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


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Habit:acicular, botryoidal aggregates
Colour:white
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1092
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1092:4
GUID (UUID V4):f43c079c-3398-4177-a26e-f7f8f309ff76
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘBig Fish River, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (issue)
Budd photo. Gold, 8 cm, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. Joe Budd photo. Supplement to The Mineralogical...photo. Mesolite with apophyllite, 14 cm, Pune district, Maharashtra, India. Joe Budd photo. Apophyllite...Apophyllite on stilbite, 9.5 cm, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, lndia. Joe Budd photo. Arsenopyrite with quartz...stibnite, 8.5 cm, Xionghuang Kuang mine, Wuyu district, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Ex Steve...(albite), 7 cm, Dassu, Haramosh Mountains, Gilgit district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Joe Budd photo. Supplement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. Dawson Gallery, Redpath Museum, in 2011, with fossil, mineral and biological exhibits on the...University 859 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0C4 peter.tarassoff@sympatico.ca M CGILL...Peter Tarassoff photo. The Museum and Sir William Dawson Construction of the museum was financed by Montreal...Redpath (1821–1894) as a tribute to John William Dawson (1820–1899), McGill’s fifth principal and an eminent...school system. All the while, on his own account, Dawson conducted geological and paleontological investigations
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.”
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)
= 6.1646(8) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Rapid Creek, Canada; strongest lines close to gypsum. 7.78 (100)...28 36.38 23.37 Total 100.0 100.00 (1) Rapid Creek, Canada; by electron microprobe, CO2 and H2 O by...gypsum, aragonite. From Crosscut Creek, a tributary of Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. For its...occurrence in the Rapid Creek district, Canada. Type Material: Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, 64346;...64346; Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada, 49502, 50824. References: (1) Roberts, A.C., H.G. Ansell
Catalog/List
each you Just can't go wrong! CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD ORE: Cripple Creek , Colorado: Thie old specimen material...from a collection from Mining Engineer Eben Bebee who first arrived in Cripple Creek, Colorado for the gold...crater 4 miles long and 2 miles wide. Mining at Cripple Creek lasted from 1891 to 1962 with the main...that represented the great richn‱ee of the Cripple Creek ore,.and discovered that heat treating the ore converted...each MANGANITE: Caland Pit, Atlkokan, Ontario, Canada: Top quality cabinet sized specimens (2x2 to 3x3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paragenesis, being associated with malachite, aragonite (intergrown with hydromagnesite and northupite)...kipushite. The Lubin paragenesis mainly comprises aragonite, gypsum, rapidcreekite, and monohydrocalcite,...rocks of the famous Mont Saint-Hilaire locality in Canada [22]. Interestingly, the holotype chalconatronite...treated as a chemical intermediate placed between aragonite and gypsum, though being more hydrated. Indeed...locality, Rapid Creek (hence the name), located within Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada, rapidcreekite
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
Catalog/List
Chihuahua, Mexico, 2x2 and larger ïżœpecimens of white aragonite and light green adamlte. The adamite fluoresces...silvery M.§ENOPYRITE: Wine Harbor, Nova Scotia, Canada: from a forïżœer gold ïżœine, thïżœse are very_ bright...PSEUOOMORPHSAFTER ARAGON/TE!!! Coro Coro, La Pa:t District, Bolivia: Really interesting little critters from...replaced the original aragonite and you can still see ihe hexagonal aragonite crystal structure. Many...Many still have a slight bit of aragonite left in the hexagonal seams, and they FLUORESCE a bright orange
Report (issue)
sideritic iron formation (Big Fish River-Rapid Creek area, Canada). Association: Sodium chloride, sodium...(Thı́ra Island, Greece); aragonite, kulanite (Big Fish River-Rapid Creek area, Canada). Distribution: From...Greece. In the Big Fish River-Rapid Creek area, Yukon Territory, Canada. Name: For Giorgios, a cone formed...Sturman (1992) Mineralogy of the Rapid Creek and Big Fish River area, Yukon Territory. Mineral. Record, 23(4)
Journal (issue)
pocket in 1955 at least 25 others were found as mining progressed. The contents of these, which ranged...Colorado, and their most publicized effort, the mining of variscite nodules at Fairfield, Utah (the type...so Frank was quite familiar with techniques for mining it. After a careful examination of the quarry,...the local police department. I was told that the mining company didn’t realize these pseudomorphs contained...exploring ghost towns, which of course were once mining camps with mines and minerals! But I remember the
Book
special issues, the letter precedes the page number. Yukon Phosphates (vol. 23, no. 4) Therefore, the Tsumeb...Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland; and 25/#6, The History...[ 417-512 393-508 329--408 509-588 409--488 YUKON] 205-300 [ 1-72 373-452 453-516 1-88 169-256...22:303-308 ALBERTA Mineral occurrences in western Canada [British Columbia and Alberta] (by A. Ingelson)...21:235-248 ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft)
Catalog/List
(blue?) tabular xls to 1.5mm. 20x15x15mm. ÂŁ25. 4) ARAGONITE. Hopes Nose, Torquay, Devon. A group of creamy...brownish matrix here and there. 40x25x30mm. ÂŁ18. 5) ARAGONITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A shallow...galena/quartz matrix lined with sharp needly greyish aragonite xls to 10mm. 50x30x35mm. ÂŁ20. 6) ARGENTITE, PROUSTITE...40x30x2mm. ÂŁ30. 30) LAZULITE and QUARTZ. Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Sharp lustrous dark blue xls to...and FLUORITE. Sunshine No.1 Tunnel, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA. A shallow cavity
Catalog/List
(blue?) tabular xls to 1.5mm. 20x15x15mm. ÂŁ25. 4) ARAGONITE. Hopes Nose, Torquay, Devon. A group of creamy...brownish matrix here and there. 40x25x30mm. ÂŁ18. 5) ARAGONITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A shallow...galena/quartz matrix lined with sharp needly greyish aragonite xls to 10mm. 50x30x35mm. ÂŁ20. 6) ARGENTITE, PROUSTITE...40x30x2mm. ÂŁ30. 30) LAZULITE and QUARTZ. Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Sharp lustrous dark blue xls to...and FLUORITE. Sunshine No.1 Tunnel, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA. A shallow cavity
Book
Diablo, Arizona. 12 x 13 cm. (Geological Survey of Canada specimen) By studying meteorites such as this one...a mollusk and incorporated into its shell as aragonite (CaCO3). When the mollusk died, its shell would...buried for millions of years in the sediment. The aragonite would probably recrystallize into calcite (also...Although these hypothetical calcium atoms in the aragonite, calcite, limestone, and lime represent only a...Often very fine-grained rocks result. Although the rapid 30 cooling of volcanic rocks is not conducive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy, 100 Queen’s Park, toronto, ontario, Canada M5s 2C6. The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) mineral...originated from the Lac d’Amiante mine, Quebec, Canada. Well known as an asbestos mine, the locality is...Si6O17–2x(OH)2x·5H2O], andradite [Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3], aragonite [CaCO3], wollastonite [CaSiO3], akermanite [Ca2MgSi2O7]...(1852–1856), contributed to development of [the] mining industry in Russia, inspected supplies and working...THE WHITLOCKITE GROUP, FROM BIG FISH RIVER, YUKON, CANADA. K. T. Tait1,2, R. M. Thompson1, H. Yang1, M
Report (issue)
Association: Lansfordite, dypingite, calcite, aragonite, artinite, hydromagnesite, brucite, pyroaurite... Jefferson Co., Colorado. Along Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. In France, large crystals at a...Capital Territory, and under Rainbow Falls, Sempill Creek, Barrington Tops, New South Wales. Around Mt. Erebus
Catalog/List
Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais £48 ARAGONITE lustrous reddish-brown pseudohexagonal crystals...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 (issue)
to the Yukon, and in 1899 more gold was found around Nome, Alaska, drawing away many of the Yukon prospectors...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...642gram (52 troy-ounce) Turnagain Nugget, found on a creek in northern B.C. in 1937. The B.C. Department of...company of 15 women to exploit it. The Alaska Garnet Mining and Manufacturing Company was the first all-woman...had first been located in 1881, but little actual mining had been done; it had become a favorite spot where
Catalog/List
crystals. Good display piece. Vambori, Ahmedhagar District, Maharashtra State, lndia about 5x2.5 inches ÂŁ70...fibres in cavities with quartz Mt Ste Hilaire Quebec Canada about a half inch area i Ix! .5 matrix ÂŁ12 21....plate of grey-green 2 to 3mm crystals. Rapid Creek, Yukon Canada with previous label f rom Richard V Gaines...FLUORESCENCE Haapaluoma Finland 2x2.5 ÂŁ10 47. ARAGONITE large crystal sections one aboutlx2 inches and...(Henderson# 2 mine, 325 0 level, Chibugamu, Quebec Canada) ÂŁ12 59. CUPRIAN MELANTERITE rich bluish-green
Journal (issue)
Petersburg University specimens **- St.-Petersburg Mining Museum specimens 2 W o r l d of Stones. Ng 1 I...uneven supply of substance to a crystal causes the rapid growth of some of its parts (apices and edges) and...the authors of this article, was opened in the Mining Museum of St. Petersburg not long ago and another...graduating from the Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) Mining Institute. Working here for nearly a year, the...slope o f a nearby mountain, and the banks of a creek. World of Stones, I'& I 1/96 1 3 It is as if a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Siderite Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province, PotosĂ­ Department, Bolivia...siderite from Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province, PotosĂ­ Department, Bolivia...found as iridescent microcrystals; the Duquesne district, Santa Cruz County, as curved rhombohedra; and...sphalerite and pyrite. The White Raven mine, Ward district, Boulder County, has produced some of the Figure...Finally from Colorado, at the Alice mine, Clear Creek County, heavily goethite-coated rhombohedra to 2
Report (volume)
.............................. 20 * 20 20 21 Canada.........................'...................................................................... Canada................................................................................................ Canada..................................................36 36 37 37 37 12 CLASSIFIED KEY TO INDEX. Canada Continued. Page. Ontario....................................................................... Canada...............................................
in the field ~“ Various geological locations iin Canada© Physical properties of minerals and rocks, and...Fitzhenry & Whiteside acknowledges with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council...acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development...publishing activities. Ss Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des Arts du Canada vw ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL...CONSEIL DES ARTS DE L'ONTARIO Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Grice, Joel Beginner's
 
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