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Aylmer Lake pegmatite field, Northwest Territories, Canada

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 64° 4' 59'' North , 108° 49' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal): 64.08333,-108.83333
GeoHash:G#: ce6se6jbr
Area:10,900 km2
KΓΆppen climate type:Dfc : Subarctic climate


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Neoarchean
2500 - 2800 Ma



ID: 3187622
Archean sedimentary rocks

Age: Neoarchean (2500 - 2800 Ma)

Stratigraphic Name: Yellowknife Supergroup

Comments: Slave Craton

Lithology: Turbiditic sandstone

Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154]

Neoarchean
2500 - 2800 Ma



ID: 645882
Sedimentary; Sedimentary: undivided

Age: Neoarchean (2500 - 2800 Ma)

Description: North America, Slave Craton

Comments: Craton and massif; Hoffman et al., 1993; Stubley, 2005; Tella et al., unpublished compilation, 2007-08a

Lithology: Greywacke, pelite; quartzite, conglomerate, iron-formation, marble, volcanics; includes pre-yellowknife supergroup metasedimentary rocks

Reference: J.C. Harrison, M.R. St-Onge, O.V. Petrov, S.I. Strelnikov, B.G. Lopatin, F.H. Wilson, S. Tella, D. Paul, T. Lynds, S.P. Shokalsky, C.K. Hults, S. Bergman, H.F. Jepsen, and A. Solli. Geological map of the Arctic. doi:10.4095/287868. Geological Survey of Canada Map 2159A. [2]

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P.B. Tomascak, M.A. Wise, P. Cerni, and D.L. Trueman (1994) Reconnaissance studies of four pegmatite populations in the Northwest Territories. pp 33-62. in W.D. Sinclair and D.G. Richardson eds. Studies Of Rare-Metal Deposits In The Northwest Territories. Geological Survey Of Canada Bulletin 475
Tomascak, P. B. (1991). Granites and rare-element pegmatites of the Aylmer Lake pegmatite field, Slave Structural Province, NWT: petrochemistry, mineralogy, and exploration guidelines. MS thesis

 
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