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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Comments:Shalerite is the major ore
Habit:complex tetrahedral twins to a cm
Colour:brown black
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite43 photos of Sphalerite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Marcasite11 photos of Sphalerite associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Calcite7 photos of Sphalerite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Dolomite6 photos of Sphalerite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Siegenite4 photos of Sphalerite associated with Siegenite at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Galena2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Galena at this locality.
Pyrrhotite2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Schalenblende1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Schalenblende at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (14 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:21890
Long-form Identifier:1:3:21890:0
GUID (UUID V4):7f018aca-b992-4e2d-b3e8-c6b498420055
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Area 29 North, Main Level, Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.0km (0.0 miles) Area 29 North, Main Level, Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, 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
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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
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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
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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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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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crystallization rhythmites" at the Nanisivik Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, Baffin Island, Canada D . C . Arne * and S.A. Kissin...Geology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5El The presence of a series of particular...is the Nanisivik Pb-Zn-Ag deposit located on northwest Baffin Island (Fig. 1). The Nanisivik orebodies...excess of 200 °C. The presence of ore textures at Nanisivik identical to DCRs described elsewhere brings into...sparry dolomite (Fig. 2) that defines an internal mine stratigraphy (Arne 1985). This banding is generally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonate-HostedZn-Pb-Ag Deposit. Nanisivik, Barfin Island, Canada D.C. ARNE,* Department of Geology...Geology,Lakehead University,Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1 L. W. CURTIS, LaurenceCurtis and Associates...CanadaP7B 5E1 Abstract Zn-Pb-Agoresat Nanisivik,northwestBa•n Island,are hostedby upperProterozoiclaminateddolostone...SocietyCliffsFormation.Sulfideorebodies containing pyrite,sphalerite, galena,sparrydolomite,and pyrite pseudomorphous...Inlet •1111111 1984). Detailed undergroundmappingof mine workings by one of the authors(Curtis, 1984) has
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carbonate gangue at the Nanisivik zinc-lead deposits, northern Baffin Island, N.W.T. Canada FereydounGhazbaY...L&Y 4M1, Canada bGeography Department, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. L&Y 4K1, Canada (Received...carbonate gangue at the Nanisivik zinc-lead deposits, northern Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada. Chem. Geol. (Isot...associated with lead-zinc mineralization at Nanisivik, N.W.T. Canada. Ore stage WSD and late stage carbonates...(Kessen et al., 1981) and the Pine Point deposits in Canada (Medford et al., 1983) have revealed that gangue
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...formation. Association: Chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, bornite, acanthite, calcite, dolomite...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)
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)
LEAD-ZINC STUDY OF SPHALERITE AND DOLOMITE FROM THE NANISIVIK DEPOSIT, BAFFIN ISLAND, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES...TERRITORIES, CANADA K]. MCNAUGHTON AND T. E. SMITH Departmentof Geology,Universityof Windsor,Windsor,Ontario...Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada Introduction 3 km, but the maximumdepth of burial is uncertain The Nanisivik...Clayton and L. Thorpe, unpub. rept., pyrite, sphalerite,galena,and sparrydolomite.The 1978; Ford, 1981)...Theseincludethe sources traviolet light. The sphalerite-galenadepositsare of the brines,the metals,the
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)
NanisivikLead-Zinc Deposits,Northwest Territories, BaffinIsland, Canada FEREYDOUN GHAZBAN, HENRY P. SCHWARCZ, GeologyDepartment...bandedore with alternatingcm-thicklayersof pyrite, sphalerite,and lessabundantgalena,interlaminatedwith white...ofhostdolomite. Heavy•34Svaluesofsulfides (pyrite,sphalerite, andgalena) rangingfrom 21.5 to 31.2 per mil...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
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
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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
Report (issue)
Compared to other Mississippi Valley-type districts, sphalerite from the Cracow-Silesian district contain the...(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...mineralogically simple, with dominant minerals being sphalerite, galena, pyrite, marcasite, dolomite, calcite...to the northeast. Sulfide deposits largely of sphalerite, galena and iron sulfides are typically stratabound
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pyrrhotite crystal on quartz attributed to the Potosi mine, Santo Domingo, Santa Eulalia (now known as Aquiies...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;...Haralson, and Douglas Counties and the Stone Hill mine area of Randolph and Cleburne Counties, Alabama
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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...presence of microscopic exsolution products such as sphalerite and stannite, respectively. Trace tellurium,...exhibiting a complex chalcopyrite crystal on sphalerite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia. Houston...of chalcopyrite crystals from the Old Lurzenbach mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Germany. Jack Halpern specimen
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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
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University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada G. de Marsily Laboratoire de GeÂologie AppliqueÂe...deposits in the Lennard Shelf of Australia and Nanisivik in Canada have dates that correspond to extensional...deposits hosted in Proterozoic rocks, only the Nanisivik deposit has been dated as Proterozoic. The contrast...deposits and districts: 1 Polaris; 2 Eclipse; 3 Nanisivik; 4 Gayna; 5 Bear-Twit; 6 Godlin; 7 Pine Point;...radiometric dating by U±Pb, U±Th in calcite, Rb±Sr in sphalerite, Ar±Ar, K±Ar on feldspar and clay minerals, and
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low-grade metamorphism. The ores consist mainly of sphalerite, galena, and generally lesser amounts of iron...setting of some CD deposits (i.e., Sullivan deposit, Canada, in continental rift setting, and Mount Isa, Australia...with published fluid inclusion data on ore-stage sphalerite are the Red Dog deposits, United States (Edgerton...(Polito et al., 2006). Primary fluid inclusions in sphalerite from the Red Dog deposits yielded homogenization...(Polito et al., 2006) show that the ore-stage sphalerite formed between 74° and 125°C from a fluid with
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
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revisited We aired concerns about Rb–Sr dating of sphalerite in the original paper by Leach et al. (2001)...Ontario, N9B 3PA, Canada D. F. Sangster 2335 Rusvern, North Gower, Ontario, K0A 2T0, Canada (1996), one of...the presence of clay minerals in sphalerite from the Pomorzany mine (Fig. 1), thus making the age interpretations...Likewise, we think that such detailed study of sphalerite from other deposits where Rb–Sr and paleomagnetic...inclusions in SP3 sphalerite (S) from the Pomorzany mine, Upper Silesia, Poland. The sphalerite shown in this
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alteration of the host dolomite I and precipitation of sphalerite I. The open-space filling hydrothermal white...white sparry dolomite and the coexisting sphalerite II formed by prolonged fluid-host dolomite interaction...dolomite III (or calcite) and the associated sphalerite III formed as the consequence of CO 2 degassing...sampling, including outcrops in surface and in the mine, and drill-cores. This study reports results of...Sur; AC = Afloramiento Campana; SV = San Vicente mine; AR = Arcopunco; MA = Machuyacu; PA = Palmapata;
 
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