Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 776
Youngest recorded age at locality: 358.9

mindat Locality ID: 191571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mountain River Beryl Showing
Nahanni River Area
Redstone

Latitude: 63°3'40"N
Longitude: 127°43'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.061111111111,-127.72944444444

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Malachite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Christelite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Russellite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Ktenasite Malachite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	485	408	1	31075	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	776	622	2	31072,31077	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	485	408	1	31075	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	776	622	1	31077	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	31072	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	382.7	358.9	1	31074	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	485	408	1	31075	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	485	408	1	31075	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	31072	4286
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	485	408	1	31075	450
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	382.7	358.9	1	31074	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	382.7	358.9	1	31074	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	750	750	1	31077	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	485	408	1	31075	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	776	622	1	31077	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	485	408	1	31075	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	750	750	1	31077	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	750	358.9	3	31074,31075,31077	27198
Christelite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₃Cu₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·4H₂O	485	408	1	31075	5
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	485	408	1	31075	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	750	408	2	31075,31077	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	750	750	1	31077	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	776	408	3	31072,31075,31077	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	31072	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	485	408	1	31075	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	485	408	1	31075	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	776	622	1	31077	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	776	622	1	31077	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	485	408	1	31075	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	750	408	2	31075,31077	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	776	622	1	31077	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	31072	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	776	622	1	31077	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	776	358.9	4	31072,31074,31075,31077	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	382.7	358.9	1	31074	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	776	358.9	4	31072,31074,31075,31077	61156
Russellite ()*	None	Bi₂WO₆	382.7	358.9	1	31074	40
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	31072	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	382.7	358.9	1	31074	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	31072	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	485	408	1	31075	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	485	408	1	31075	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	485	408	1	31075	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	485	408	1	31075	5317

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0001458	382.7	358.9	Late Devonian		age of associated magmatism				106895	NUG 4 Claim, Nahanni River Area, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	NUG-4 Claim	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147
sedexmvt-00074	485	470	Early Ordovician		host rock age				247048	Prairie Creek, Nahanni River Area, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Prairie Creek	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00123	458	408	L. Ordovician –E. Silurian						247048	Prairie Creek, Nahanni River Area, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Prairie Creek	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
MT2015_Milton_0001	648	622	635 ± 13	U-Pb	alteration	monazite			68115	Coates Lake Deposit, Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Coates Lake Deposit	Milton (2015)		MT2015_Milton
MT2015_Milton_0002	776	774	775 ± 1	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon		68115	Coates Lake Deposit, Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Coates Lake Deposit	Milton (2015)		MT2015_Milton
sedcu-00104	750	750	U. Proterozoic					Cu	68115	Coates Lake Deposit, Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Coates Lake	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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