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Pyrope from
Ekati Mine, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrope
Formula:Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrope data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ekati Mine, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:852267
Long-form Identifier:1:3:852267:2
GUID (UUID V4):7decd541-99bf-4d2b-b73b-8da4b4b50850
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrope
75.0km (46.6 miles) ⓘRanch Lake kimberlite pipe, Contwoyto Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
clinopyroxene and garnet megacrysts from Lac de Gras kimberlites, Canada Y. Bussweiler1 · R. S. Stone1 · D....garnet (Cr-pyrope) xenocrysts within kimberlites from Lac de Gras (Northwest Territories, Canada) contain...inclusions (spongy rims in Cr-diopside, kelyphite in Cr-pyrope) is consistent with measured Sr isotopic disequilibrium...T6G 2E3, Canada 2 Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada 3 Department...xenocrysts from the Lac de Gras kimberlite field (including the Diavik and Ekati Diamond Mines). Using
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...in the Lac de Gras area. These xenoliths are derived from seven kimberlites located on the Ekati Diamond...stability field. This ultra-depleted layer beneath Ekati continues to f 150 km. D 2004 Elsevier B.V. All
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FEATURE ARTICLE______________ 208 Diamonds in Canada B. A. Kjarsgaard and A. A. Levinson This article...News International ‱ Australia’s Ellendale diamond mine opens ‱ Aquamarine and spessartine from Tanzania...from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia ‱ New morganite mine in Madagascar ‱ Namibian gem localities ‱ New opals...Massachusetts A. A. Levinson Calgary, Alberta, Canada Christopher P. Smith Lucerne, Switzerland Editor...still a newcomer as a supplier of rough diamonds, Canada is now among the world’s most important diamond
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Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 b Division of Earth Sciences, University...comparison of the diamond productions from Panda (Ekati Mine) and Snap Lake with those from southern Africa...previously been recognized for diamonds from the De Beers Pool kimberlites. In part very low aggregation...magmatic perturbations. Generally high Cr-contents of pyrope garnets (inside and outside of diamonds) indicate...Slave only just commenced with the opening of the Ekati Mine (Fig. 1) in 1998. As a consequence, only few
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Range 0.2 to 3.4 mm in Misery Kimberlite, Ekati Mine, NWT, Canada* M. Y. Krebs,1,† D. G. Pearson,1 T. Stachel...Edmonton, Canada Centre for Isotopic Microanalysis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 3 Mineral...Mineral 4 Northwest Services Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada Territories Geoscience Office, Yellowknife, NT...NT, Canada Abstract First predictions of the macrodiamond grade of newly discovered kimberlites are commonly...Deakin and Boxer (1989) on diamonds from the Argyle mine (Western Australia), an initial prediction of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 b Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0E8 Received 21...region of Ontario to Eocene kimberlites in the Lac de Gras field, N.W.T. Based on a compilation of more...more than 4000 km from Somerset Island in northern Canada through the Fort à la Corne field in Saskatchewan...for kimberlites and related rocks, especially in Canada. The number of new kimberlite discoveries continues...(Saskatchewan), Kirkland Lake (Ontario/Québec), Lac de Gras (N.W.T.), Somerset Island (Nunavut), State Line
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Panda kimberlite (Central Slave Craton, Canada) G.L. Melton a,⁎, T. Stachel a, R.A. Stern a, J... AB T6G 2E3, Canada BHP Billiton, #1102 4920-52nd St., Yellowknife, NT X1A 3T1, Canada School of Geographical...mm) from the Panda kimberlite (Ekati mine, Central Slave Craton, Canada) were analyzed for nitrogen content...Introduction The Panda kimberlite, Canada's ïŹrst diamond mine, was mined from 1998 to 2003 as an open cut and...on the Ekati Diamond Mine Property, 25 km north of Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada. The kimberlite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral-hosted inclusions in the Mark kimberlite (Lac de Gras, Canada) Adam Abersteiner, Vadim S. Kamenetsky,...mineral-hosted inclusions in the Mark kimberlite (Lac de Gras, Canada), LITHOS (2020), https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j...mineral-hosted inclusions in the Mark kimberlite (Lac de Gras, Canada) Adam Abersteiner1,2*, Vadim S. Kamenetsky1...5 Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada 6 Department of Earth...Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada 7 Jo ur na 3 BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
craton, Canada (modified after Bussweiler et al. [44];ettheir 2. Polymineralic diamondmine, mine, Slave...Slave craton, Canada (modified after Bussweiler al. Figure [44]; their Figure 2. inclusions are typically...2002 [47] Diavik A154N kimberlite, Slave craton, Canada cpx Ti-rich phl, ol, cc, Cr-spl, silicate glass...Bussweiler et al., 2016 [44] Lac de Gras kimberlites, Slave craton, Canada cpx, grt inclusions in cpx:...Abersteiner et al., 2019 [46] Lac de Gras & Jericho kimberlites, Slave craton, Canada; Udachnaya-East kimberlite
Journal (issue)
Kennedy The Ekati and Diavik diamond mines, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada .................263 by C. J. Stefano Giroux Point, the Bagdad mine, Yavapai County, Arizona .........................year, $278/two years, (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...and Kim Niederman (2021) Scott Werschky (2021) Noel De Dora (2021) Sean P. Sweeney (2021) John C. Medici...recovered by a miner from the 2800 level of the mine. The miner called the acicular mineral “red copper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Centre, 1055 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V7X 1L2 a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...Exploration Inc., P.O. Box 49223, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V7X 1L2. Fax: +1 604 683 4125. E-mail address:...Enstatite-in-cpx thermometer of Nimis and Taylor (2000) Ni-in-pyrope xenocryst thermometer of Ryan et al. (1996) Zn-in-chromite...xenocryst thermometer of Ryan et al. (1996) Mn-in-pyrope xenocryst thermometer of GrĂŒtter et al. (1999)...Taylor (2000) Cr-in-pyrope xenocryst barometer of Ryan et al. (1996) Cr/Ca-in-pyrope xenocryst barometer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
beneath the Central Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada? Diamond indicator mineral geochemistry...Central Mackenzie Valley (CMV) area of Northwest Territories is underlain by Precambrian basement belonging...Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada 2 Department of Earth Sciences, Science Labs... UK 3 Northwest Territories Geological Survey, 5310 44 St, Yellowknife, NT X1A 1K3, Canada Since the...of the first diamondiferous kimberlite in the Lac de Gras area in 1991, more than 300 kimberlites many
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
time at A154N kimberlite volcano, Diavik Diamond Mine: lessons from the deep Stephen W. Moss 1 & Alan...Nature 2018 Abstract The Diavik Diamond Mine in the NWT of Canada has produced in excess of 100 million...Garnet Introduction The Diavik Diamond Mine in the NWT of Canada (Fig. 1a, b) has produced in excess of...com 1 Terram Vero Consulting Inc., Vancouver, Canada 2 Rio Tinto Exploration, Melbourne, Australia...Australia 3 Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., Yellowknife, Canada Archaean plutonic rocks of the central Slave Province
Report (issue)
by impact. Association: Forsterite, phlogopite, pyrope, diopside, ilmenite (kimberlite pipes); ilmenite...Kimberley, at the Finsch mine, near Postmasburg, Cape Province; from the Premier mine, near Pretoria, and...and the Venetia mine, Transvaal; about 150 diamondiferous pipes have been mined. From the Jwaneng and Orapa...In China, from pipes at the Wafangdian and Binhai mine, Liaoning Province; at Changma, near Mengyin, Shandong...Australia. At the Ekati and Diavik mines, Lac de Gras region, Northwest Territories, Canada. Name: A corruption
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A154 South pipe, Diavik Diamond Mine, Northwest territories, Canada Cara L. Donnelly a,⁎, Thomas Stachel...Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E3 b Diavik Diamond Mines, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada Received 4 August 2006;...kimberlite (Diavik Diamond Mines, Central Slave Craton, Canada) indicate largely peridotitic diamond sources (83%)...International Kimberlite Conference, Victoria, Canada, Extended Abstracts, 5p.], such low aggregation...Inclusions in diamond; Lithospheric mantle; Lac de Gras; Slave Craton; C isotopes; Nitrogen ⁎ Corresponding
Journal (issue)
GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Canada’s Diavik Mine FabergĂ© Imperial Bodyguards Responsible Sourcing...of Colored Stones Journey to the Chivor Emerald Mine Summer 2016 VOLUME 52, No. 2 EDITORIAL 103 Responsible...Mining Diamonds in the Canadian Arctic: The Diavik Mine James E. Shigley, Russell Shor, Pedro Padua, Christopher...Rainier’s Footsteps: Journey to the Chivor Emerald Mine Robert Weldon, Jose Guillermo Ortiz, and Terri Ottaway...adventures of Peter W. Rainier, who directed the mine from 1926 to 1931 and restored its former glory
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diamonds from the Panda kimberlite, Slave Province, Canada RALF TAPPERT1, 4*, THOMAS STACHEL1, JEFFREY W....University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada of Earth Sciences, Centre for Geosciences, University...the Eocene Panda kimberlite (Ekati Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada) were analyzed for the major and...diamonds, lithospheric mantle, lower mantle, Lac de Gras, Slave craton. 1. Introduction Syngenetic mineral...subsequent opening of Canada’s first diamond mines (Ekati and Diavik), similar studies suddenly became possible
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DD17 $ and Ranch Lake kimberlites at Lac de Gras, Slave Craton, Canada Rondi M. Davies a,*, William L. Griffin...Australia c Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc., 200 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1S4 Received...A418, DO18, DD17 and Ranch Lake kimberlites at Lac de Gras, Slave Craton, was conducted. Mineral inclusion...Diamonds from the deep: pipe DO27, Slave craton, Canada. In: Gurney, J.J., Gurney, J.L., Pascoe, M.D.,...but differ to diamonds from nearby kimberlites at Ekati (e.g., Lithos (2004); Tappert, R., Stachel, T.,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FALLARA,3 AND SYLVAIN TRÉPANIER1 1 CONSOREM Consortium de Recherche en Exploration MinĂ©rale, UniversitĂ© du...du QuĂ©bec Ă  MontrĂ©al, MontrĂ©al, QuĂ©bec, Canada H3C 3P8 2 EMSC/CSEM 3 URSTM European Mediterranean Seismological... BruyĂšres le ChĂątel 91680, France UnitĂ© de Recherche et de Service en Technologie MinĂ©rale, UniversitĂ©...Abitibi-TĂ©miscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda (QuĂ©bec), Canada J9X 5E4 Abstract The seismic architecture of the...subsurface Archean crust of the United States and Canada is presented here in three dimensions for the first
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Engineering, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K74 3N6 of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution...population of xenocrystic diamonds contributing to run-of-mine production. Evidence is accumulating that the diamond-forming...= Premier representing oldest Group I kimberlite mine (filled diamond), increasing thickness of solid...peridotitic and eclogitic affinities are found together (De Stefano et al., 2006). 0361-0128/98/000/000-00 $6...greenstone belt southeast of Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. It overlaps in age with the 1.84 to 1.83 Ma Christopher
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
peridotitic microxenoliths from the Diavik Diamond Mine, NT Steven Creighton Æ Thomas Stachel Æ Hayley McLean...the general peridotitic diamond production at this mine with respect to colour, carbon isotopic composition...Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada e-mail: Steven.Creighton@ualberta.ca H. McLean...Eichenberg Diavik Diamond Mines, Yellowknife, NT, Canada diamond formation is supported by the finding... G ul Wo pm ay Or og en f Jericho Ekati Lac de Gras Thelo n Fro nt Diavik Mantle sample at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mantle lithosphere beneath the central Slave craton (Canada) Sonja Aulbach ⁎, William L. GrifïŹn, Norman J....in mantle xenoliths from the diamondiferous Lac de Gras kimberlites, central Slave craton, constrain...Harris, 2009). The Slave craton in Canada's Northwest Territories (Fig. 1) represents a small, but tenacious...Diavik and from the nearby Ekati mine, both of which are located in the Lac de Gras area of the central Slave...in a mantle xenolith suite entrained in the Lac de Gras kimberlites 55 Ma ago (Creaser et al., 2004)
Report (chapter)
for diamond exploration in glaciated terrain in Canada M. B. McClenaghan and B. A. Kjarsgaard Geological...in Canada M. B. M c C L E N A G H A N & B. A. K J A R S G A A R D Geological Survey o f Canada, 601...601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K 1 A OE8, Canada (e-mail: bmcclena@nrcan.gc.ca) Abstract: This paper...exploration techniques used in the glaciated terrain of Canada, focusing on indicator mineral methods and till...sediments and vegetation. Diamond exploration in Canada focuses on kimberlite, the primary host rock for
Journal (issue)
1_ - IN CANADA - MAY 2016 ~', "......, . k‱ . ~ - MINES HANDBOOK ONLINE ACCESS THE DATA, ARCHIVE...Credit: Rio Tinto STORNOWAY ADDS THREE YEARS TO MINE LIFE AT RENARD By Trish Saywe/1.. .................... 18 GAHC HO KUE SH IFTS THE FUTURE OF DE BEERS CANADA By Lesley Stokes ...................... ‱ ... PRODUCTION MANAGER: Jessica Jubb Printed In Canada. All rights reserved . The contents o f this publication...an expanding middle class. 4 11 ❖ Diamonds in Canada ot long after Luca ra Diamond installed a large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
olivine crystallisation in the Mark kimberlite (Canada) revealed by zoning and melt inclusions Adam Abersteiner...Australia e Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada f BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide...Keywords: Kimberlite Olivine Zoning Melt inclusion Lac de Gras or Slave Craton a b s t r a c t Elucidating...olivine crystals from the Mark kimberlite (Lac de Gras, Canada). Olivine typically consists of xenocrystic...of fresh olivine in the Mark kimberlite (Lac de Gras, Canada) provides new insights into different stages
 
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