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Quartz from
Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Habit:Terminated prisms to several cm
Colour:clear to smokey
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite12 photos of Quartz associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Dolomite4 photos of Quartz associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Marcasite3 photos of Quartz associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Calcite3 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Sphalerite3 photos of Quartz associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:21889
Long-form Identifier:1:3:21889:4
GUID (UUID V4):b954c536-1b93-4827-8652-d566dcf9a16d
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
50.0km (31.1 miles) Elwin inlet, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Nanisivik Zinc-Lead Mississippi Valley-Type Deposit, Northern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada* ROSS...L. SHERLOCK,† Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, P.O. Box 2319, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada X0A 0H0 JAMES...Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 AND BRIAN L. COUSENS Earth Sciences,...Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract The Nanisivik mine is located on Borden Peninsula, northern Baffin Island...with north-south–trending axes. The sulfides at Nanisivik are hosted in petroliferous dolostones of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Mesoproterozoic Borden Basin (Nanisivik District), Nunavut ELIZABETH C. TURNER† Department of Earth...Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 Abstract Field mapping of carbonate-hosted...Inlet graben of the Mesoproterozoic Borden basin, Nunavut, has identified the main geologic settings for...in the district that hosts the past-producing Nanisivik deposit. All known showings are associated with...volumetrically impressive mineralization (1) for example, Nanisivik orebody, is spatially constrained by erosional
Report (issue)
but fairly familiar finds—boleite from the Amelia mine, Baja California, Mexico; zunyite from Quartzsite...from the Kouroudiako iron deposit, Tambacounda region, Senegal. The Arkenstone specimen and photo. Speaking...Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Santander Province (region of 4 ========================================...classic—witness (below) the galena from the Dörnberg mine, Ramsbeck district, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany...recent finds on the dumps of the old La Vidale lead mine, Bréziès, Asprières, Aveyron, France, there is this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mesoproterozoic deep-water carbonate mounds (Nanisivik zinc district, Nunavut) K.E. Hahn, E.C. Turner, D.J. Kontak...Mesoproterozoic deep-water carbonate mounds (Nanisivik zinc district, Nunavut), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta...Mesoproterozoic deep-water carbonate mounds (Nanisivik zinc district, Nunavut) K.E. Hahn1,I, E.C. Turner1, D.J....Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd, Sudbury ON, Canada, P3E 2C6 2 Department of Geological Sciences,...University of Manitoba, 125 Dysart Rd, Winnipeg MB, Canada, R3T 2N2 *Corresponding author: katherine.hahn@ontario
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of the Mesoproterozoic-hosted Nanisivik Zn-Pb deposit, Nunavut, Canada: Evidence for early diagenetic...of the Mesoproterozoic-hosted Nanisivik Zn-Pb deposit, Nunavut, Canada: Evidence for early diagenetic...of the Mesoproterozoic-hosted Nanisivik Zn-Pb deposit, Nunavut, Canada: Evidence PT for early diagenetic...the past-producing Nanisivik carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb PT deposit in Nunavut, Canada, have been controversial...fluids. Re-Os pyrite analysis shows that the Nanisivik deposit formed ca. 1.1 Ga, broadly similar to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gypsum Crystals in Canada G ypsum is an important industrial mineral in Canada, with large mines in...are found in the dumps of the Pleasant Valley coal mine as well as in the glaciolacustrine sediments around...resemble Christmas trees. Bluebell Mine, Riondel This lead-zinc mine produced some interesting gypsum crystals...{120} terminations—to 13 cm were collected at the mine (Grice and Gault 1977). Fort St. John/Peace River...(others being calcite and several varieties of quartz) that one might consider abundant in this otherwise
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada LODE, Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History...Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada re -p e Keywords: Re-Os geochronology; LA-ICPMS;...from Zn-Pb mineralization at Hawker Creek, Nunavut, Canada was produced from massive pyrite that displays...Lisheen from Ireland, and Hawker Creek from Baffin Island in Canada. These samples were chosen because previous...geochronology. The Hawker Creek prospect from Baffin Island consists primarily of massive pyrite and is
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Neoproterozoic mafic sill at Kiatak, Northumberland Island, Northwestern Greenland Yawooz Kettanah, Marcos...Neoproterozoic mafic sill at Kiatak, Northumberland Island, Northwestern Greenland, Ore Geology Reviews (2016)...Neoproterozoic mafic sill at Kiatak, Northumberland Island, PT Northwestern Greenland Yawooz Kettanah1,...Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4J1, CANADA; zentilli@dal.ca 3 Department of Geology, St. Mary’s...Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, B3H-3C3, CANADA jacob.hanley@smu.ca; fergus.tweedale@smu.ca MA ABSTRACT
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0 Ga) Angmaat Formation, Bylot Supergroup, Baffin Island. The Angmaat Formation consists of unmetamorphosed...Angmaat Formation, Bylot Supergroup, northern Baffin Island, in order to understand the range of preservation...the fault-bounded Borden basins of the northern Baffin and Bylot The Bylot Supergroup contains ~6 km of...within the fault‐bounded basins of the northern Baffin and Bylot islands Group, [54–57]. record Three...1993–1994 field season to northern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada. (B) Chert during a 1993–1994 field
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in a Proterozoic Dolostone, Northern Barfin Island, Canada R. A. OLSON Trigg, Woollett,OlsonConsultingLtd...OlsonConsultingLtd., 10504-103Street,Edmonton,Alberta T5H 2V4, Canada Abstract EconomicallyimportantMississippiValley-type...Territories, of genesisfor the zinc-leadsulfide Canada, are MississippiValley type. That is, they anda...summarizesthe pertinentstratigraphyof northernBafl]n Island, describesin greater detail the stratigraphy a...currentlymost economicallyimportantdepositexistsat Nanisivik, which is about 385 km southeast of Resolute,
Report (issue)
10.23–10.55 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Neuglück mine, Wittichen, Black Forest, Germany. 3.00 (100), 1...calcite, dolomite, siderite, barite, fluorite, quartz. Distribution: One of the most common of the sulfosalts...Herodsfoot mine. In Algeria, from near Tenés and Mouzaı́a. In Bolivia, at the San José mine, Oruro. In...other places. From the Noche Buena mine, Mazapil, and at the El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas...Summit Co., Utah. From the Nanisivik mine, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Name: In allusion to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonate-hosted Zn district: Storm copper deposit, Arctic Canada Jordan Mathieu, Elizabeth C. Turner, Daniel J....carbonate-hosted Zn district: Storm copper deposit, Arctic Canada, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi.org/10...carbonate-hosted Zn district: Storm copper deposit, Arctic Canada Jordan Mathieua,*, Elizabeth C. Turnera, Daniel...Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada b Department of Geological Science, University...University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada c Juniata College, Huntingdon, PN 16652, USA *jy_mathieu@laurentian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
January 23, 2001) Abstract—The disposal of sulfide mine tailings in an environmentally sound, yet cost-effective...within sulfide mine tailings and controlling sulfide oxidation and the resultant acid mine drainage (AMD)...temperature-dependent rates of O2 consumption in saturated mine tailings. Measurements include microscale O2 gradients...undisturbed mine tailing profiles from an impoundment near Nanisivik Mine in northern Canada. Measurements...tailing disposal) that are constructed to maintain mine tailings fully saturated, thereby minimizing O2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of oxidation processes and products in sulphidic mine tailings Tonči Balić-Žunić, Anna Katerinopoulou...these consistently. Sources and products of acid mine drainage represent a system where these differences...mass balance in oxidized mine tailings from the Nanisivik Mine, Nunavut, Canada revealing an oxidized proportion...tailings. Key words: Quantitative phase analysis, acid mine drainage, Rietveld method 1. General aspects of...of the method to the analysis of products of acid mine drainage appears like a chosen case for presenting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University 859 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0C4 peter.tarassoff@sympatico.ca M CGILL...of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island (Dawson 1855). Figure 3. From left: Redpath Museum...Pinch Medal from the Mineralogical Association of Canada. VISITOR INFORMATION Address: Redpath Museum,...Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C4, Canada Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 11...Montreal founded in 1827, and the Geological Survey of Canada established in 1842. All three museums were available
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrargyrite, magnetite, and quartz after pyrrhotite have been reported. Pyrrhotite...pseudohexagonal pyrrhotite crystal on quartz attributed to the Potosi mine, Santo Domingo, Santa Eulalia (now...pseudohexagonal pyrrhotite crystal from the Morro Velho gold mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The 10.1-cm specimen...ore include the old bismuth mine at Monroe and the historic nickel mine at Litchfield, Connecticut; the...mines, Chester County, the Gap mine, Lancaster County, and the Ecton mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The late Mesoproterozoic Arctic Bay Formation, Nunavut Malcolm S.W. Hodgskiss a,∗ , Pierre Sansjofre b...Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Mesoproterozoic Arctic Bay Formation (Borden Basin, Nunavut, Canada) is up to ∼1130 m-thick and contains a significant...Bylot Supergroup on northernmost Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada (modified from Hodgskiss et al., 2018)....of the Bylot Supergroup, Nunavut, Canada (Fig. 1) may represent one such region, comprising a notably thick
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dolostone and the age of the Nanisivik zinc deposits, Baf®n Island, Canada Received: 9 January 1999 /...within the hydrothermal zone surrounding the Nanisivik zinc deposits retain a stable characteristic remanent...postulated Cretaceous remagnetization event in the region. Introduction The original aim of this study,... initiated in 1989, was to date the Nanisivik Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) zinc deposits (Fig. 1). The...University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada e-mail: dsymons@uwindsor.ca Tel.:+1-519-2533000
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
showing—what else?—Lake Superior pebbles. While in Canada, Robinson twice was awarded first place at the...Panczner (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1987). Before leaving Canada, Robinson and her husband were granted Canadian...08 January 2015 Figure 3. Quartz and pyrite, Nanisivik, Nunavut, Canada; acrylic on canvas, 18˝ x 24˝...1984. Figure 5. Calcite on dolomite, Nanisivik, Nunavut, Canada; acrylic on canvas, 10˝ x 12˝, 1989.
in the field ~“ Various geological locations iin Canada© Physical properties of minerals and rocks, and...surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...Fitzhenry & Whiteside acknowledges with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council...acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development...publishing activities. Ss Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des Arts du Canada vw ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NanisivikLead-Zinc Deposits,Northwest Territories, BaffinIsland, Canada FEREYDOUN GHAZBAN, HENRY P. SCHWARCZ, GeologyDepartment...result of reduction of sulfate, either at the The Nanisivik Pb-Zn Deposits The depositsare locatedin northernBaffinIsland...Territories of Canada, near the northern 0361-01œ8/90/1047/360-1653.00 360 SULFATEREDUCTION, NANISIVIK Pb-ZnDEPOSITS...and quartz. Gypsumwasrecognizedin the SocietyCliffsFormationnearArctic Bay(25 km westof Nanisivik)and...lower SocietyCliffs Formationon Bylot Island, 150 km east of Nanisivik (Jacksonand Cumming, 1981). At Nanisivikonethin
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Wales; and Dr. George Robinson, National Museums of Canada. The accepted abstracts follow. OCCURRENCE OF...are found in a weathered, ferruginous, kaolinitic quartz-brookite rock that is prob­ ably derived from fenitization...matic crystals, 0.1-4 mm in size, in pockets of quartz and 4 2 brookite crystals. Very few crystals...Other minerals found in the Christy Pit include: quartz, brookite, rutile, anatase, taeniolite, pyrite...pyrite resembles that observed from the Nanisivik mine, Baffin Island, N.W.T. GAC/MAC when pyrite {001} [010]
Report (issue)
(Trzebionka mine), A. Kozlowski (University of Warsaw), D. Symons (University of Windsor, Canada), and D...D. Sangster (Geological Survey of Canada). These studies are intended to provide new information on the...galena, pyrite, marcasite, dolomite, calcite, and quartz; 10) associated alteration consists mainly of dolomitization...Formation. During Early to Middle Jurassic, the region remained above sea level. In Cretaceous through...fluid transmissivity, either at the district or mine scale, that allows the focusing of fluid flow and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 05:52 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described...specimens. One such locality is the French Creek iron mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, an occurrence worthy...of chalcopyrite crystals from the Old Lurzenbach mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Germany. Jack Halpern specimen...Sterling mine, Jefferson County, and in very large crystals associated with brookite in quartz at Ellenville...chalcopyrite crystals were found in the Gardner Hill mine, Guilford County, North Carolina. Some of the finest
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major barite. Silicification of the host rocks (or quartz gangue) is generally minor but may be abundant...setting of some CD deposits (i.e., Sullivan deposit, Canada, in continental rift setting, and Mount Isa, Australia...(Ansdell et al., 1989) deposits in the Selwyn basin, Canada. Ansdell et al. (1989) reported fluid inclusion...inclusion data for ankerite in the alteration zone and quartz in veins that cut the main ore zones in the Tom...(<100°−400°C) are reported for the Sullivan deposit, Canada (Leitch and Lydon, 2000). However, uncertainties
 
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