Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ekati Mine, Lac De Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 22634
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22634.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ekati Mine, Lac De Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Panda Kimberlite

Latitude: 64°43'20"N
Longitude: 110°35'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.722222222222,-110.59916666667

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.

Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Garnet	Mica	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Spinel	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eitelite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Halite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Norsethite ()*
Periclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Spinel ()*
Sylvite ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Diamond Garnet Mica None Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene Rocksalt
Spinel Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	31045	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Eitelite ()*	None	Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂	0		20
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0		944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂	0		30
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	31045	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	31045	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		341
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	31045	1934
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	0		275
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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