Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yellowknife, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2589
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2561

mindat Locality ID: 24669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yellowknife, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Akaitcho Mine
Captain Mine
Con Mine
Discovery Mine
Ghost Lake
Giant Yellowknife Mine (Giant Mine)
Lynx Mine
Mon Property
Negus Mine
Nicholas Lake Project
Ptarmigan Mine
Ruth Mine

Latitude: 62°47'17"N
Longitude: 113°52'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.788055555556,-113.87888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cylindrite	Dadsonite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Geocronite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Staurolite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Zinkenite	Zircon

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 Al As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Berthierite Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay
Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Cylindrite Dadsonite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Geocronite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Staurolite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Zinkenite Zircon

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Azurite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Dadsonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Lead ()*	Lengenbachite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meneghinite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rickardite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Yukonite ()*	Zinkenite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2589	2561	1	31087	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2589	2561	1	31083	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2589	2561	1	31085	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2589	2561	2	31081,31088	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	2589	2561	1	31085	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2589	2561	9	31081,31083,31085,31087,31088,31089,31090,31091,31092	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	2589	2561	1	31085	73
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2589	2561	1	31085	5509
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	2589	2561	1	31085	343
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2589	2561	3	31081,31085,31088	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2589	2561	1	31085	1089
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2589	2561	3	31081,31085,31088	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2589	2561	6	31081,31083,31085,31088,31090,31091	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2589	2561	1	31085	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2589	2561	3	31081,31085,31088	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2589	2561	7	31081,31083,31085,31087,31088,31090,31091	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	2589	2561	3	31081,31085,31088	162
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2589	2561	2	31081,31088	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2589	2561	1	31090	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2589	2561	1	31084	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2589	2561	3	31081,31085,31088	4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2589	2561	1	31083	327
Dadsonite ()*	Dadsonite	Pb₂₃Sb₂₅S₆₀Cl	2589	2561	1	31085	15
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2589	2561	1	31085	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2589	2561	2	31081,31083	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2589	2561	9	31081,31083,31085,31087,31088,31089,31090,31091,31092	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2589	2561	1	31085	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2589	2561	9	31081,31083,31085,31087,31088,31089,31090,31091,31092	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	2589	2561	3	31081,31085,31088	170
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2589	2561	4	31081,31083,31087,31088	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2589	2561	1	31083	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2589	2561	3	31081,31085,31088	784
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	2589	2561	2	31081,31088	105
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	2589	2561	1	31085	192
Lengenbachite ()*	Cylindrite	Ag₄Cu₂Pb₁₈As₁₂S₃₉	2589	2561	2	31081,31088	4
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2589	2561	2	31081,31088	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2589	2561	1	31083	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2589	2561	1	31085	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2589	2561	1	31085	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	2589	2561	1	31085	158
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2589	2561	1	31081	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2589	2561	2	31081,31085	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	2589	2561	2	31081,31088	67
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2589	2561	1	31085	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2589	2561	1	31083	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2589	2561	1	31081	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2589	2561	9	31081,31083,31085,31087,31088,31089,31090,31091,31092	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2589	2561	8	31081,31083,31085,31087,31088,31089,31090,31091	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2589	2561	9	31081,31083,31085,31087,31088,31089,31090,31091,31092	61156
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂	2589	2561	3	31081,31085,31088	52
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2589	2561	1	31081	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2589	2561	3	31090,31091,31092	4894
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	2589	2561	1	31085	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2589	2561	2	31081,31088	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2589	2561	9	31081,31083,31085,31087,31088,31089,31090,31091,31092	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2589	2561	1	31081	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	2589	2561	1	31085	668
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2589	2561	1	31083	978
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2589	2561	3	31081,31085,31088	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	2589	2561	3	31081,31085,31088	337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2589	2561	2	31081,31088	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2589	2561	3	31081,31085,31088	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	2589	2561	1	31085	293
Yukonite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·4H₂O	2589	2561	1	31085	29
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	2589	2561	1	31085	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2589	2561	1	31081	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_011	2589	2561	2575±14	Ar/Ar			muscovite				Muscovite			24669	Yellowknife, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Yellowknife - Prosperous	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060121	Yellowknife, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060121

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