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Pentlandite from
Sudbury Complex, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Pentlandite
Formula:(NixFey)ÎŁ9S8
Habit:irregular masses
Colour:bronzy yellow, metallic
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pentlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sudbury Complex, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1323155
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1323155:8
GUID (UUID V4):c340f9d0-ab0f-43d7-bb35-3ff136accd9d
References
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the Rathbun Offset Dike of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (Ontario, Canada) Alexander Kawohl,1,† Wesley E... Toronto, Ontario M5C 1P1, Canada Bite Geological Ltd., 144 Kuusisto Rd., Sudbury, Ontario P3E 4N1, Canada...Canada Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa Abstract...dioritic impact melt dikes around the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex, locally referred to as offset dikes, are...dikes proximal (<6 km) to the main mass of the Sudbury Complex are mineralized at an economic grade and, in
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University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada Abstract The 800 and 810 orebodies are...proportions of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and pentlandite and occurs as massive sulfides, semimassive sulfides...typically enclosed by chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite, cobaltite, and hydrous silicates such as chlorite...primary magmatic origin for the sulfides around the Sudbury structure has been accepted by most scientists...PGE-enriched deposits in the footwall rocks of the Sudbury structure (Morrison et al., 1994) are considered
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Platinum-Group Element Deposit, Portimo Layered Igneous Complex, Finland JENS CHR. Ø. ANDERSEN,†,* OSKAR A. R....the basement below the Portimo Layered Igneous Complex, Finnish Lapland. It consists of a stockwork of...addition. The primary assemblage of chalcopyrite, pentlandite, and pyrrhotite is similar to that of common...unmineralized rocks and PGE occurrences within the Portimo Complex. Os and Ir concentrations are very low, and Pd/Ir...invariably higher than rocks from the Portimo Complex. Thus, it is evident that the KilvenjĂ€rvi deposit
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...deposits, Sudbury. (a) Location map (inset) and regional geology of the Sudbury Igneous Complex and its
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THE SCADDING GOLD MINE, EAST OF THE SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX, ONTARIO: AN IOCG-TYPE DEPOSIT? Eva S. SCHANDL§...of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada Abstract The Scadding mine is only one...Huronian metasedimentary rocks of the Sudbury – Wanapitei Lake area of Ontario. The locally brecciated, albitized...inclusions, Na-metasomatism, REE enrichment, Sudbury area, Ontario. Sommaire La mine Scadding est un site...albitisĂ©es d’ñge huronien de la rĂ©gion de Sudbury – lac Wanapitei en Ontario. Les roches hĂŽtes mĂ©tasĂ©dimentaires
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for distinct crustal sources of North Sudbury Igneous Complex and South Range ores, A. P. DICKIN, M...Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M 1, Canada (Received June 29, 1995; accepted in revised...mines on the North and South Ranges of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC). These data are compared with the...of country rocks and shock-melted Sudbury Breccias around the complex. Both ore and feldspar data from...1.85 Ga reference line (the age of the igneous complex) and indicate a magmatic origin for lead in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MECHANIC SETTLEMENT PLUTON, SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA Tassos A. GRAMMATIKOPOULOS§ Department of Geology...Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6, Canada Oleg VALEYEV SGS Lakefield Research Limited, 185...185 Concession St., PO 4300, Lakefield, Ontario K0L 2H0, Canada Abstract The upper Neoproterozoic Mechanic...in the Avalon terrane, southern New Brunswick, Canada, consists of alternating lenses of ultramafic through...and phlogopite), or in sulfides (chalcopyrite, pentlandite, pyrrhotite and, less commonly, bornite and millerite)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated with platinum-group minerals in the Noril'sk Complex, and with the Korshunovskoye iron ores of the southern...urvantsevite and with native silver in massive pentlandite cubanitechalcopyrite ore. The Korshunovskoye...is up to 100 ~tm. Hibbingite from the Noril'sk Complex contains a significant kempite (Mn2(OH)3CI) component;...hibbingite, kempite, solid solution, Noril'sk complex, Korshunovskoye iron ores, platinum-group mineral...associated with platinum-group minerals in the Noril'sk Complex, and with the Korshunovskoye iron ores of the southern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization, and Emplacement of the Foy Offset Dike, Sudbury Impact Structure* M. G. TUCHSCHERER AND J. G. SPRAY†...Bailey Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada Abstract The Foy offset dike is the longest of...the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex. The Foy dike extends for at least 30 km from the complex into the North...Archean and Proterozoic footwall rocks of the Sudbury impact structure. The dike ranges in width from...from 400 m, where it connects to the Sudbury Igneous Complex, to 50 m at its most distal known exposure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of platinum group elements in the Sudbury nickel ore, Ontario, Canada A. P. DICKIN, ’ J. M. RICHARDSON...Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M 1, Canada 21NC0 Exploration and Technical Services, Copper Cliff, Ontario POM lN0...lN0, Canada (Received June 21, 1991; accepted in revisedform June 9, 1992) Abstract-Sulphide ores from...International Nickel Company’s (INCO) Creighton Mine, Sudbury, were analysed for osmium isotope ratios by ICP-MS...ratios at 1.85 Ga (the emplacement age of the Sudbury complex) cluster around 0.60. The occurrence of less
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Liquid Mobility in the Main Mass of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: Examples from the Victor Deep, McCreedy...of Toronto, 22 Russell Sreet, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada Abstract Massive sulfide in the contact...sublayer in three different deposits of the Sudbury Igneous Complex is overlain by substantial thicknesses...detect deeply buried massive sulfide orebodies at Sudbury and elsewhere. Introduction SUBSTANTIAL THICKNESSES... Trillabelle, and Victor Deep) in the Sudbury Igneous Complex. Similar halos may generally be present
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology Vol. 97, 2002, pp. 1521–1540 The Sudbury Igneous Complex: A Differentiated Impact Melt Sheet* ANN...Sciences Sector, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada ANTHONY D. FOWLER, Ottawa-Carleton...Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada AND RICHARD A. F. GRIEVE Earth Sciences...Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E4, Canada Abstract The Sudbury structure, Ontario, is the remnant...km. The Sudbury Igneous Complex occurs within the Sudbury structure. The Sudbury Igneous Complex is a 2
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Phase in Sulfide Veins of the Monchepluton Layered Complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia Andrei Y. Barkov 1, *,...Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada; robert.martin@mcgill.ca Correspondence: ore-minerals@mail...of massive sulfides in the Monchepluton layered complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. These veins consist of...of varying amounts of pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and accessory grains of galena; they...Phase in Sulfide Veins of the Monchepluton Layered Complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Minerals 2022, 12, 624
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for Offset Dike Mineralization in the Sudbury Igneous Complex PETER C. LIGHTFOOT† AND CATHARINE E.G....Technical Services Limited, Copper Cliff, Ontario P0M 1N0, Canada Abstract The Worthington offset dike extends...the southwestern margin of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex. The dike is zoned with respect to inclusion...adjacent country-rock amphibolites, locally termed “Sudbury gabbros.” The semimassive to massive sulfide zones...and also to the bulk composition of the Sudbury Igneous Complex rocks. Regional differences in offset geochemistry
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mines and exploration camps of Australia–Tasmania, Canada, the United States, Germany, Portugal, France,...group metals (PGMs), South Africa, Sudbury nickel–copper, Canada, and a few new discoveries in Australia...tpa/d SIC SUC USGS/USBM Bushveld Igneous Complex Complex Department of Mines and Geology Department...tonnes per annum/day Sudbury/Stillwater Igneous Complex Sukinda Ultramafic Complex United States Geological...Millerite 1.3.2.2 Niccolite or Nickeline 1.3.2.3 Pentlandite 1.3.2.4 Pyrrhotite 1.3.3 Minerals of Chromium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magnetite. Base-metal sulfides (BMS), such as pentlandite and chalcopyrite, are usually interstitial to...such as the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, the Noril’sk Ni–Cu– (PGE) district in Siberia, and the Stillwater...Stillwater Complex in the USA, is commonly thought to be magmatic (Campbell et al. 1983; Naldrett 2004)...reef in the Bushveld Complex (Li et al. 2004) and JM reef in the Stillwater Complex (Boudreau and McCallum...fluid activity also affected the rocks of the Sudbury Complex and remobilized base metals and PGE (Marshall
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS AND BASE-METAL SULFIDES IN THE BAULA COMPLEX, INDIA THIERRY AUGɧ, IGNACE SALPETEUR AND LAURENT...The 3  0.5 km gabbro-hosted Precambrian Baula Complex, in Orissa, India, comprises a steeply dipping...blocks of various sizes derived from the Baula Complex within a matrix of hydrothermally altered Bangur...mineralization have been observed in the Baula Complex, both associated with the Bangur Gabbro. The first...processes affecting the gabbroic matrix of the complex breccia zone. Keywords: platinum-group minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C. Lightfoot Vale, Highway 17 West, Sudbury, ON P0M 1N0, Canada e-mail: Peter.Lightfoot@vale.com W. Qu...Examples include the Voisey’s Bay sulfide deposit in Canada, where the Re–Os ages (988–1,302 Ma; Lambert et...sulfide minerals (pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and pentlandite), and 50–90 modal% silicate minerals (plagioclase...consist mainly of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and pentlandite with minor olivine, plagioclase, and hornblende...are mostly composed of chalcopyrite with minor pentlandite, pyrrhotite, and silicate minerals (Fig. 2d)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Aureole of the South Kawishiwi Intrusion, Duluth Complex Zsolt Benkó 1,2, *, Aberra Mogessie 2 , Ferenc...the contact metamorphic aureole of the Duluth Complex, Cu-Ni-PGE mineralization occurs locally up to...sulfide liquid into the footwall. Keywords: Duluth Complex; South Kawishiwi intrusion; Cu-Ni-PGE mineralization;...Bushveld Complex, South Africa; Portimo Complex, Finland; and East Bull Lake Intrusive Suite, Canada [1,2]...of large igneous complexes, as seen in Sudbury Igneous Complex [3–7], and injection and assimilation of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Application to Massive Sulphide Ores of the Sudbury Igneous Complex∗ CHRIS BALLHAUS1†, MARIAN TREDOUX2 AND...applied to massive sulphide ores of the Sudbury Igneous Complex fractionated with respect to Ni/Cu and...laser-ablation ICP-MS; PGE; liquid immiscibility; Sudbury KEY WORDS: INTRODUCTION JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY...low-temperature assemblages such as pyrrhotite– pentlandite–chalcopyrite–pyrite, regardless of cooling rate...magmatic sulphide ore deposits from the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, which are zoned with respect to major
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a t e / e p s l Isotopic heterogeneity in the Sudbury impact melt sheet J.R. Darling a,⁎, C.J. Hawkesworth...Exploration, Highway 17 West, Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada P0M 1N0 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences...Editor: R.W. Carlson Keywords: meteorite impact Sudbury melt sheet lead isotopes sulphide a b s t r a...melt sheet is preserved in the 1850 Ma Sudbury Structure, Ontario. We have undertaken a Pb isotope investigation...is required to explain such heterogeneity. The Sudbury Structure hosts world class Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide
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in the breccia ores are fresh. Pyrrhotite and pentlandite are the dominant sulfides in the ores and chalcopyrite...Russia, Kambalda in Western Australia, or Raglan in Canada form when an immiscible sulfide liquid segregates...Western Australia (Dowling et al., 2004) and the Sudbury Complex (Naldrett, 1969), and in some dolerite dikes...described in the Uruguayan dike swarm and the Sudbury Complex. In this study, we use a combination of petrographic...Yilgarn craton (Barnes et al., 2009), the Sudbury Complex (Naldrett, 1969; Pattison, 1979), or the Noril’sk-Talnakh
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(Russia; Walker et al., 1994), the Stillwater Complex (Montana, USA; Lambert et al., 1989; Martin, ⁎...Pechenga Complex (Kola Peninsula, NW Russia; Walker et al., 1994, 1997), the Sudbury Complex (Ontario, Canada;...Hart and Kinloch, 1989), Voisey's Bay (Labrador, Canada; Lambert et al., 1999) and Sally Malay (Western...Cu–Ni–PGE deposit, Sudbury, Canada Falconbridge Cu–Ni– PGE deposit, Sudbury, Canada Trathcona Cu–Ni– PGE...PGE deposit, Sudbury, Canada Stillwater PGE deposit, Montana, USA Norll'sk I and Talnakh intrusions,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
systematics of Ni-Cu sulfide ores, Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario" evidence for a major crustal component...University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1A 1, Canada d National Institute of Standard~ and Technolo~IF...revision accepted May 22, 1991 ABSTRACT Sudbury Igneous Complex sublayer ores from the Levack West, Falconbridge...crystallization age of the complex. The Os isotopic compositions of different portions of the complex at the time of...crust. Previous studies have suggested that the complex either crystallized from a mixture of mantle-derived
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