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Ekati mine

Ekati mine, Canada, mining diamonds.

Why Ekati is famous

Ekati is a diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Wikidata dates its inception to 14 October 1998. Output, ownership and current status are not yet sourced from a page we opened.1

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Timeline

  1. 1991Diamonds found at Lac de Gras2

What kind of deposit

Kimberlite and lamproite pipe

Ekati today

Mining in Canada

Where next

Events

Led toDiamonds found at Lac de GrasRead what happened near Ekati: Diamonds found at Lac de Gras.1

Deposit types

An example ofKimberlite and lamproite pipeEkati belongs to the kimberlite and lamproite pipe family of deposits.3

Sources

  1. Ekati Diamond Mine (Q1322305) Wikidata
  2. History of Diamonds in the NWT Government of the Northwest Territories
  3. Mineral Deposit Models (Bulletin 1693, Cox and Singer, eds., 1986) US Geological Survey

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Haul trucks by Lechhabmed, CC BY-SA 4.0.