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Prehnite from
Con Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Prehnite
Formula:Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Prehnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Con Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:813843
Long-form Identifier:1:3:813843:9
GUID (UUID V4):5f793294-da5c-427f-a9db-d5d201335e74
References
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Report (issue)
PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of
Report (Issue volume)
Printer, Ottawa, from the Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, and at the following Canadian...available for reference in public libraries across Canada. Price $1.30 Catalogue No. M41-8/8-1 Price subject...Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa, Canada 1964 Page 1 e INTRODUCTION 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 11...Collecting in Canada Mineral and rock sets Abbreviations used in references YUKON NORTHWEST TERRITORIES BRITISH...APPENDICES Additional reading Amateur clubs in Canada Addresses INDEX TO MINERALS 74277-H CoverJade
Journal (issue)
.......... . SHEBA, SOUTH AFRICA'S OLD EST GOLD MINE ....................................... . WITH OUR...somewhat harder to collect, as their usual source is mine dumps. What can be collected at a given time depends...these can be found at almost any time on most of the mine dumps. Common galena and sphalerite are quite plentiful...radical, are plentiful in the dump of the South H ecla Mine, a few thousand feet southwest of the Alta townsite...mountainous region with extensive mineralization. Generalized geologic history of the region can be inferred
Book
Distributors for the United States and Canada: ELSEVIER NORTH-HOLLAND INC. 52, Vanderbilt Avenue New...This association dominates in Archean provinces in North America, southern Africa, and Australia. The high-grade...provinces: 1 = Superior (B), 2 = Slave (G), 3 = Wyoming (G), 4 = North Atlantic (H), (Nain, Godthaab, Lewisian)...and/or tectonic contacts have been described in Canada along the eastern borders of the Superior Province...Grenville Front) (Wynne-Edwards, 1972) and the Slave Province (the Thelon Front) (Gibb and Thomas, 1977)
Report (issue)
CANADA DEPARTMENT OF MINES HON. CBARLBS STEWART, MINISTER; CHARLES CAMSELL, DEl'UTY MINISTER NATIONAL...NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA W. H. COLLINS, ACTING DuracTOR • I BULLETIN No. 62 I Annual Report for 1928...COGNOSCO EX PARTE ~~ TRENT UNIVERSITY LIBRARY • CANADA DEPARTMENT OF MINES HON. CHARLES STEWART, ~1INISTER;...CHARLES CAMSELL, DEPUTY MINISTER NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA w. H. COLLINS, ACTING DIRECTOR I • BULLETIN No...Collins, Acting Director 1'he National 11useum of Canada is able to report satisfactory progress during
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
skarn.Cummingtoniteandbiotite-rich bandsalter- Prehnite qz SiO,o nateon a centimeter to decimeter sca...succession isintrudedbyup The skarns in the Nevoria mine area are subdivided ac- to 450-m-thick, layered...1991).Subparallel shearzonesfollowthesouthwestern con- dipping horizons of grunerite-quartz bandediron-formation...the Ghooli dome (Bloem et al., 1994) and other north- (Fig.2), traditionally termed"BIF-i" to "BIF-3"fromnorth...wherethey are interbedded 1991).Themineralized northwest-trending structures arecut schist(0.1-2 m thick)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
age of the Nanisivik zinc deposits, Baf®n Island, Canada Received: 9 January 1999 / Accepted: 3 March 2000...on the wellde®ned ``Logan Loop'' portion of the North American apparent polar wander path. This age is...postulated Cretaceous remagnetization event in the region. Introduction The original aim of this study,...University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada e-mail: dsymons@uwindsor.ca Tel.:+1-519-2533000...F. Sangster 2335 Russvern Dr., North Gower, Ontario, K0A 2T0, Canada range, and the skin e€ect prevented
Thesis/Dissertation
Magmatic and Metamorphic History of the East Arm,Great Slave Lake,N.W.T. DEGREE FOR WHICH THESIS WAS PRESENTED...Magmatic and Metamorphic History of the East Arm,Great Slave Lake,N.W.T. by S.P.Goff A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE...and Metamorphic History of the East Arm,Great Slave Lake,N.W.T. submitted by S.P.Goff in partial fulfilment...and Helikian strata of the East Arm graben, Great Slave Lake. In an attempt to relate magmatism in the...Group). After (Wilson initial major rifting of the Slave craton and alkalic plutonism at about 2200 Ma,
Book
Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: Mineral Deposits of Canada: A Synthesis...and Exploration Methods Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Publication...1. Ore deposits--Canada. 2. Metallogeny--Canada. 3. Physiographic provinces--Canada. 4. Mines and niineral...niineral resources--Canada. 5. Prospecting--Canada. I. Goodfellow, Wayne D. (Wayne David), 1949Il. Geological...Association of Canada III. Series: Special publication (Geological Association of Canada. Mineral Deposits
Book (volume)
tH MSTONESof - NORTH AMERICA ~ VOLUME olor phot raphs yo. Erica and. Harol d Van I [iL Albuquerque...87109 N.M. N_E. Bivd. Gkapats GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA ~ NASMI EPPA GEMSTONES OF THE WORLD...+ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, by John Sinkankas ON@“THE VOLUME III COVER North American gems from...cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern...ct), and pinkish purple (1.35 ct). GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA VOLUME III + John Sinkankas ~ Color Photography
Thesis/Dissertation
STUDIES ON THE ECHO BAY SILVER DEPOSIT, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA. BY BRIAN WILLIAM ROBINSON, B. Sc...'Studies on the Echo Bay Silver Deposit, Northwest Territories, Canada' submitted by Brian William Robinson...R.D.Morton for initially suggesting the Echo Bay Mine as a thesis area and his guidance during the course...samples. R.J. Mr. Beckett has been of help with the mine and local geology and by providing samples. The...National Research Council and Geological Survey of Canada grants. V TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT
Report (issue)
States-Public lands. 3. Mines and mineral resources-Canada. 4. Canada-Public lands. I. Cargill, S.M. U. Green, S...Geological Survey (USGS) and the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). Thus, when staff of our two agencies first...A. Price Director General Geological Survey of Canada III CONTENTS Page Preface .••••••••••••••••••••••••...development in northern ••••••••••••••••••• 23 Canada, by G. N. Faulkner Problems and opportunities facing...••••••••••••••• 94 Barton, Jr. v Page Northern Canada mineral resource assessment, by •••....•..•••••
Book
ROUTES_ *»■> MINERAL ViSjTkl" RESOURCES OF NORTH WESTERN CANADA. BY E. JEROME DYER, F.R.G.S. Honorary...hand-book upon the mineral resources of North-Western Canada. The gold discoveries in the Upper Yukon...show that there are many routes into the N. W. Territories and the Yukon from the East and South East which...views—that Mackenzie Bay will one day serve British North America as the White Sea serves Bussia will, doubtless...reports and other publica¬ tions of the N. W. Territories together with extracts from various official
Book (volume)
NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather
Book
© 2011 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All rights reserved. No part of this publication...Cataloging-in-Publication Data (U.S.) Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Tait, Kimberly. Tait...States by Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc. Published in Canada by Firefly Books Ltd. PO. Box 1338, Ellicott Station...at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photography: Brian Boyle, MPA, FPPO, and Miguel...publishing program by the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund as administered by the Department
Journal (issue)
58 GEMSTONES Copa!, Lazulite MINERALS Cinnabar, Prehnite, Sillimanite GROUNDWORK On the Mineral Trail:...following locations worldwide: Austria; Brazil; Canada; Finland; India; Italy; Madagascar; Myanmar (Burma);...enstatite from the Harz Mountains in the Eitel region of Germany. F A C T Enstatite may occur in all...unearthed in the following locations: Labrador (Canada); Eitel (Germa ny); Myanmar (B urma); Norway; South...mineral species in 1 797 and named a�er Aragon, the region of Spain in which it was first identified. •
Report (issue)
152 Section I.— Keweenaw Point Section II.— The Region between Portage Lake and the Ontonagon River Section...Section III. The South Range Section IV. The Region between the Ontonagon River and Numakagon Lake of...Wisconsin, including the Porcupine Mountains Section V. NoRTH^VESTERN Wisconsin and the adjoining part of Minnesota...Minnesota Chapter VII.— The Keweenaw an Rocks of the North and East Shores of Lake Superior 163 161 161 ...polarized light. Scale, 21 diameters. 3.— From the North Shore, near Duluth, Minn. N. W. i, Sec. 24, T. 50
Journal (issue)
LTHOUGH the gem species of Western and Northern Canada are are fairly numerous, only a few few deposits...promise—it mind that in a country the may the size of Canada, thousands of miles may separate the the various...deposits; deposits ; and and in regions such as the far north, only the most daring collector can can hope to...this island is largely composed. In the North West Territories, olive-green chalcedony (Chrysoprase) is...(Long. 78° 30', Lat. 63° 45') by an official of the North Lands Exploration, Limited. A few of them were cut
Book (volume)
GElV!§TONE§ (())f NORTH AMERRCA VOLUME III GElV[§TONE§ OF TXiE ,voRLD §ERIE§ SERIES EDITOR... GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, VOLUME III by Joh11 Sinkankas ON ~rf-IE co ·vER North An1erican gems...and pinkish purple (I .3 5 et). GEMSTONE§ (O)f NORTH AMERICA VOLUME III John Sinbanbas Colar Photography...Qurrli~y Books, Inc.) Sinkankas, John. Gen1stones of North An1erica. Vol. III/ John Sinkankas. p. cm. lncludes...index. ISBN 0-945005-22-9 l. Precious stones - North America. QE392.5.N6S56 1997 I. Tide. 553.8'097
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 500 EXPLORING FOR MINERALS IN ALBERTA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA GEOSCIENCE...GEOSCIENCE CONTRIBUTIONS, CANADA-ALBERTA AGREEMENT ON MINERAL DEVELOPMENT (1992-1995) Edited by R - W. Macqueen...SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 500 EXPLORING FOR MINERALS IN ALBERTA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA GEOSCIENCE...GEOSCIENCE CONTRIBUTIONS, CANADA-ALBERTA AGREEMENT ON MINERAL DEVELOPMENT (1992-1995) Edited by R. W. Macqueen...Queen in Right of Canada, 1997 Catalogue No. M42-500E ISBN 0-660-16725-5 Available in Canada from Geological
Report (issue)
with secondary minerals) is filled with radial prehnite (gray, white, yellow, red ana blue in center)...ana pink in upper right), guartz (gray between prehnite and epidote) and chlorite (very dark colored mineral...assemblage is left), representative of the prehnite-pumpellyite Complex and is thought to reflect...reviews of the geology and metamorphism of each region as well as descriptions of selected localities...subduction complex along the western margin of the North American plate from the Late Jurassic through the
Book
Distributors for the United States and Canada: ELSEVIER NORTH-HOLLAND INC. 52, Vanderbilt Avenue New...notice that aspects of the Precambrian evolution of North America and Africa are particularly well covered...and ‘terrane” are used synonymously since some North American contributors prefer the latter as defined...Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. K1N 6N5, Canada W. R. A. BARAGAR Geological Survey of Canada, 588 Booth Street, Ottawa...Ottawa, Ont. K1A OE4, Canada J. M. BARTON, JR. Bernard Price Institute of Geophysical Research, University
Journal (issue)
Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig University of...by H. A. Truebe Minerals occurrences in Western Canada ....................................................103 by M. Hansen The libethenite zone, Burra mine, South Australia .................................Belgium: Paul Van Hee Marialei 43 B-2120 Schoten Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills...92-meter level,” though all other measurements in the mine will be converted. In short, English units will
Journal (issue)
Luzonite • copper arsenic sulfide • Chinkuashih mine, Keelung, T a iw a n • 4x5 $ 5 0 .0 0 , 2x3 $ 2...Record costs $ 6 .0 0 per year in the United States, Canada and Mexico. All other countries, $ 7 .0 0 per year...lengthy monologues of little interest to anyone (con tin u ed on p a g e 178) I 133 Dear Sir: It was...on metallurgy which probably appears in the pre(con tin u ed on p a g e 151 y 135 M IN ER A L NOTES...lu m n ) 136 FR IE N D S OF M IN E R A L O G Y (con tin u ed fr o m p a g e 132) like other mineral
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found with other high-temperature minerals such as prehnite, pumpellyite, or epidote. Lieber (1978) described...1600 meters in the Ngatamariki geothermal field, North Island, New Zealand, was capped and let stand for...1.5 mOl across, had crystallized with epidote, prehnite, quartz, and pyrite during 20/ ORIGINS OF ZEOLITES...Tasmaina and Victoria in Australia; Nova Scotia, Canada; Northern Ireland; and in Washington and Oregon...indicator'of high temperature because it is found with prehnite, pumpellyite, and epidote in the lower portions
 
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