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Locality Name:
Giant Yellowknife Mine (Giant Mine), Yellowknife, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-513.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 62°29'59"N
Longitude: 114°21'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.499722222222,-114.35861111111

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper	Covellite
Dadsonite	Diaspore	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Zinkenite

Altaite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Azurite ()*
Berthierite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dadsonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gudmundite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Lead ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Meneghinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rickardite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Yukonite ()*
Zinkenite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Berthierite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper Covellite
Dadsonite Diaspore Malachite Marcasite Melonite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Zinkenite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2589	2561	489
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	2589	2561	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2589	2561	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	2589	2561	73
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2589	2561	5509
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	2589	2561	343
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2589	2561	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2589	2561	1089
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2589	2561	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2589	2561	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2589	2561	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2589	2561	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2589	2561	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	2589	2561	162
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2589	2561	4165
Dadsonite ()*	Dadsonite	Pb₂₃Sb₂₅S₆₀Cl	2589	2561	15
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2589	2561	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2589	2561	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2589	2561	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2589	2561	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	2589	2561	170
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2589	2561	784
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	2589	2561	192
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2589	2561	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2589	2561	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	2589	2561	158
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2589	2561	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2589	2561	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2589	2561	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2589	2561	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2589	2561	61156
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂	2589	2561	52
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	2589	2561	165
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2589	2561	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	2589	2561	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2589	2561	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	2589	2561	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2589	2561	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	2589	2561	293
Yukonite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·4H₂O	2589	2561	29
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	2589	2561	228

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_011	2589	2561	2575±14	Ar/Ar			muscovite			Yes	Muscovite			24669	Yellowknife, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Yellowknife - Prosperous	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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