 | | Journal (issue) | | N T I A L Unlocking our Potential THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS The Friendliest Place...Photo courtesy of: De Beers Canada Reasons to Invest in the Northwest Territories NWTGEOSCIENCE.CA E: ntgs@gov...GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES? The Northwest Territories Geological Survey is your...Invest in the Northwest Territories 10 Select Mineral Deposits of the Northwest Territories 12 Certainty...the Northwest Territories 14 15 Roads to Resources The Last Word Cover: the Gahcho KuĂ© Diamond Mineâthe |  | | Journal (issue) | | Unlocking our Potential THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS The NWT Difference ITâS MORE...GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES? The Northwest Territories Geological Survey is your...TOURISM AND INVESTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER At the inaugural...particular, mineral exploration in the Northwest Territories (see page 7 for a Q+A with him). Darrellâs...our potential. Cover photo courtesy of: Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. 3 U N L O C K I N G O U R P O T E |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fine-quality diamonds on kimberlite. Photo courtesy Aber Diamond Inc. WARREN F. BOYD R. T. Boyd Limited Suite 546...546, 109 Thomas Street Oakville, Ontario Canada L6J 7R4 diamondswfb@cs.com I n the early 1980s, when...the Figure 2. Canadian diamond mines (Ekati and Diavik) and future diamond mines (Jericho, Snap Lake...Kingston"] at 20:04 22 August 2013 Figure 3. The Ekati Diamond mineâPanda pit. Photo courtesy BHP Billiton. world...discovery of diamonds in the Northwest Territories in the far north of Canada in 1991 led to the largest |  | Poitras, StĂ©phane P., Pearson, D. Graham, Hardman, Matthew F., Stachel, Thomas, Nowell, Geoff M., Cairns, Scott (2018) Evidence for a 200 km thick diamond-bearing root beneath the Central Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada? Diamond indicator mineral geochemistry from the Horn Plateau and Trout Lake regions. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112. 719-736 doi:10.1007/s00710-018-0641-4 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | thick diamond-bearing root beneath the Central Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada? Diamond...Central Mackenzie Valley (CMV) area of Northwest Territories is underlain by Precambrian basement belonging...The potential of this area to host kimberlitic diamond deposits is relatively high judging from the s...chemistry for the Horn Plateau indicates significant diamond potential, with a strong similarity to KIM systematics...significant issue to resolve in assessing the local diamond potential is the degree to which KIM chemistry |  | | Journal (issue) | | Potential O C T O B E R 2018 The New Face of Diamond Mining Five Ways that the NWT's Mineral Development...GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES? The Northwest Territories Geological Survey is your...P O T E N T I A L CONTENTS 4 The New Face of Diamond Mining 6 Five Ways the NWT's Mineral Development...MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND INVESTMENT NORTHWEST TERRITORIES MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER At the Diamonds...we call the NWT Difference. Itâs how the Northwest Territories leads the global mining industry, and itâs |  | | Journal (issue) | | Unlocking our Potential THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NWTGEOSCIENCE.CA E: ntgs@gov...petroleum@gov.nt.ca T: 867-777-7480 The Northwest Territories Thanks Says NEW FRONTIERS FOR EXPLORATION...Pioneers of the NWT Diamond Industry whose finds helped to unlock the NWTâs diamond potential (L to R)...OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER In November, the Northwest Territories celebrated...our territory (see page 3). Rightfully so â our diamond industry has pushed us to the cutting-edge of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES? The Northwest Territories Geological Survey is your...MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND INVESTMENT NORTHWEST TERRITORIES MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER 10 Changing...Word Cover photo: Scott Cairns of the Northwest Territories Geological Survey documents a spodumene...Thereâs a mini staking rush underway in the Northwest Territories today (see story page 4). Key areas are...drill programs are stacking up. Not unlike the diamond play of the 1990s, the NWT is once-again witnessing |  | | Journal (issue) | | GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES? The Northwest Territories Geological Survey is your...MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND INVESTMENT NORTHWEST TERRITORIES MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER 10 Nechalacho:...15 Select Mineral Deposits of the Northwest Territories, Canada 17 Whatâs that Earth Worth 19 The...mineral exploration and development in the Northwest Territories! As the global mining industry resets post...reduction can already be found within the Northwest Territories. 4 Gold, base metals and diamonds have |  | | Journal (issue) | | NOVEMBER 2019 THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS Northwest Territories passes new Mineral...Resources Act PLUS 10 PROJECTS SHOWCASING THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIESâ WORLD-CLASS POTENTIAL NWTMINING.COM E:...GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES? The Northwest Territories Geological Survey is your...G O U R P O T E N T I A L CONTENTS 4 Northwest Territories passes new mining Act 7 Q&A 8 10 Projects...Projects showcasing the Northwest Territoriesâ world-class potential 10 12 Select Mineral Deposits Opportunity |  | Bezzola, Martina, Hetman, Casey M., Garlick, Gareth, Creaser, Robert, Diering, Michael, Nowicki, Tom (2018) Geology and resource development of the Kelvin kimberlite pipe, Northwest Territories, Canada. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112. 463-475 doi:10.1007/s00710-018-0631-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | development of the Kelvin kimberlite pipe, Northwest Territories, Canada Martina Bezzola 1 & Casey M. Hetman...Slave Craton in northern Canada, eight km northeast of the Gahcho KuĂ© diamond mine. Kelvin was first discovered...discovered in 2000 by De Beers Canada. Subsequent exploration undertaken by Kennady Diamonds Inc. between...expression of only 0.08 ha Kelvin dips towards the northwest before turning north. The body (which remains...of 1.6 carats per tonne (cpt) with an average diamond value of US$ 63 per carat (ct). Keywords Kimberley-type |  | Macrae, Neil D., Armitage, Allan E., Jones, Adrienne L., Miller, Allan R. (1995) A Diamondiferous Lamprophyre Dike, Gibson Lake Area, Northwest Territories. International Geology Review, 37 (3) 212-229 doi:10.1080/00206819509465401 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Diamondiferous Lamprophyre Dike, Gibson Lake Area, Northwest Territories a a a Neil D. Macrae , Allan E. Armitage...N6A, Canada b Geological Survey of Canad , 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Kl A E08, Canada Published...Diamondiferous Lamprophyre Dike, Gibson Lake Area, Northwest Territories, International Geology Review, 37:3, 212-229...Diamondiferous Lamprophyre Dike, Gibson Lake Area, Northwest Territories N E I L D. MACRAE, ALLAN E. ARMITAGE, ADRIENNE...Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7 AND ALLAN R. MILLER Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, |  | | Journal (issue) | | âIN CANADAâ renard, gahcho kuĂ©, cross the finish line nOVEMBER | 2016 + BoB gannicottâs lasting legacy...legacy DecoDing the diamond market complimentary Pm no. 40069240 001-4-Cover-Contents-Ed2.indd 1...STANDARDS SINCE 1973 As one of the largest commercial diamond recovery laboratories in the world, SRC offers...your diamond project. We Offer: - KIMBERLITE INDICATOR MINERALS RECOVERY - MICRO AND MACRO DIAMOND RECOVERY...RECOVERY - DIAMOND DESCRIPTION, WEIGHING & PHOTOGRAPHY - DIAMOND BREAKAGE STUDIES - DIAMOND TYPING BY FTIR |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | distribution of kimberlite in the Slave craton, Canada: a geometrical approach M.P. Stubley * Stubley...Stubley Geoscience, 158 Toki Road, Cochrane, AB, Canada T4C 2A2 Received 25 June 2003; accepted 27 November...Elsewhere, the clusters are elongate to the northwest or west â northwest and appear to be arranged en echelon...echelon within a poorly defined north â northwest trending zone (ââCentral Corridorââ). Geometrical spatial...are preferentially located towards the west â northwest (ca. 280j) and north â northeast (ca. 015j) of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ontario Museum 100 Queenâs Park, Toronto Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6 andrewl@rom.on.ca Downloaded by [North...Alberta Museum 12845 102nd Avenue, Edmonton Alberta, Canada T5N 0M6 ron.mussieux@gov.ab.ca ROD TYSON Tysonsâ...Alberta, Canada T5N 2A4 tysonsminerals@ tysons-minerals.com Figure 2. Drill core from diamond-drill programs...lead-zinc deposits deposits northwest northwest territories territories canada canada Unless otherwise noted...the Pine Point lead-zinc deposits, Northwest Territories, Canada. Andrew J. Locock is the recently appointed |  | Crawford, Barbara, Hetman, Casey, Nowicki, Tom, Baumgartner, Mike, Harrison, Sara (2009) The geology and emplacement history of the Pigeon kimberlite, EKATI Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada. Lithos, 112. 501-512 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.06.032 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Pigeon kimberlite, EKATI Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada Barbara Crawford a,â, Casey Hetman...4920-52nd Street, Yellowknife, NT, Canada, X1A 3T1 Mineral Services Canada Inc., 205-930 Harbourside Drive...Drive, North Vancouver, BC, Canada V7P 3S7 a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 7 October 2008...approximately 6 km to the northwest of the Koala cluster of the EKATI Diamond Mine, and is presently one...characterized by contrasting textures, different diamond characteristics and unique mineral abundance and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | coupling revisited: The Archean Slave craton, NWT, Canada H. Helmstaedt Dept. of Geological Sciences and...Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...resembles other diamondiferous cratons in that its diamond endowment consists of both Mesoarchean and Paleoproterozoic...the lithosphere as well as to establish ages of diamond formation and crustâmantle coupling. Based on regional...in the Neoarchean orogenic cycle, probably by northwest-directed subduction related to the Defeat arc |  | | Report (issue) | | Pattern: Gahcho KuĂ© mine (5034 pipe), Northwest Territories, Canada. 2.764 (100), 1.596 (42), 1.954 (31)...00 (1) Gahcho KuĂ© mine (5034 pipe), Northwest Territories, Canada; average electron microprobe and Raman...inclusions in a diamond, likely derived from the upper mantle. Association: Diamond, rutile, calcite...Gahcho KuĂ© mine (5034 kimberlite pipe), Northwest Territories, Canada. Name: Honors Larry Heaman (b. 1955)...University of Alberta, Canada, for contributions to radiometric dating applied to diamond-bearing kimberlites |  | | Journal (volume) | | for the communities of Canada 's Northwest Territories "The CanadaMa rk"' hallmark assures customers...worldwide that their polished diamond is of Canadian origin, cu t from a rough diamond re sponsibly mined in...in the Northwest Territories. Natural and untreated, tracked through audited processes at each stage of...specific quality standard s, only a CanadaMark' " diamond comes with independent assurance of origin. M...Resources Corp. I Adam Chamberlain Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP Eric Christenson I David Connelly Lane |  | Harder, M., Scott Smith, B.H., Hetman, C.M., Pell, J. (2009) The evolution of geological models for the DO-27 kimberlite, NWT, Canada: Implications for evaluation. Lithos, 112. 61-72 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.06.024 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | geological models for the DO-27 kimberlite, NWT, Canada: Implications for evaluation M. Harder a,â, B.H...Mineral Services Canada Inc., 205-930 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver, BC, Canada V7P 3S7 Scott-Smith...Vancouver, BC, Canada V7R 2M9 Peregrine Diamonds Ltd., 201-1250 Homer Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 1C6...the Lac de Gras kimberlite province, Northwest Territories, Canada. The DO-27 kimberlite was discovered...the âdiatreme-faciesâ kimberlite. The resulting diamond grades were below expectations and the project |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Concepts for diamond exploration in ââon/off cratonââ areasâBritish Columbia, Canada George J. Simandl...Mines and University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada Received 25 June 2003; accepted 6 January 2004...differs from classic diamond-bearing intracratonic regions such as the Northwest Territories and South Africa...Africa. Nevertheless, several diamond occurrences have been reported in BC. It is also known that parts of...fragments of the diamond-bearing Precambrian basement from the Northwest Territories or Alberta to BC |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 707-719 (2011) DOI : 10.3749/canmin.49.3.707 DIAMOND RESORPTION: LINK TO METASOMATIC EVENTS IN THE MANTLE...Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada Zhihai ZHANG Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie...Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada and China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074...Abstract The morphology and surface features on diamond crystals vary tremendously, even within a single...distinguish between diamond-dissolution events happening in the mantle sources of diamond and in the rising |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Granite, Great Bear Magmatic Zone, Northwest Territories, Canada: Source of U for Port Radium? Alireza...Geology, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Abstract Airborne radiometric survey and field...Belt in the Great Bear Magmatic Zone, Northwest Territories, Canada. In terms of content of radioactive...northern Great Bear Magmatic Zone (GBMZ), Northwest Territories, Canada (Fig. 1). The Contact Lake Belt is located...historically (pre-1960) important sources of U in Canada, and a significant producer of Ag plus lesser |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada 2 Mineral Deposit Research Unit, University of...V6T 1Z4, Canada 3 Scott-Smith Petrology, North Vancouver, British Columbia V7R 2M9, Canada 1 aBStRact...kimberlite in the A154N kimberlite pipe, Diavik, Northwest Territories: (1) 0.03â10.0 mm in diameter size range;...size distribution, image analysis, emplacement, diamond intRoduction Olivine crystals are the most abundant...Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5V-3W1, Canada. E-mail: smoss@eos.ubc.ca 0003-004X/10/0004â527$05 |  | Menzies, Andrew, Westerlund, Kalle, GrĂŒtter, Herman, Gurney, John, Carlson, Jon, Fung, Agnes, Nowicki, Tom (2004) Peridotitic mantle xenoliths from kimberlites on the Ekati Diamond Mine property, N.W.T., Canada: major element compositions and implications for the lithosphere beneath the central Slave cratonâ. Lithos, 77 (1) 395-412 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2004.04.013 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | xenoliths from kimberlites on the Ekati Diamond Mine property, N.W.T., Canada: major element compositions and...c Mineral Services Canada, 205-930 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada d BHP Billiton Diamonds...Kelowna, B.C., Canada V1X 7Y5 e CF Minerals, 1677 Powick Road, Kelowna, B.C., Canada V1X 4L1 b Received...derived from seven kimberlites located on the Ekati Diamond Minek property and define a detailed stratigraphic...respectively, and approximately intersect the diamond stability field at 900 jC and 42 kbar. There is |  | Li, Zhuoyuan, Fedortchouk, Yana, Fulop, Alexandrina, Chinn, Ingrid L., Forbes, Njillan (2018) Positively oriented trigons on diamonds from the Snap Lake kimberlite dike, Canada: Implications for fluids and kimberlite cooling rates. American Mineralogist, 103 (10) 1634-1648 doi:10.2138/am-2018-6496 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on diamonds from the Snap Lake kimberlite dike, Canada: Implications for fluids and kimberlite cooling...B3H 4R2, Canada 2 De Beers Canada, 300-1601 Airport Road, Calgary, Alberta T2E 6Z8, Canada 3 De Beers...diamonds from Snap Lake kimberlite dike, Northwest Territories, Canada. The study used 91 micro-diamonds selected...kimberlite pipes in the Northwest Territories, every studied Snap Lake diamond shows positively oriented...oriented trigons. These trigons cover the whole diamond surface starting from the {111} faces and continuing |
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Diavik Mine, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada