Tourmaline from
Nechalacho deposit, Thor Lake syenite complex, Blachford Lake alkaline complex, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada

Locality type:

Deposit

Classification

Species:

'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)

Formula:

AD₃G₆ (T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Nechalacho deposit, Thor Lake syenite complex, Blachford Lake alkaline complex, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1069283

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1069283:7

GUID (UUID V4):

28eb1650-74e9-4998-96b2-99dfd7baed36

Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline

21.3km (13.2 miles)

ⓘ Moose II pegmatite (ELK; Beck; DeStaffany), Yellowknife Pegmatite field, Northwest Territories, Canada

91.4km (56.8 miles)

ⓘ Van Dyke, Yellowknife Pegmatite field, Northwest Territories, Canada

95.4km (59.3 miles)

ⓘ Ptarmigan Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada

95.8km (59.5 miles)

ⓘ Tom Mine, Ptarmigan Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada

References

MÖLLER, V. (2016) The Nature and origin of the Nechalacho Rare Metal Deposit (REE, Nb, Zr), Northwest Territories, Canada. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, McGill University, Montreal. 409 p.

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Tourmaline from Nechalacho deposit, Thor Lake syenite complex, Blachford Lake alkaline complex, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada

Tourmaline from
Nechalacho deposit, Thor Lake syenite complex, Blachford Lake alkaline complex, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada