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Yukon Phosphates Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District

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Wardite from Rapid Creek, Yukon

LAZULITE, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada – 002

Rapidcreekite, Rapid creek, Yukon Canada -002

Polybasite Husky Mine Elsa Yukon Canada ***SOLD***

VIVIANITE, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada – 001

LAZULITE, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada – 006

LAZULITE, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada – 007

LAZULITE, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada – 009

LAZULITE, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada – 011

Aerial view of Rapid Creek, Yukon.

Yukon Phosphates collecting area at Rapid Creek, Yukon.

In recent years, Rapid Creek, Big Fish River in the northeastern corner of Yukon Territory has because of the large deposit of phosphate minerals discovered in the area become very popular in the mineral collecting community. In out crops of phosphate-ironstones near Rapid Creek and Big Fish River we find rare minerals such Penikisite and Kulanite (TL), Gormanite and Souzalite, Garyansellite (TL), Collinsite, Whiteite, Wardite, Barićite (TL), Marićite, Satterlyite, Rapidcreekite Bobdownsite (TL)
The current list for Rapid Creek contains 93 mineral species with 7 type locality valid minerals.

For the detailed list of species at this famous site please go the following link at Mindat.org:

Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon

The current list for Big Fish River contains 92 mineral species with 7 type locality valid minerals.

For the detailed list of species at this famous site please go the following link at Mindat.org:

Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon