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

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

mindat Locality ID: 10275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Con Mine, Yellowknife, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rycon Mine

Latitude: 62°26'20"N
Longitude: 114°22'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.438888888889,-114.37166666667
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 Al As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovellite
CylindriteEpidoteGeocroniteLöllingiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePrehnite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Lengenbachite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rickardite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22589256103092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2589256109052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11258925610843
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2258925610361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25892561027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2589256105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225892561027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2258925610162
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS258925610966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2589256104165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2589256108173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25892561024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu25892561030554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS258925610170
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O325892561014640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14258925610784
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23258925610105
Lengenbachite  (*)CylindriteAg4Cu2Pb18As12S392589256104
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2258925610762
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22589256105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)225892561017380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)325892561067
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22589256101898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225892561039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82589256109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225892561061156
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe225892561052
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22589256105614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2589256106417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25892561021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42589256101934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32589256103418
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4258925610337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132589256101803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132589256105317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2589256105251


1 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
Bradley_2012_011258925612575±14Ar/Ar muscovite  YesMuscovite  24669Yellowknife, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, CanadaYellowknife - ProsperousMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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