Yukon Phosphates Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District
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) For the detailed list of species at this famous site please go the following link at Mindat.org: http://http://www.mindat.org/loc-630.html curent 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: http://http://www.mindat.org/loc-628.html view of the Stoneman camp collecting locality |