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Pyrrhotite from
Millenbach Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Millenbach Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:752460
Long-form Identifier:1:3:752460:8
GUID (UUID V4):d7fd5ee6-9142-468f-882b-e93f08295228
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
0.9km (0.6 miles) Amulet Mine (Waite Amulet Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
4.8km (3.0 miles) Waite-Ackerman-Montgomery Mine (Old Waite Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
5.7km (3.6 miles) Quemont Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
6.0km (3.7 miles) Norbec Mine (Lake Dufault Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
6.3km (3.9 miles) Horne Mine (Noranda Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
6.7km (4.1 miles) Vauze Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
7.1km (4.4 miles) Corbet Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
7.4km (4.6 miles) Ansil Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
10.6km (6.6 miles) Lorraine mine (Lorraine-Hinterland mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
13.8km (8.6 miles) Mobrun Mine (Bouchard-Hébert Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 Kirkland Lake – Rouyn-Noranda – Val-d’Or, Ontario...Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR: Kirkland Lake – Rouyn-Noranda...in Right of Canada, 2003 Catalogue No. M41-8/77E ISBN 0-660-19062-1 Available in Canada from Geological...Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8 3303-33rd Street N.W. Calgary...for reference in selected public libraries across Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en français
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide Deposits in the Archean Rouyn-Noranda District, Quebec, Canada Gilles Bellefleur,1,5 Eric de Kemp...Geological 2 Ministère Survey of Canada, 615 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E9 des Ressources naturelles...Faune du Québec, 70 avenue Québec, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada J9X 6R1 3 Xstrata Zinc Canada, 8801 Route...Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada H4S 1Z6 4 SEISServ Inc., 3883 Montrenault, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada G1X 4H9...reflection profiles acquired by Xstrata Canada in the Noranda mining camp were reprocessed and interpreted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide Mineralization in the Volcanic Sequenceat Noranda, Quebec C. D. SPENCE AND A. F. DE ROSEN-SPENCE...Abstract Copper-zincmassivesulfideore depositsin Noranda, Quebec,occur in a thick pile of Archcan andesitesand...the massive ores formed as exhalative products Noranda and of similar settingsin other areas have coevalwith...rocksandmoreparticularly beenin accordwith this concept. The Noranda districtis underlainby abundantand as end phasesof... ¾hyoliticformations,but the ore deposits The Noranda district in N.W. Quebec,400 miles extensive northwest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volcanogenic Featuresof the Vauze SulfideDeposit, Noranda,Quebec C. D. SP•.•cE Abstract The Vauze massive...Archcan volcanic and sedimentaryassemblage of the Abitibi belt. Stratiform sulfidelenses,in one case overlying...the top of the rhyolite. Massive copperrich and pyrrhotite-bearingsulfidesin the lensesand a fragmental...Archcanandesitesand rhyolitesin a belt trending north from Noranda, Quebec. It wasdiscovered in 1957by drilling,followinga...Lickus (1965). The depositsare 12 milesnorth of Noranda,Quebec, and onemile north of the earlierworkedWaitegram
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada Consultant, 34 Wallford Way, Ottawa, Ontario K2E 6B6, Canada c Jack Satterly Geochronology...Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada b A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords:...within the Neoarchean Rouyn-Noranda mining district, in the Abitbi greenstone belt, Canada. It was previously...River Group (McNicoll et al., 2014) strata of the Noranda volcanic complex and spatially associated with...discordant mineralized breccia bodies within the Rouyn-Noranda mining district (Fig. 1) were not considered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
424-444 Wall-Rock Alteration at the Millenbach Cu-Zn Mine, Noranda,Quebec GER^n•)R•wR• ^•) C. J^¾Ho•)Gso•...Archcan volcanogenic Cu-Zn ore lenses at the Millenbach mine. The rocks and mineralization have been metamorphosed...alteration the map unitsmineralogically TI•E Millenbach copper-zincmine is a typical Ar- types,then characterize...initial step in interpretation has beento the Abitibi greenstonebelt of the CanadianShield. reconstruct...by deterNoranda,northwesternQuebec(Fig. 1). The mine mining the chemical differences among the alteration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
element data from ore sulfides in the Noranda district (Abitibi, Canada): implications for volcanogenic massive...September 2014 # Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2014 Abstract We examine models for volcanogenic...mineralization in the ~2.7-Ga Noranda camp, Abitibi subprovince, Superior Province, Canada, using a combination...trace element data from ore sulfide minerals. The Noranda camp is a well-preserved, VMS deposit-rich area...proposed controls on mineralization within the Noranda camp and, in particular, the exceptional Au-rich
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PRECAMBRIAN ee OF CANADA SULPHIDE SPECIAL PAPER 25 DEPOSITS H.S. Robinson...Suite 520, J.M. Franklin, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, KIA 0E8 Ontario International...the Geological Association of Canada. Geological Association of Canada Department of Earth Sciences University...University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3G1 Printed by: Johanns Graphics, Waterloo,...Alteration Noranda, Quebec MJ. Kuuckey..C.D.A. Comba, Ontario usec sues 1 su at the Millenbach and G
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 73-30 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR, KIRKLAND LAKE - NORANDA - VAL...by mail from Information Canada, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and...and Information Canada bookshops in HALIFAX - 1683 Barrington Street MONTREAL - 640 St. Catherine Street...available for reference in public libraries across Canada Price: $3. 00 Catalogue No. M44-73-30 Price...Price subject to change without notice Information Canada Ottawa 1974 CONTENTS Page Abstract/Resume .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide Deposit, Matagami Mining District, Quebec, Canada Samuel Pierre,1,†, Michel Jébrak,1 Stéphane Faure...2 and Gilles Roy3 1 Université 2 CONSOREM du Québec à Montréal, Département des Sciences de la Terre...Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8, Canada Consortium de Recherche en Exploration Minérale, Université du Québec à Montréal...Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8, Canada 3 Glencore Canada Corporation, 8801 route Transcanadienne...Transcanadienne, Saint-Laurent, Québec H4S 1Z6, Canada Abstract The Perseverance volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Assemblage,Four Corners Cu-Zn Prospect, Quebec, Canada S. PARRY AND R. W. HUTCHINSON Departmentof Geology...TheUniversityof WesternOntario,London,OntarioN6A5B7,Canada Abstract Three types of hydrothermal alteration...Group of greenschist facies metavolcanic rocks,Noranda, Quebec, were studied. Alteration was mapped around...to amphibolSINCEbase metal mining began in the Noranda ire facies, but greenschistfacies is the most comdistrict...the volcanic rocks of the ration geologistsin Noranda to use alteration as Four Corners property. Here
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MassiveSulfideDepositand IntracauldronDepositsof the Mine Sequence,Noranda,Quebec DAVIDJ. KEPm Departmentof Geological...massivesulfidedepositsof the Rouyn-Noranda areaare associated with rhyolite and andesitcflows of the Mine sequenceand...inferredmarginof the subsidence structureandareseparatedfromthe Mine sequence by the HorneCreekfault.Traditionally,the...structuralpermeability.The three major sulfidedepositsat the Horne mine are muchlarger (20-150 Mt) and formedin a fault-bounded...mayhaveformedat differentstages in theevolution of the Noranda cauldron. Introduction their environmentsof formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ratios are solubilities of the minerals pyrite + pyrrhotite somewhat more scattered. + magnetite+ sphalerite+...rangingfrom i bar to several hundredbars.The pyrite + pyrrhotite + magnetite librium with the above-mentioned...pH = 3.9 to 5.2, in equilibriumwith pyrite + pyrrhotite+ magnetite.B. Pb/Au atomicratiosrs. NaC1concentrationat...assemblages. It appearslikely that the pH of the Millenbach Archean massivesulfide deposit, Archeanlodegold-forming...massivesulfidefluidswasprobablyquite (1983) list pyrite + pyrrhotite as a commonassem- low as evidencedby the lack
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MagneticFabric of the Gallen MassiveSulfide Deposit,Rouyn-Noranda,Canada E. J. ScitwAaz AND L. LAVERDURE Ddpartementde...outcropof the Gallen massivesulfide depositin the Rouyn-Noranda area in orderto investigate remanentmagnetization...depositscontainingimportantcopper values(e.g., Millenbach)westand southof Lac gation of ages,tectonicstructures... degreeof recrysertiesof sulfidedepositsin the Rouyn-Norandaarea ing thisslideis held possible. tallization...elecpyrite banding is not clear. Magnetite and pyrrhotite trical conductivityof the Gallen (formerlyknownas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on the Mobrun massive sulfide deposit, Qu6bec, Canada A.C.L. Larocque*, C.J. Hodgson Department of Geological...Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada Received: 8 June 1994/Accepted:21 October 1994...Abstract. The Mobrun Zn-Cu-Ag-Au deposit in the Noranda mining camp is hosted by Archean mafic and felsic...Universityof Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada sphalerite deform ductilely, by intragranular...Kelly 1973; Kelly and Clark 1975; Roscoe 1975). Pyrrhotite, which undergoes brittle deformation at low temperature
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistryof Hydrothermally Altered Rocks at the Horne Mine, Noranda, Quebec* W. H. MACLEAN Departmentof GeologicalSciences...duringthe mineralization event. Introduction THE Horne mine, ownedby NorandaMinesLtd., exploiteda volcanogenie...massivesulfidedepositin Archcangreenstones of the Abitibi belt at Norandain northwesternQuebec(Fig. 1). The...of 22 basemetal depositsto be discovered in the Noranda district and many similar deposits elsewherein...CanadianShield.Thesedepositsbecameknownasthe "Noranda-type"becauseof their distinctive Cu and Zn metal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COMMUNICATIONS FOUR CORNERS FENITE: NORANDA, QUEBEC, CANADA C. D. A. COMB^, Texasgulf Inc., P.O. Box...Corporation Falconbridge Copper, P.O. Box 2000, Noranda, Quebec,]9X 5B4 Introduction For fifty years,...the most colorful in appearance of any in the Noranda camp. The brick red, pistachio, grassgreen, cream...massive sulfide deposits of the Millenbach-Amulet sector of the Noranda Camp (Knuckey et al., in press)...the predominant iron sulfide mineral whereas pyrrhotite is present in minor amounts. Hematite-rich beds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fromthe AnsilDeposit,Rouyn-Noranda, Canada A.G. G^LL•¾, Geological Surveyof Canada,Ottawa,Ontario,CanadaK1AOE8...Surveyof Canada,Ottawa,Ontario,CanadaKIA OE8 ^NI• G. R•WR•N IntmetCorporation, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec...located approximately 14 km north-northwest of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, withintheBlakeRiverGroupof theArchcan...belowthegraben floorandformeda morphologically complex pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite-rich veinstockwork. TheCu-richmineralassemblage...astite, replacing partsof theunitwithmassive pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite. Thereplaced Cranston tuffformsthelayeredeastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zone Cu-Zn Massive Sulfide Deposit, Noranda District, Quebec, Canada J. R. Ikingura, K. Bell, a n d D....Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada With 7 Figures Received January 22, 1988; accepted...sulfide lenses in the D-68 Zone Cu-Zn deposit, Noranda. Alteration pipes are mineralogically zoned and...D-68 Cu-Zn Derberz Sulfidlagerst&te,Noranda District, Quebec, Canada Hydrothermale Umwandlungszonen in...Sulfidlinsen in der D-68 Zone Cu-Zn Lagerst~.tte, Noranda. Umgewandelte pipes sind mineralogisch zoniert;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COaJIaTb ~a~e Be]~y[rI!4e rop~IaOgWbI, ecn!~I Ott~ Te~yw B ss)~e MO~nb~X nOTOKOS. Introduction Massive...and even from one orebody to another in the same mine (Table 2). Why is this so? What factors govern the...Ont. Noranda, Que. Noranda, Qua. Norenda, Qua, Noranda, Que, Noranda, Qua, Noranda, Que. Noranda, Qua...Qua. Noranda, Qua, Noranda, Qua. Noranda, Qua. Noranda, Qua. Noranda, Qua, Noranda, Qua. Noranda, Qua= Noranda...Noranda, Qua. Noranda,Qua. AVe/~ch. Arch. Arch, Arch. Arch. Arch, Arch. Arch. Arch. Arch. Arch. Arch
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper-richbase to a zinc_ lead-rich top. In the Noranda and Matagami mining campsin the Archean SuperiorProvinceof...easternCanadachalcopyriteis concentrated with pyrrhotite-pyrite___ magnetitein the baseof the massivesulfideore...lenses. Passingstratigraphicallyupward the pyrite-pyrrhotite ratio generallyincreases,magnetitecontentdecreases...temperatureand leadsto the precipitationof chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite(_ pyrite___ magnetite)assemblages in the stringerand...Anderson, 1969) and composedof pyrite and/or pyrrhotite with lesser weredeposited eithernearor at therock-water
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Camerondeformationzonein the centralpart of the Abitibi subprovince. This 5-km-wide deformationzone crosscuts...modernundisturbedanavolcanogenic massivesulfidedepositsin the Abitibi logues(e.g.,RiverinandHodgson,1980;Knuckeyet belt...whenaffectedby highstrainzones.The typsuch as Rouyn-Noranda(Gibson and Watkinson, obscured of a conformable...4- Myloniticfoliafion Stretching lineafion 'Abitibi SubProvince Daignea•R,1990. • •-• •-• Tonalire...structural major structuraldiscontinuities in the Abitibi sub- facinghasnot been determined.The area imm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 c ISTO Géosciences, Université dTOrléans...Bailey Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 5A3 e Mine Draa Sfar, Marrakech, Morocco Received 4...deformed, sheet-like bodies of massive pyrrhotite (up to 95% pyrrhotite) with lesser sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite...280–306 Fig. 2. Geological map of the Draa Sfar mine area showing the surface projection of the Tazakourt...documented in the literature; and (3) to compare the pyrrhotite-rich Draa Sfar deposit to the more common and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrite-marcasiteassemblages to relativelysulfur-deficient, pyrrhotite-isocubanite assemblages, with coexistingsphaleritecontaining0...Shakanai)andsimilardeposits in BritishColumbia(HW mine, Lynx, Seneca).Gold-bearingpolymetallicsulfidescontain...ppmAu. ArcheanCu-Zndepositsat Noranda,Quebec,consist mainlyofpyrite-pyrrhotite orescontaining 0.5 to 1 ppmAu...Presentaddress:GeologicalSurveyof Canada,601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A OE8. up to about350øC...and subsequently deposited in Cu-rieh, pyrite + pyrrhotite + magnetiteassem- blages. Therelativestabil
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GeologyDepartment,Universityof Toronto,Toronto,Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada Abstract The 2.7-b.y.-oldAbitibi greenstone belt...fumarolicactivitywas found at the southend of the mine, but its importanceas an oreformingprocess wasnot...studies. Limited data from the otherdepositsin the Abitibi belt suggesta commonorigin for the Langmuir depositswith...5000, Commerce Court, Toronto, Ontario M5L 1E7, Canada. • To conformwith nomenclaturein other papersin...andregionalstudies by theauthorscontinued until closureof the mine in May 1978. The studyaddressedthree questions:(1)
 
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