Ranch Lake kimberlite pipe, Contwoyto Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 65° 16' 22'' North , 111° 30' 36'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 65.27280,-111.51000 |
Köppen climate type: | Dfc : Subarctic climate |
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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North America, Slave Craton Comments: Craton and massif; Hoffman et al., 1993; Stubley, 2005; Tella et al., unpublished compilation, 2007-08a Lithology: Greywacke, pelite; quartzite, conglomerate, iron-formation, marble, volcanics; includes pre-yellowknife supergroup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] |
Neoarchean - Mesoarchean 2500 - 3200 Ma ID: 3189319 | Archean crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 3200 Ma) Lithology: Crystalline metamorphic rocks 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] |
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