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Acanthite from
Silver Islet mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Silverⓘ3 photos of Acanthite associated with Silver at this locality.
Calciteⓘ2 photos of Acanthite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Islet mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:39
Long-form Identifier:1:3:39:0
GUID (UUID V4):a9a77fe6-7721-49ef-a199-7b616b2efe2c
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘArsenic occurrence (Cross Property), Edward Island, Porphyry Island Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘEdward Island, Porphyry Island Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
24.7km (15.4 miles) ⓘSilver Harbour Mine (Beck Mine; Three A Mine; 3 A), MacGregor Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
26.3km (16.4 miles) ⓘ7Z Mine, MacGregor Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘMcKellar Island (South McKellar Island), Spar and Victoria Islands Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘThunder Bay Mine, MacGregor Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘShuniah Mine (Duncan), McIntyre Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
42.5km (26.4 miles) ⓘSpar Island (Prince Location), Spar and Victoria Islands Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
42.8km (26.6 miles) ⓘPrince's Mine, Blake Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
44.3km (27.5 miles) ⓘJarvis Island (Westfield mine), Spar and Victoria Islands Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
References
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. n o t e s f r o m t h e y EDITOR SILVER ISSUE Among the precious metals, gold has always...behind, however, is silver. Though today only about 2% as valuable by weight, silver was nearly on a par...discerns a warm richness to silver that all the others lack. Furthermore, silver has been found as superb...famous and in­ teresting localities for native silver. Of course there are hundreds, perhaps thousands...and plenty remain for future issues. Unlike gold, silver forms the basis for an extensive array of addi­
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GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the “Content”) is governed... copyright is held by the Queen’s Printer for Ontario. It is recommended that reference to the Content... . ; Ontario Geological Survey, ...670-5691 Toll Free: 1-888-415-9845, ext. 5691 (inside Canada, United States) Local: (705) 670-5691 Toll Free:...(inside Canada, United States) Local: (416) 326-2678 Toll Free: 1-800-668-9938 (inside Canada, United
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Geology S ilver was one of the first metals to silver has the highest-known reflectivity of visible light...used by humans, with records Silver crystallizes in the isometof silver mines dating back at least six...the When pure, the mineral is simply elemental silver (Ag). However, it Andean mineral theme of the 2003...excepof Au and Hg and, less commonly, tional Peruvian silver has been selected as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...Choice. Figure 1. An unusually aesthetic 8.3-cm silver As, Sb, Bi, Pt, and Cu in solid soluAdditional
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on the structure, chemistry, and texture of wire silver for a master’s of science degree at Miami University...rakovajf@miamioh.edu & Wire Silver Kongsberg, Norway Wire Gold Ground Hog Mine, Gilman, Colorado S ince...ince the dawn of civilization, silver and gold have been treasured for their surpassing beauty and captivating...coins are Figure 1. Section cut through a wire silver from Kazakhstan shows roughly equigranular texture...alloy of silver and gold (Wallace 1987). Throughout history and around the globe, gold and silver have been
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Energy, Mines and Resources Canada E:nergie, Mines et Ressourees Canada Canada THE ENERGY OF OUR RESOURCES...POWER OF OUR IDEAS COVER Left: Amethyst - Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specimen measures 4.5 cm across the base...no. 17206. GSC 204971-1 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 49 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR... © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1991 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents...bookstores or by mail from Canada Communication Group - Publishing Ottawa, Canada KIA OS9 and from. Geological
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Silver Ag c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group: 4/m 3 2/m...Opaque. Color: Silver-white, tarnishes gray to black; in polished section, brilliant silver-white. Streak:...Streak: Silver-white. Luster: Metallic. R: (400) 83.4, (420) 84.5, (440) 86.0, (460) 87.7, (480) 89.1, (500)...mineral deposits. Association: Acanthite, chlorargyrite, embolite, silver sulfosalts, gold, copper. Distribution:...the Silver King mine, Pinal Co. In Canada, in large amounts from Cobalt; and in the Thunder Bay district
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at 11:52 22 December 2014 Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece E rythrite, an attractive secondary...green encrustations on chloanthite at the old cobalt mine dumps below Great Hill near the East Hampton–Portland...Carolina. It has been reported from the Fredericktown district in Madison County, Missouri, and occurs with nickel...nickel arsenides in the Mohawk No. 2 mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan. Annabergite has been found at scattered...localities, including the Rosita–Silver Cliff district, Custer County; the Gem mine at Gem Park, Fremont County;
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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...of chalcopyrite crystals from the Old Lurzenbach mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Germany. Jack Halpern specimen...(for example, the copper mines of the Ducktown district, Tennessee), chalcopyrite in good crystallized...at Rossie, St. Lawrence County, at the Sterling mine, Jefferson County, and in very large crystals associated
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noted) (top row, from left) Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection...discourage gold seekers!). A subsequent Hudson’s Bay Company crew found their deposit and mined part of...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved...September–October, 2019 7 HISTORY had declined and the mine was sold. Today it is formally owned by “the children
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Because most of its mine development occurred in the late 1800s, this district, with its approximately...(also known as Bullard Peak) district is the largest district of the silver-nickel-cobaltbismuth-uranium-arsenic...some of the world's finest specimens of native silver and bismuth, silverbearing minerals, and cobalt...include Cobalt and Silver Islet, Ontario: Port Radium, Northwest Territories, Canada; Batopilas, Mexico;...Kongsberg, Norway; Bou Azzer, Morocco; and the Consols mine at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. These
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his early journey to the Lake Superior copper district. The back of the photo indicates it was taken...and then working as an exploration geologist and mine manager at various mines in Michigan’s Keweenaw...native copper deposit, which became the Champion mine. His academic interests ranged across the disciplines...best silver specimens in the collection of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, 10 cm tall, Cliff mine, Keweenaw...documented silver specimens from the Cliff mine, the Keweenaw’s earliest successful mine. A. E. Seaman
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CA 94804-1659 Earth Treasures trom the Royal Ontario Museum ie es „ „ A> i ; \ Pig era , . ... Gems«Minerals Earth Treasures from the Royal Ontario Museum Gems & Minerals reveals the beauty and splendor...and minerals from the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Minerals and gems form naturally... -Gems« Minerals Earth Treasures from the Royal Ontario Museum Dr. Bicriberly Tait 20 v|Meu? FIREFLY...Photographs copyright © 2011 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All rights reserved. No part
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native silver and/or bismuth aggregates. Native arsenic, native antimony, antimony-arsenic-silver alloys... Famous deposits of this type include Cobalt, Ontario; Bou Azzer, Morocco; Kongsberg, Norway; Jáchymov..."five element association", "nickel-cobalt-native silver ore type", “Bi-Co-NiAs-U-Ag-Formation”, and "Ag-Co-Ni-As-Bi...occurrences in the Erzgebirge, for example, were rich silver deposits since medieval times, were exploited for...variable quantities of native elements such as silver, bismuth, arsenic, antimony, metal alloys (such
Report (Issue volume)
GE and Economic Minerals of Canada PART A NUNC COCNOSCO EX PARTE THOMAS J. BATA LIBRARY TRENT UNIVERSITY...AND ECONOMIC MINERALS OF CANADA © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1976 Available by mail from...Printing and Publishing Supply and Services Canada Ottawa, Canada K1A 0S9 or through your bookseller Catalogue...Catalogue No. M43-1/1976-1-7 Price: Canada: $8.00 ISBN 0-660-00553-0 Other countries: $9.60 Price subject..., Altona, Manitoba, Canada Contract No. OKX6-0236 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT
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. . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...Henderson, Jr. COVER: ACANTHITE after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and...citations on the Harding mine and information about other collections of Harding mine specimens. The museum...high-quality, precisely located specimens from the mine. Interested persons should send helpful information
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Geography, vols. 2, 3 (no. 1). Berkeley, Calif. Canada, Geological Survey: Summary Reports 1917-1927;... Okla. Ontario Department of Mines: Reports, 27tu-37th, vols. 27-37 (pt. 2). Toronto, Ontario. Oregon...Reports on Mining Operations, 19181927. Quebec, Canada. Rochester Academy of Science: Proceedings, vols...5-6 (no. 7). Rochester, N. Y. Royal Society of Canada: Proceedings and Transactions, 3d ser., vols. 12-22...geographie de Quebec: Bulletin, vols. 13-22. Quebec, Canada. South Dakota Geological Survey: Reports of the
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Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...Auction 2 53001 CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority
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Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Associate...0026-4628 ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ..............................P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica .................................201 by P. Bancroft, /. Car, M. Zorz & G. Kobler Silver minerals of the Trebsko deposit, Pribram orefield...Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and
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Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Associate...Henderson, Jr. COVER: ACANTHITE after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and...citations on the Harding mine and information about other collections of Harding mine specimens. The museum...high-quality, precisely located specimens from the mine. Interested persons should send helpful information
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