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Silver Islet mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Detailed Mineral List:
| Acanthite | ||
| Formula: | Ag2S | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 17:60]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| 'Animikite' | ||
| Habit: | Dendritic, massive | |
| Colour: | Silver tarnishing black | |
| Fluorescence: | none | |
| Reference: | Economic Geology; January 1923; v. 18; no. 1; p. 77-82; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Annabergite |  | |
| Formula: | Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Photo: Annabergite from Silver Islet mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Baryte | ||
| Formula: | BaSO4 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Breithauptite | ||
| Formula: | NiSb | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 17:59] | |
| Calcite |  | |
| Formula: | CaCO3 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Photo: © Cindy Hasler www.canadianminerals.net. Calcite from Silver Islet mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Chalcopyrite | ||
| Formula: | CuFeS2 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Chlorargyrite | ||
| Formula: | AgCl | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| 'Chlorite Group' | ||
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Cobaltite | ||
| Formula: | CoAsS | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996] | |
| Dolomite | ||
| Formula: | CaMg(CO3)2 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Domeykite | ||
| Formula: | Cu3As | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Erythrite | ||
| Formula: | Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Fluorite | ||
| Formula: | CaF2 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Galena |  | |
| Formula: | PbS | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Photo: © Cindy Hasler www.canadianminerals.net. Galena from Silver Islet mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Graphite | ||
| Formula: | C | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Transactions Of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, vol 33 (1903), 456.; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Gypsum | ||
| Formula: | CaSO4 · 2H2O | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996] | |
| 'Huntilite' |  | |
| Reference: | American Journal of Science, Third Series, Vol. 17, Number 102, (June 18979) p. 486; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Photo: © Maggie Wilson. Huntilite from Silver Islet mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada | ||
| 'Macfarlanite' | ||
| Reference: | Economic Geology; January 1923; v. 18; no. 1; p. 77-82; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Marcasite | ||
| Formula: | FeS2 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996] | |
| Nickeline | ||
| Formula: | NiAs | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Pyrargyrite | ||
| Formula: | Ag3SbS3 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996] | |
| Pyrite | ||
| Formula: | FeS2 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Pyrrhotite |  | |
| Formula: | Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17) | |
| Reference: | Reiner Mielke 2009 | |
| Photo: © Reiner Mielke. Pyrrhotite from Silver Islet mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Quartz | ||
| Formula: | SiO2 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Rhodochrosite | ||
| Formula: | MnCO3 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Silver |  | |
| Formula: | Ag | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Photo: © RWMW. Silver from Silver Islet mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Skutterudite | ||
| Formula: | (Co,Fe,Ni)As2-3 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996] | |
| Sphalerite |  | |
| Formula: | ZnS | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Photo: © . Sphalerite from Silver Islet mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Stephanite | ||
| Formula: | Ag5SbS4 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996] | |
| Tetrahedrite | ||
| Formula: | Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996]; Sessional papers (1908) - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume XL Part 1 | |
| Wurtzite |  | |
| Formula: | (Zn,Fe)S | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 1996] | |
| Photo: © J. A. Jaszczak. Wurtzite from Silver Islet mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada | ||
32 entries listed. 28 valid minerals.
References
Wilson, W.E. (1986). Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, Ontario. Mineralogical Record, 17, 49-60.
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