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Locality Name:
Prairie Creek, Nahanni River Area, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 408

mindat Locality ID: 247048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prairie Creek, Nahanni River Area, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°33'21"N
Longitude: 124°47'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.555833333333,-124.79638888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteDiasporeKtenasiteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Christelite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S48540802793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)48540802734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)64854080919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)248540805509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O74854080450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS348540801089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)48540804979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2485408027198
Christelite  (*)KtenasiteZn3Cu2(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O48540805
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS48540802600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS48540804165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)248540809895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS485408024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)48540807437
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)648540801066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2485408012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2485408039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2485408061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)48540802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS485408021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1348540801803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1348540805317


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00074485470Early Ordovician host rock age      247048Prairie Creek, Nahanni River Area, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, CanadaPrairie CreekTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00123458408L. Ordovician –E. Silurian        247048Prairie Creek, Nahanni River Area, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, CanadaPrairie CreekSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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