Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Gahcho Kué Mine, Lac De Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 264496
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264496.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
5034 Kimberlite

Latitude: 63°26'6"N
Longitude: 109°12'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.435,-109.2

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diamond	Epidote	Mica	None	Olivine
Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Wollastonite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Cr Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diamond Epidote Mica None Olivine
Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Wollastonite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	31047	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	31047	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	31047	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	0		697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	31047	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	31047	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	31047	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	31047	14640
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	31047	153
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	31047	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	31047	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	31047	61156
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	31047	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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