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Chalcopyrite from
McCreedy East Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view McCreedy East Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:599061
Long-form Identifier:1:3:599061:0
GUID (UUID V4):3315681b-c47d-4d39-b7df-2ddce4df1a09
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘFraser Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘEpidote Zone, Fraser mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘFecunis Lake Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘDeep Copper Zone, Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘNorth Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘColeman Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘLongvack Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘLevack Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘBarnet Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘCraig Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fe-Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposits on the North Range of the Sudbury Igneous Complex A. E. BESWICK† Mineral Exploration...Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 Abstract Analytical data sets...samples from the McCreedy West mine and other orebodies along the North Range of the Sudbury Igneous Complex...genesis. The compositions of ores from the McCreedy West mine display a strongly bimodal distribution....trends consistent with fractionation dominated by chalcopyrite (intermediate solid solution) crystallization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Footwall Units of the North Range, Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada, and Implications for the Genesis of...Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract Systematic regional sampling...contact zone of the 1.85 Ga age Sudbury Igneous Complex with the Archean Levack Gneiss footwall in the North...North Range of the Sudbury structure revealed textural, mineralogical, and fluid inclusion systematics of...of post-Sudbury Igneous Complex hydrothermal processes that affected the various lithologies. At late
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in the sulfide minerals from the McCreedy East deposit, Sudbury, Canada, and the origin of PGE in pyrite...deposits consist of pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite (± pyrite), and platinum-group minerals (PGM)...the PGE, except Pt which forms Pt minerals. Chalcopyrite does not host PGE and the role of pyrite has...investigated. The Ni– Cu–PGE ores from the South Range of Sudbury are unusual in that sulfarsenide PGM, rather than...comparison, the North Range deposits of Sudbury, such as the McCreedy East deposit, have As-poor granites in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the Broken Hammer Area, Wisner Township, North Range, Sudbury Structure ATTILA PÉNTEK,† FERENC MOLNÁR...Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract Footwall-type Cu-Ni-PGE (Platinum-group...are a major focus of recent exploration in the Sudbury mining camp, owing to their higher Cu and precious...orebodies situated along the lower contact of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. The most important footwall-type...the Onaping-Levack area of the North Range, but economic deposits are found along the East Range of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry of Cu-Rich Ores from the McCreedy East Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Sudbury, Canada): Implications for the Behavior...555 bld. de l’UniversitĂ©, Saguenay, PQ, G7H 2B1, Canada of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University...the McCreedy East deposit, Sudbury, they constitute a classic magmatic assemblage of chalcopyrite, cubanite...sulfide deposits and to improve PGE extraction. Chalcopyrite and cubanite are the dominant hosts of Se and...level in ISS (now equally distributed between chalcopyrite and cubanite). Platinum, Pd, Au, As, Bi, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NORTH AND SOUTH RANGE Cu-Ni-PGE DEPOSITS, SUDBURY STRUCTURE, ONTARIO CATHARINE E.G. FMmOW,*DAVIDH. WATKINSON...CarletonUniversity,Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre,Ottawa,Ontario,CanadaKiS 5B6 GeologicSettingof the Deposits The...depositshas continued footwall units at the base of the Sudbury Igneous since early this century (Wandke and Hoffman...maficto felsic gneissesand migmatiteswith domiof the Levack Gneiss 1979). A magmaticoriginisnowwell established...microscope zone (Hoffman et al., 1979), and McCreedy East (SEM). The identificationof fluid inclusionswithin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Reconstructing the Geochemical Signature of Sudbury Breccia, Ontario, Canada: Implications for Its Formation and...Exploration, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada 2Department of Physics and Astronomy...Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada 3Brownfield Exploration, Vale, 337... Copper Cliff, Sudbury, ON P0M 1N0, Canada 4Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Tucson...Tucson, AZ 85719-2395 Abstract The Sudbury breccia is an impact-generated pseudotachylitic breccia formed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS RECORDED IN THE SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX, CANADA: SIGNIFICANCE TO FORMATION OF Ni-Cu...of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1005 East 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 of Earth...Laurentian University, 925 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 Abstract Sulfur isotope ratios...norites, quartz gabbros, and granophyres from the Sudbury Igneous Complex have been analyzed to establish...sublayer in the lower portion of the main mass of the Sudbury Igneous Complex are characterized by uniform sulfur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Main Mass of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: Examples from the Victor Deep, McCreedy East, and Trillabelle...of Toronto, 22 Russell Sreet, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada Abstract Massive sulfide in the contact...contact sublayer in three different deposits of the Sudbury Igneous Complex is overlain by substantial thicknesses...compositions. In the Trill embayment, the Levack trough (McCreedy East), and the Victor-Nickel Rim embayment...sulfide liquids are capable of migrating distances greater than 100 m through almost completely solidified
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SUDBURY BRECCIA ADJACENT TO FOOTWALL Cu-Ni-PGE SULFIDE...Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada GORDON R. OSINSKI Department...Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada Centre for Planetary Science and...Exploration, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada Department of Physics and Astronomy...University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada ABSTRACT The Sudbury Breccia is an impactite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystallized from a fractionating sulïŹde liquid, Sudbury, Canada: Implications for provenance discrimination...Chicoutimi, 555 bld. de l’Université, Saguenay, Qc, Canada G7H 2B1 b Département de géologie et de génie...génie géologique, Université Laval, Québec, Qc, Canada G1V 0A6 Received 8 November 2011; accepted in revised...Ni–Cu–PGE deposits at the base of the Sudbury Igneous Complex in Canada. The samples represent the crystallization... Geological setting of the McCreedy East and Creighton deposits, Sudbury. (a) Location map (inset) and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide Ores Associated with the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada* Mitchell Kerr,1,† Jacob Hanley... Nova Scotia, Canada 2 TMAC 3 KGHM 4 Department Resources, Toronto, Ontario, Canada International...Ltd., Sudbury, Ontario, Canada of Earth Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Abstract...the North Range footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada. The deposits have been modified...hydrothermal events and are hosted mainly within Sudbury breccia, a contact metamorphosed and hydrothermally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ORE-HOSTING SUDBURY BRECCIA IN THE FRASER COPPER ZONE, STRATHCONA EMBAYMENT, SUDBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA JACOB...Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada ABSTRACT The transition from barren Sudbury Breccia to Sudbury Breccia...footwall Cu–Ni–PGE sulfide ore at the Fraser mine, Ontario, is accompanied by an increase in the concentration...35–40%) and ~80% of the Br (on average, 25–35%) in Sudbury Breccia matrix are water-soluble at room temperature...leaching powdered samples of the matrix of the Sudbury Breccia exhibit variable Ca:Na and Cl:Br ratios
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ni-Cu-Platinum-Group Element Sulfide Deposit, Sudbury, Canada: Early Crystallization of PGE-Rich Sulfarsenides...Chicoutimi, 555 Bld. de l’UniversitĂ©, Saguenay, QuĂ©bec, Canada G7H 2B1 of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University...minerals (PGM) in Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits. At Sudbury, it appears that the majority of PGE are hosted...Creighton deposit located on the South Range of Sudbury. These predominantly pyrrhotite-rich sulfides,...collected in troughs and embayments at the base of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, and formed small pendants of ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
groundwater in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada: New evidence from bulk rock geochemistry...Scotia, Canada Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada c Department...northern margin of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), Canada, a volumetrically minor rock type...the northern margin of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), Ontario, Canada, Ni–Cu–platinum-group element...footwall Cu–Ni– PGE style of mineralization at Sudbury. 2. Background 2.1. Geological setting The SIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization Within the Footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada ATTILA PÉNTEK,1,† FERENC MOLNÁR...Mining Company Ltd., 129 Fielding Road, Lively, Ontario, Canada P3Y 1L7 2 Geological 3 Department Survey...Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract We present new results and review...mineralizing processes in the contact aureole of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. At the basal contact of the igneous...sulfides occurred. In the deeper footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, similar footwall granophyres occur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE SUDBURY BRECCIA HOSTING FOOTWALL Cu–Ni–PGE MINERALIZATION AT THE FRASER MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA...of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada ABSTRACT An assemblage of hydrous, Cl-bearing...hosted by the Sudbury Breccia at the Fraser Copper zone, Fraser mine, Onaping–Levack area, Ontario. The pyroxene...hornblende hornfels contact-metamorphic aureole of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) contains less than 15 modal...hornfels facies is present in the matrix of the Sudbury Breccia; it contains 25 to 80% actinolite + chamosite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dynamics and Footwall Deposit Formation at Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: Importance for Sulfide Ore Exploration...University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street N., London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada Abstract High-grade...in close proximity (<~750 m) to the base of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. Successful exploration for these...dynamic conditions in the thermal aureole of the Sudbury Igneous Complex during early stages of crustal...footwall deposit identification. Introduction The Sudbury mining camp is well known for its world-class Ni-Cu-Co
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Rathbun Offset Dike of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (Ontario, Canada) Alexander Kawohl,1,† Wesley E...Corp., 83 Richmond Street East, Floor 1, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1P1, Canada Bite Geological Ltd., 144 Kuusisto...Kuusisto Rd., Sudbury, Ontario P3E 4N1, Canada Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape...dioritic impact melt dikes around the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex, locally referred to as offset...dikes proximal (<6 km) to the main mass of the Sudbury Complex are mineralized at an economic grade and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of sulfur addition. The primary assemblage of chalcopyrite, pentlandite, and pyrrhotite is similar to that...by a low-temperature secondary assemblage of chalcopyrite, pyrite, marcasite, Ni-bearing pyrite, violarite...secondary assemblage and are notably richer in chalcopyrite than the massive sulfide veins. The sulfides...the various offsets associated with the Sudbury structure, Canada. A primary magmatic origin of the sulfides...lithological units. Such deposits are common around the Sudbury † Corresponding author: e-mail, J.C.Andersen@exeter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
relationships between the Hess and Foy offset dikes at the Sudbury impact structure E. A. PILLES 1* , G. R. OSINSKI...Exploration, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada 2 Department of Physics and Astronomy...Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada 3 Wallbridge Mining Company Limited...Limited, 129 Fielding Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3Y 1L7, Canada * Corresponding author. E-mail: epilles@uwo...around—and extending radially outward from—the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), which represents an ~3 km
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALIZATION IN THE FOOTWALL OF THE SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX, ONTARIO, CANADA JACOB J. HANLEY† Department of...University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3C3 AND COLIN J. BRAY Department of Geology...University of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B1 Abstract Alteration veins containing...along the northern margin of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada. Crosscutting relations and structural...measurements show that the veins postdate the Sudbury impact event but predate the emplacement of footwall-style
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SYSTEM, SUDBURY BASIN JOHN S. FEDOROWICH,† FNX Mining Co. Inc. Podolsky Mine, Sudbury, Ontario, P0M 1H0...1H0, Canada RANDY R. PARRISH, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, British Geological Survey, Keyworth...SAGER-KINSMAN* Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E8 Department of Geological...Fraser-Strathcona Deep Copper mine, Sudbury, wherein diabase dikes and the chalcopyrite vein system have a mutually...applied to a diabase dike that crosscuts the 1850 Ma Sudbury Igneous Complex and footwall Cu-Ni-PGE vein mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phases, North Range footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada Received: 5 October 2004 / Accepted:...element)–Au deposits at the Fraser Mine (North Range of the Sudbury Igneous Complex). Evidence for coentrapment...University of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3B1 E-mail: hanley@geology.utoronto.ca Tel...either (1) early Cu loss from the volatiles by chalcopyrite precipitation or (2) enhanced Au and Pt solubilities...volatiles were carriers of precious metals in the Sudbury environment over a wide range of temperatures.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (Canada): Amy Lake PGE zone, East Range Györgyi Tuba & Ferenc...the East Range footwall of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex occurring in a 100m-wide Sudbury Breccia...multi-source, multi-stage Sudbury-related hydrothermal system. The two major stages of syn-Sudbury hydrothermal activity...Ames Geological Survey of Canada, 750-601 Booth Street, K1A 0E8 Ottawa, Canada A. Péntek Wallbridge Mining...Company Ltd, 129 Fielding Road, P3Y 1L7 Lively, Canada D. H. Watkinson : P. C. Jones Department of Earth
 
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