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Arsenopyrite from
Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyriteⓘ4 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Galenaⓘ3 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Galena at this locality.
Chalcopyriteⓘ3 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Sphaleriteⓘ3 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Pyrrhotiteⓘ2 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Marcasiteⓘ2 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Metavolcanic rock1 photo of Arsenopyrite associated with Metavolcanic rock at this locality.
Skarn1 photo of Arsenopyrite associated with Skarn at this locality.
Microcline1 photo of Arsenopyrite associated with Microcline at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Arsenopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1227946
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1227946:3
GUID (UUID V4):34a93296-5bc9-4b2f-9d81-119dd28f5728
Localities for Arsenopyrite in this Region
Ann Claims, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Arseno Lake, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Con Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Discovery Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Giant Yellowknife Mine (Giant Mine), Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Greyling Lake, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Mon Property, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Negus Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Nicholas Lake project, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
NICO Project, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Oro Lake, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Ptarmigan Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Tom Mine, Ptarmigan Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Ruth mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘCon Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘNegus Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘGiant Yellowknife Mine (Giant Mine), Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘPtarmigan Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘTom Mine, Ptarmigan Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘAnn Claims, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘOro Lake, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘArseno Lake, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
25.2km (15.6 miles) ⓘGreyling Lake, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
49.1km (30.5 miles) ⓘMon Property, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Isotope Studies of the Giant Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada KEVIN L. SHELTON,† TODD A. MCMENAMY...Geoscience Centre, P.O. Box 1320, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada X1A 2L9 Abstract Mesothermal...development of world-class gold deposits in the Yellowknife district. The important roles of both metavolcanic...Ga (Isachsen and Bowring, 1994) Yellowknife greenstone belt, NWT, Canada (Figs. 1–2), is an example of...Circle Yukon N.W. T. B.C. Great Slave Lake Alberta Sask. Yellowknife Greenstone Belt Metavolcanic rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
~ 65 years of gold ore processing in subarctic Canada Jennifer M. Galloway a,⁎, Graeme T. Swindles b...Natural Resources Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada Geological Survey of Canada/Commission gĂ©ologique...gĂ©ologique du Canada, 3303 33rd Street N.W., Calgary, Ab, T2L 2A7, Canada School of Geography, University of...3N6, Canada d NWT Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife...2R3, Canada e Natural Resources Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada Geological Survey of Canada/Commission
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
V., Amsterdam Mineral deposits in the Archean Slave Structural Province; lithological and tectonic setting...Padgham N W T Geology Division, DIAND, Yellowknife, 17. W.T., Canada (Received June 11, 1990; accepted after...Padgham, W.A., 1992. Mineral deposits in the Archean Slave Structural Province; lithological and tectonic setting...Plate Tectonics. Precambrian Res., 58: 1-24. The Slave Structural Province, an Archean granite-greenstone...terrane covering 190,000 km z in the Northwest Territories of Canada, has an extensive history that goes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northern environment, Tundra Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada T Clare B. Millera, , Michael B. Parsonsa...3N6, Canada Geological Survey of Canada/Commission géologique du Canada, Natural Resources Canada/Ressources...Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada, 1 Challenger Drive, Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 4A2, Canada c School of Geography,...5B6, Canada e Geological Survey of Canada/Commission géologique du Canada, Natural Resources Canada/Ressources...Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada, 3303 33rd Street N.W., Calgary, AB, T2L 2A7, Canada f Aarhus Institute of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
713–720 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS THE TIMING OF YELLOWKNIFE GOLD MINERALIZATION: A TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIP...1 AND WILLIAM J. DAVIS5 1 Northwest 2 Government 3 Department Territories Geoscience Office, P.O. Box...Box 1500, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R3, Canada of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Energy and Resources-Northern Geological... 200 - 2101 Scarth Street, Regina, SK S4P 2H9, Canada of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University... 1-26 Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada 4 Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at legacy gold mines in the Yellowknife area, Northwest Territories, Canada Christopher E. Schuha,∗, Heather...K7L 3N6, Canada NWT Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife...Yellowknife X1A 2R3, Canada c Lorax Environmental Services Limited, Vancouver V6J 3H9, Canada b A R T I C L...in lake sediments in the Yellowknife region, Northwest Territories, Canada, are elevated from the weathering...As-bearing framboidal pyrite. The contribution of arsenopyrite to total sediment As concentrations was negligible
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF THE NEGUS AND CON MINES, YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA. G. CARMAN RIDLAND. CONTENTS.................... 48 Structural Geology The Yellowknife Fault System .............................. 49............ 50 Less Complex Minerals--pyrite, arsenopyrite,zinc blende,chalcopyrite, gold, gudmundite,stibnite... The Con and Negus are two gold mines near Yellowknife with ore running between$3o and $4o to the ton...Structuresof this magnitudesuggest,further, that the Yellowknife field may becomean importantmining district.
Journal (issue)
Devoted to development descriptive of the North West Territories, Northern British Columbia and the Yukon...Alberta —"The Gateway to the Far North and Alaska." 25c A Copy WHO FLIES NORTH? Is There to Be a Northern...EDMOINTON FUR AUCTION SALES LIMITED EDMONTON - CANADA UNEXCELLED MARKETING FACILITIES FOR RAW FURS ...Devoted to development descriptive of the North West Territories, Northern British Columbia and the Yukon—Along...Published at Edmonton, Alberta—"The Gateway to the Far North and Alaska." Subscription: $2.00 per annum, post
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
QueenÊŒs University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada ANTONIO LANZIROTTI Consortium for Advanced Radiation...Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada GWENDY E.M. HALL Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa...Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada ABSTRACT Understanding the solid-phase speciation of arsenic in soils and...geochemical conditions. The Giant mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, roasted arsenic-bearing gold ore...decomposed arsenic-bearing sulfides (pyrite and arsenopyrite) to produce a calcine containing fine (generally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ON, Canada DĂ©partement de Chimie, UniversitĂ© Laval & Centre d’études Nordiques, QuĂ©bec, QC, Canada 3 Department...Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada ro of 2 -p 12 Submitted to Applied Geochemistry... Gold mining operations near Yellowknife (Northwest Territories, Canada) released vast quantities of...emissions likely is not limited to mines in the Yellowknife region, and paleolimnological 53 approaches can...opportunity for mineral exploration in northern Canada 56 (Mudroch et al. 1986, Tenkouano et al. 2019)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold in the Yellowstone Greenstone Belt, Northwest Territories: Results of the EXTECH III Multidisciplinary...AMBROSE, Editors. Pp. 448. Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Publication...Member Price Can$57.00. The Yellowknife greenstone belt in the Archean Slave province is one of Canada’s...production, stimulated the initiation of the Yellowknife EXploration science and TECHnology project in...projects initiated by the Geological Survey of Canada in collaboration with various university and industry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold in the Yellowstone Greenstone Belt, Northwest Territories: Results of the EXTECH III Multidisciplinary...AMBROSE, Editors. Pp. 448. Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Publication...Member Price Can$57.00. The Yellowknife greenstone belt in the Archean Slave province is one of Canada’s...production, stimulated the initiation of the Yellowknife EXploration science and TECHnology project in...projects initiated by the Geological Survey of Canada in collaboration with various university and industry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LupinOperations, EchoBayMines Ltd.,BagNo.1,Nisku, Alberta,Canada TOC2GO Abstract The Lupindepositislocatedonthe...sulfidesaboutquartzveinsis dearly seen,with the arsenopyrite halobeingmorerestricted aroundthe veinsthanthepyrrhotitehalo...is located about 400 km north-northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and about 80 km south of...ry and metavolcanicrocks making up part of the Slave geologic province (Tremblay, 1976; Bostock,1980;...company in-house studies, Geological Survey of Canada publications,completedtheses (Gardiner,1986;Lhotka
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 527 GEOLOGY OF THE KESKARRAH BAY AREA, DISTRICT OF MACKENZIE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES...in Right of Canada, 1998 Catalogue No. M42-527E lSB 1 0-660-17545-2 ~ Available in Canada fron1 Geological...Geological Survev. of Canada offices: ~ 60 I Booth Stree1 Ottawa. Ontario KIA 0ÂŁ8 3303-33rd Street N. W...for reference in selected public libraries across Canada Price subject to change without notice Cover illustration...illustration Unconformity between an Archean Yellowknife Supergroup volcanic and granite clast conglornerate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the Hackett River Main Zone, Nunavut, Canada: An Ag- and Pb-enriched Archean Volcanogenic Massive...Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada 2Central Canada Division, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street,... Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada Abstract The 2.67 Ga Hackett River volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS)...deposits located in the northeastern Slave province, Nunavut, Canada, are among the largest undeveloped...undeveloped massive sulfide resources in Canada and are silver rich compared to other such deposits of similar age
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 (article/letter/editorial)
QUARTZ FRONT YELLOWKNIFE. NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADAI R. W. Bovr.a,2GeologicalSuraey of Canada, Otlawa...Otlawa, Canada. Aasrnncr Heating tests, chemical tests, and *-ray analysis have shown that the colour of black...lenses in the greenstones and sediments of the Yellowknife gold belt, is primarily due to disseminated carbon...general investigation of the colour ol quartz from Yellowknife and other Canadian localities. The work described...in the laboratories of the Geological Survey of Canada. GBorocrcar OccunRBr.IcBAND DESCRrprroNoF THE BLACK
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
\{INERALOGY OF THE YELLOWKNIFE BAY AREA, N. W. T.r l{ew Jersey. L. C. CorBu,+N,PrincetonLlnittersity...523 524 525 527 ABSTRACT The gold ores of the Yellowknife Bay area represent a tlpe quite difierent from...those found elsewhere in the Precambrian Shield of Canada, if not in all other parts of the lvorld. They...polisheclsection oI ores lrom eight gold properties in thc Yellowknife Ba1' area, \{ere studied. The meLallic minerals...reconnaissance of the Geological Survey of Canada, operating out of Yellowknife, N.W.T. In June of that year, the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...Sb-associated gold ore at the Giant mine, Yellowknife, Canada, resulted in complex solid– gas phase reactions... 2289 Burrard St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6J 3H9. Tel.: +1 604 688 7173; fax: +1 604 688...(Makovicky, 1989). The Giant gold mine site near Yellowknife, Canada provides an opportunity to compare the behaviour...ESP residue. In the Giant ore As is present as arsenopyrite and arsenical pyrite. Antimony is present as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
systems of the Great Bear Magmatic Zone, NWT, Canada P. Acosta-GĂłngora 1,2 & S.A. Gleeson 1,3 & I.M...Abstract The Great Bear Magmatic Zone, in northwest Canada, contains numerous polymetallic mineral occurrences...AB T6G2E3, Canada Introduction 2 Natural Resources Canada/Geological Survey of Canada, Office 669...669, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A0E8, Canada 3 Helmholtz Center Potsdam, Deutches GeoForschungsZentrum...Windsor, ON N9B3P4, Canada 5 Natural Resources Canada/Geological Survey of Canada, 490 rue de la Couronne
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
INVESTIGATION OF THE GOLD-QUARTZ DEPOSITS OF THE YELLOWKNIFE DISTRICT ‱ R. K. WANLESS, R. W. BOYLE, AND................. Sulfur isotopedistributionin Yellowknife group sediments............... Country rocks...by permission of Director, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa. 1591 1592 R. K. WANLESS, R. W. BOYLE...the gold-quartz depositsof the Yellowknife District, Northwest Territories, the results of which may be...Ottawa, and a sulfur isotopeinvestigationof the region undertaken. One interpretationof the geochemicaldata
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz deposits. Part of the chemicalpictureas it arsenopyrite. Later work on gold ores with liquid relates...dant. In my experiencethis is generally not so. arsenopyrite,and sulfosalts,but I have sinceseena Similarly...longand onefootwide R. W. BOYLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYOF CANADA, OTTAWA, November 26,1968 REFERENCES doesnot seemto...natureof gold-quartzBoyle, lens, Giant-Yellowknife Gold mines, Yellowknife, Northveins.To provide for flowsof...flowsof 10,000cubicfeetper west Territories: ECON.GEo,..v. 46, No. 2, pp. 223-227. A decrepitationstudy of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SHIELD DAVID K. JOYCE Box 95551 Newmarket, Ontario Canada L3Y 8J8 dkjoyce@bellnet.ca Figure 1. Hollinger...underlying the central and northern portion of Canada. For the most part, the Shield is a geologically...that has helped shape the character and economy of Canada for the past approximately 150 years. It has only...million troy ounces of gold have been recovered in Canada, much of it from the Canadian Shield. David K...fortunate to have lived from coast to coast in Canada and has visited or worked at most of the mining
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALIZATION ALONG THE MELIADINE TREND, NUNAVUT, CANADA: EVIDENCE FOR PALEOPROTEROZOIC GOLD HOSTED IN AN...Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada N6A 5B7 NORMAN A. DUKE, Department of Earth Sciences...of Western Ontario, London, Canada N6A 5B7 HAMISH A. SANDEMAN,** Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, Iqaluit...Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada X0A 0H0 AND RICHARD STERN*** Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street...Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E8 Abstract The Meliadine area of the Neoarchean Rankin Inlet greenstone
Corporate Document
Iron oxide hosted, Polymetallic Deposits, Northwest Territories: Application of the Olympic Dam Model in...Fullarton Street, Suite 1508, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5P3 A. Hamid Mumin, PhD., P.Eng. Department...Geology, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada R7A 6A9 Norman A. Duke, PhD. Department of Earth...University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7 Kathryn L. Neale, PhD., Derek L. Mulligan...Limited in the Mazenod Lake District of the Northwest Territories, using an Olympic Dam model. The deposits
 
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