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

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

mindat Locality ID: 10720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Discovery Mine, Yellowknife, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 63°11'12"N
Longitude: 113°53'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.186666666667,-113.89166666667
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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGarnetNickeline
NonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStaurolite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32589256102353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2589256109052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25892561027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225892561027198
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2258925610327
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2589256108173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25892561024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu25892561030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O325892561014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32589256105433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O425892561014899
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82589256101512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225892561039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82589256109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225892561061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25892561021482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)258925610978


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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