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Baryte from
Gun claim, Wilson Lake, Itsi Mountain, Watson Lake mining district, Yukon, Canada


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gun claim, Wilson Lake, Itsi Mountain, Watson Lake mining district, Yukon, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:145483
Long-form Identifier:1:3:145483:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘBirr claim, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake mining district, Yukon, Canada
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘTom deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake mining district, Yukon, Canada
35.8km (22.3 miles) ⓘJason deposit, Macmillan Pass, Watson Lake mining district, Yukon, Canada
48.6km (30.2 miles) ⓘBoundary Zone, Macmillan Pass, Mayo mining district, Yukon, Canada
References
Montgomery, J. H.; Thompson, R. M.; Meagher, E. P. (1972) Pellyite: a new barium silicate mineral from the Yukon Territory. The Canadian Mineralogist, 11 (2). 444-447
Alfors, John T., Pabst, Adolf (1984) Titanian taramellites in western North America. American Mineralogist, 69 (3-4) 358-373
Dunning G.E., Walstrom R.E., Lechner W. (2018) Barium Silicate Mineralogy of the Western Margin, North American Continent, Part 1: Geology, Origin, Paragenesis and Mineral Distribution from Baja California Norte Mexico, Western Canada and Alaska U.S.A. Bay Area Mineralogists Bulletin: 19(5), 70 pages.
MACQUISTAN, Mary G.; GROAT, Lee A.; PETERSON, Ronald C.; Breasley, Catriona M. (2025) Paragenesis of Barium Silicate Mineralization in Devonian Strata at the Gun Occurrence, the Yukon, Canada. The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology. doi:10.3749/2400051
 
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