostlige delen av Canada er en eroded fjellkjede dan net av sedimenter som...mineralforekomster er velkjente blant mineralsamlere. Ved Rapid Creek, Yukon, ble det i 1959 fun net lazulite. Senere...thousand kilometers that comprise the breadth of Canada will have noted stunning differences in the surface
Report (issue)
Nanisivik mines; and, of course, the Big Fish/Rapid Creek area of Yukon Territory. But around eight years ago...offer: some standouts include wardite and gormanite from the Yukon; serandite, elpidite and rhodochrosite...clearly first-rate.) Gormanite, 3 cm, from Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Tyson’s Fine Minerals...photo. Elpidite, 1.4 cm, from St.-Hilaire, QuĂ©bec, Canada. Tyson’s Fine Minerals specimen and photo. 2 ...the safflorite-coated silver from the old Cobalt District of Ontario is a nice old-timer: identical-looking
Report (issue)
‱ Fe2+ 3 Al4 (PO4 )4 (OH)6 2H2 O Gormanite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal...11(1) c = 13.61(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Yukon Territory, Canada. 3.395 (100), 2.554 (90d), 2.925 (80),...8.10 12.07 Total 99.91 100.00 (1) Yukon Territory, Canada; Mg, Ca, Al by AA, P by XRF, H2 O by TGA;...fracture fillings in phosphate-ironstones (Yukon Territory, Canada); in fractures in tonalite (Bisbee, Arizona...vivianite, arrojadite, kryzhanovskite, quartz (Yukon Territory, Canada); chlorite, calcite, quartz (Bisbee, Arizona
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
719–723 A crystal structure for the souzalite/gormanite series from synchrotron powder diffraction data...crystal structure of a specimen in the souzalite/ gormanite series (Fe,Mg)3(Al,Fe)4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O is determined...(dufrénite, burangaite). Key-words: souzalite, gormanite, crystal structure, powder diffraction, synchrotron... (1981) discovered gormanite Fe2+3Al4(PO4)4 (OH)6·2H2O in Yukon territory (Canada), proposing a triclinic...souzalite would have similar cell parameters as gormanite (JCPDSICDD 33-0863), forming a series with it
Book
Sites "Re miniets Aitus du Canada Joel D. Grice A # ds. «< RE « "1 Ă©+ Le: . 0 7, 22 L # ... SITES MINIERS CANADA CÉLÈBRES DU “Joel D. Grice L'ouvrage Sites miniers cĂ©lĂšbres du Canada est un heureux...s'Ă©tend sur prĂšs de la moitiĂ© de la superficie du Canada et constitue l’une des rĂ©gions miniĂšres les plus...zinc, de cuivre et d’or. Sites miniers cĂ©lĂšbres du Canada est un ouvrage passionant et d’érudition rĂ©digĂ©... Sites miniers cĂ©lĂšbres du Canada Gites miniers cĂ©lĂšbres du Canada Joel D. Grice MusĂ©e national
Report (issue)
Polymorphism & Series: Forms a series with gormanite. Occurrence: A rare hydrothermal alteration product...Linópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Along Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. In the Bell Pit, Newry, Oxford... Type Material: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, M34010; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts...Mandarino, M.E. Mrose, and ‱ P.J. Dunn (1981) Gormanite, Fe2+ 3 Al4 (PO4 )4 (OH)6 2H2 O, the ferrous analogue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(M52032), 5.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm, Husky mine, Elsa, Yukon Territory, Canada. L OCATED IN THE CENTER OF TORONTO, ONTARIO...into Canada. All fees are in Canadian dollars. of minerals, gems, rocks, and meteorites from Canada as...world cultures collections in Canada and is a major attraction for Canada, the province Figure 3. Kim...Quebec, Canada. Figure 9. Grossular (M48106), 7 × 8 × 3 cm, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Figure...5 × 13 × 8 cm, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Figure 10. Calcite coated with goethite (M25539)
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Pedra Lavrada, Paraíba, Brazil Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada Les Moulins Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers Valley...Catalao, Goiås, Brazil Cross Cut Creek, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada Hamilton, Victoria, Australia Kirunavaara...pharmacosiderite, and hureaulite 42.9.2.2 gormanite MDD13 pure gormanite 42.9.3.4 chalcosiderite ML-P39 minor...HÄlsjöberg (Horrsjöberg), Sweden Kulan Camp, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada Reaphook Hill. 40 miles south of Blinman...France Stonemane Camp, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada Boca Rica Pegmatite, Galiléia
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Mackenzi e rivierdelta in noordoost Yukon, bij de grens tussen Yukon en Northwest Territories in het uiterst...uiterst e noordwesten van Canada . Wie er het noorden is bij kwijtgeraakt vindt in de figuren wellicht...vindplaatsen verspreid langs twee rivieren Rapi d Creek en Big Fish River . : 1 _ A MI ;NBQJW EN INDUS1RI...muskieten-zwermen . Geologisch gezien dateren de Rapid Creek formaties uit het Krijt en het Jura . Fossielen...va n brazilianietkristallen (rechts) . In he t Yukon-voorkomen lijken deze twe e mineralen goed op elkaar
Catalog/List
ferrorichterite' gill espite________ GILLESPITE 14 GORMANITE 15 GREENOCKITE 16 HILLEBRANDITE HIORTDAHLfTE ~~18...)^HJ^.20H20 Creamy yellow ___White Canyon Mining District,San Juan County,Utah, USA 21____ NaAIF6 2_1_______________...BaFe2+SI40io El Rosario,Baja California,Mexico __ Rapid Creek,Yukon,Canada --__- ___ -Fe2+23AI4(PO4)4(OH)6.2H2O_"...____ _________ Kemp Prospect,Tory Hiil.Ontario,Canada 49 THORIANITE 5'o'hHORITE _________ Ampanobe,M...NORBERGITE Crystal Lake Road.GalwayTWP.Ontario,Canada Tan 35 PACHNOLITE __________ Ivigtut. Greenlan
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6-$3.50 NALCIME: M68. Mont-St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; (a) T/N, white single xl, complete except for...Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada; (a) translucent, pale yellow tabular xls to 3...3x2.1x1-$2.50 BIOTITE: ~near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada; (a) section af a single xl, showing fairly sh...7-2.5 cm-$2.00; (b) miniatures; 3-4 cm-$3.00 ~Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota; (a) yellow elongated rhombohedrons...5-3.2 cm-$2.50 M154. Nanisivik, Northwest Terr., Canada; (a) yellowish translucent subparallel xls in two
Journal (issue)
       Big Fish River - Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada (perfecte kristallen tot 2.5 cm)...Mackenzie rivierdelta in noordoost Yukon, bij de grens tussen Yukon en Northwest Territories in het uiterste...uiterste noordwesten van Canada. Wie er het noorden is bij kwijtgeraakt vindt in de figuren wellicht de...vindplaatsen verspreid langs twee rivieren : Rapid Creek en Big Fish River. Het is een onvoorstelbaar...Museum. 240 Geonieuws 25(10), december 2000 Rapid Creek Big Fish River Mackenzie delta Inuvik ïŹ ïŹ
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collected at the Rapid Creek area, Canada. A geological description of the Rapid Creek area was reported...by rare phosphate minerals (e.g., arrojadite, gormanite and satterlyite). Well-crystallized phosphates...sample (used in this study) is associated with gormanite and siderite. No geological evidence of igneous...sequence of crystallization of phosphates at Rapid Creek occurred between 180 and 200 ◩ C, with quartz...crystals used as gemstones are those from the Rapid Creek area, Canada. Crystals from other localities, e.g.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Labuntsovite, Mont SaintState, 330-334 Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; Dan Behnke Beryllium, Cerium, and Yttrium Mineralizaspecimen...MayIJune: Vivianite, Rapid Creek, Yukon Whittemore, B. Janules, 45 Territory, Canada; William Pinch specimen...Ziegler Specimen Crystals Crystal’s Eyes Crystal Hill Mining Co. John Pratt Wally Gator Dreams Made Realities... Washington, 318 Gonnardite, Washington, 306 Gormanite, New Hampshire, 409 Graphite, Maine, 408 Grenville...of the Hobby, 162; Famous Mineral Localities of Canada, 67; Gems & Crystals from the American Museum of
Catalog/List
masses, covered in small crystals X 1cm £48 6. GORMANITE green fibrous crystals scattered over white Albite...pinkish crystal about half inch size (Linopolis district, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil)...a slight rounded appearance (Tory Hill Ontario Canada) £20 with massive apatite on one side. 3.5 x2...blue lustrous crystals I xl.5 surface Rapid Creek, Yukon Canada £25 I ‱ ‱ ~ 43. VIVIANITE Black...ARTINITE white crystalline on half inch rock clear Creek, San Benito Co California £3 86. KOVDORSKITE rich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
badges. History There are no known accounts of mining activity at the Chickering mine. It was first operated...revealed that Arthur H. Chickering Jr. extended the mining rights to Whitehall Company as late as 1 June 1931...Whitehall Company actively mined after the 1931 mining agreement and if it ever sent Chickering material...it appeared to be idle and abandoned. No other mining leases are on record from that last Whitehall Company...Chickering Jr. sold the property to Pierre Hoge. No mining leases were conferred by Hoge once he purchased
Catalog/List
3.7x3.3x2.8 00236-$5.00 AllA~\HTE Canada, Quebec, Sandy Creek,Yates Mine Portion of a crude xl showing...········· 00071-$5.00 ARROJADITE Canada,YukonTerr.,Rapid Creek Rich micro xls to 3 mm, chiefly on a...GlennD. Commonsco/1. 00007-4 for $5.00 ramN!ESSffE Canada, Quebcc, Mont-Saint Hilaire Blacl...aftenwith Analcimexls S/C 5-6.5cm NationalMuseumof Canada 00169-$5.00 lBD{BVi IE Utah, Thomas Mts. Mirror-lustredcube...00181-3 for $10.00 ·- ‱ - - 001s2-=-9·-cor-$t5:oo Canada, Quebec, Brampton Lake, Orford NickieMine Fairly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2006 the show and symposium theme was “Minerals of Canada” (see photographs in this article). All are welcome...abstracts on page 216 of this issue). “Minerals of Canada” was the theme of the 2006 edition of the Tucson...exceptional samples of the main mineral locations of Canada were on display. It was possible to admire some...magnificent phosphates from Rapid Creek and Big Fish River, including augelite, gormanite, lazulite, ludlamite...magazine. John Rakovan David Vaughan of Outback Mining proudly displays their find of tiger eye from the
Catalog/List
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 36) GORMANITE, Rapid Creek,Yukon,Canada. Fe3 Al4(PO4)(OH)6.2H20.Type Locality...brown XN. TN. ÂŁ8 38) SURSASSITE, New Brunswick,Canada. Mn2Ah(SiO4)(SiiO7)(OH)3 . Rare+. Copper red MA...SILVER, Silver Islet Mine, Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada. A RF specimen of silver, and unidentified silver...AGRELLITE, Kipawa Complex, Villedieu Township, Quebec, Canada. Pure FL SW pink. Ml. ÂŁ10 51) CALCITE (multi-banded)
Book
© 2011 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All rights reserved. No part of this publication...Cataloging-in-Publication Data (U.S.) Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Tait, Kimberly. Tait...States by Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc. Published in Canada by Firefly Books Ltd. PO. Box 1338, Ellicott Station...at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photography: Brian Boyle, MPA, FPPO, and Miguel...publishing program by the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund as administered by the Department
 
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