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Pentlandite from
Gersdorffite mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pentlandite
Formula:(NixFey)ÎŁ9S8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pentlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gersdorffite mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:611944
Long-form Identifier:1:3:611944:7
GUID (UUID V4):0cfcd564-bc0e-41dc-976e-20b0d1b151bd
Nearest other occurrences of Pentlandite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘAer Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘDenison Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘWorthington Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘTotten No. 2 Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘTotten Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘVermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
7.0km (4.4 miles) ⓘCrean Hill Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘTrillabelle Mine, Trill Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘCentury Mine, Graham Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
19.7km (12.2 miles) ⓘCreighton Mine, Creighton-Davies Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the 800 and 810 Orebodies, Copper Cliff South Mine, and P-T-X Conditions during the Formation of Platinum-Group...University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada Abstract The 800 and 810 orebodies are...are two major deposits in the Copper Cliff South mine, located at opposite contacts between the quartz...metapelite of the McKim Formation. The Copper Cliff South mine is one of the richest Cu-Ni- platinum-group elements...proportions of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and pentlandite and occurs as massive sulfides, semimassive sulfides
Report (issue)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COBALT HILL PROSPECT NORTHEAST OF THE SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX, ONTARIO: A FLUID-INCLUSION AND MINERALOGICAL...of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada ABSTRACT Pyrite-rich quartz veins that...Cobalt Hill, Mackelcan Township, Ontario, ca. 20 km northeast of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), crystallized...contains minute inclusions of millerite, gersdorffite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, pyrrhotite...by saline hydrothermal fluids that postdate the Sudbury Event. The fluids probably represent heated Canadian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ni-Cu-Platinum-Group Element Sulfide Deposit, Sudbury, Canada: Early Crystallization of PGE-Rich Sulfarsenides...Chicoutimi, 555 Bld. de l’UniversitĂ©, Saguenay, QuĂ©bec, Canada G7H 2B1 of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University...minerals (PGM) in Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits. At Sudbury, it appears that the majority of PGE are hosted...Creighton deposit located on the South Range of Sudbury. These predominantly pyrrhotite-rich sulfides,...collected in troughs and embayments at the base of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, and formed small pendants of ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the surface. The nickel minerals millerite, gersdorffite,and violarite havebeenidentifiedin the North...studyinga suiteof specimens from the Eastern Metals mine in the Eastern Townships of the Provinceof Quebec... Location.---The Eastern Metals mine is situated in Rolette township, Montmagnycounty,in the Provinceof...12-30, range6; and lots I4-31, range 7, in Rolette township. Geographically,the property is locatedapproximately55...cyanotrichitehave TABLE Mineral 1 Stage Violarite Gersdorffite Millerite, sphalerite Pyrite 2 Quartz Calcite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DUNDONALD BEACH SOUTH, ABITIBI SUBPROVINCE, ONTARIO, CANADA JACOB J. HANLEY† Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral...subprovince, Ontario, Canada, komatiite-hosted magmatic sulfide mineralization (pentlandite-dominated;...centimeter-size blebs of polycrystalline gersdorffite and nickeline. The gersdorffite-nickeline blebs are concentrated...electrum that fill former open spaces (vugs) in gersdorffite and nickeline. In the surrounding sulfide mineralization...scale may be controlled by the abundance of gersdorffite and nickeline. Even in minor abundances (e.g
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ElementsfromSome Copper-NickelDepositsof the SudburyArea,Ontario Lou‱s J. CABRIANDJ. H. Abstract A detailedmin...samplesfrom nine depositsgeographically encircling the Sudbury basin. This study has resulted in the identification...some cases,significant quantitiesin cobaltite,gersdorffite,insizwaite,maucherite,melonite,moncheite, nickeline...cobaltite-gersdorffite, froodite, michenerite,and nickeline; Rh was found in cobaltite-gersdorffite and sperrylite...FALCON BR I DGE GARSON ERRINGTON MINE X(Zn,Cu,‱) STOBIE McCONNEL‱ MINE k‱ quartz norire and norire
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Element Deposits, Copper Cliff North Area, Sudbury, Canada KRISZTIÁN SZENTPÉTERI,† Department of Mineralogy...Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6 FERENC MOLNÁR, Department of Mineralogy...Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract Three deposits (the offset...Violet deposit) in the Copper Cliff North mine area, Sudbury, were sampled with the aim of defining the...assemblages. The ores are composed of pyrrhotite-pentlandite-chalcopyrite with minor titanomagnetite, ilmenite
Book
~"' - ..\, . ~ / Geological Association of Canada g,A Mineral Deposits Divioon . I\ ~ I ORE...approximately 5 cm taii and is from the Eagle's Nest mine, Piacer County, California. Ross Beaty Collection...Mauthner. f I: ; It' !I National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data it I~ !I I I!...Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Oivis,on - L'Association geaogiQue du Canada, Division des gites...carolyn Diane (1959-) IV. Geological Association of Canada Mneral Deposits Division QE390.M37 2004 553 C2004-902030-7
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with minor exsolved cobaltian pentlandite, chalcopyrite, gersdorffite, and marcasite + pyrite as an alteration...hosts massive and disseminated Ni-sulfide ores in Canada and Australia (e.g., Naldrett, 1973). These ores...are similar to those found in Archean terrains of Canada (MacRae, 1969; Arndt et al., 1977), Western Australia...elongate pyroxene of spinifex textured rocks in Canada also commonly have chloritic cores interpreted...plagioclase reported from Archean quench metabasalts in Canada (Pearce, 1974; Gelinas and Brooks, 1974) and Archean
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
solution in Ni sulfarsenides, and Pd also occurs in pentlandite. The PGM include sudburyite (PdSb), sperrylite...minor Au are hosted in gersdorffite (NiAsS). Two generations of gersdorffite have been recognized. A...higher temperature magmatic euhedral Co-rich gersdorffite encloses Ir-, Pt- and Rh-bearing PGM surrounded...of Rh-, Ir-, and Os-rich gersdorffite. A lower temperature Ni-rich gersdorffite forms anhedral grains and...of nickeline (NiAs). In this low-temperature gersdorffite PGE are concentrated toward the mineral edges
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arsenic-Rich ore at the Thompson Mine, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada Y. Chen, M. E. Fleet, and Y...of Geology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada With 7 Figures Received August 17...association with gersdorffite + nickeline from the Thompson mine, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada. Four PGM-gold-bearing...As-rich Ni ore hosted by metapelite from the T-1 mine; III. Gold with tellurides in As-rich Ni ore hosted...As-rich Ni ore hosted by pegmatite from the T-1 mine. Limited whole-rock assays of II yielded Pt < 10
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
KELLY LAKE Ni-Cu-PGE DEPOSIT, COPPER CLIFF OFFSET, SUDBURY* M. A. E. HUMINICKI,† P. J. SYLVESTER, Department...University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X5 L. J. CABRI, Department of Earth Sciences...Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X5, and Cabri Consulting Inc., 99 Fifth Avenue, Suite 122, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S...Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 6B5 AND M. TUBRETT Department of...University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X5 Abstract A mineralogical mass balance
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PROSPECT IN THE FLIN FLON GREENSTONE BELT, MANITOBA, CANADA GEMA RIBEIRO OLIVO§ Department of Geological Sciences...Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada PETER THEYER§ Manitoba Geological Survey...Avenue, Suite 360, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 3P2, Canada ABSTRACT The McBratney high-grade PGE–Au occurrence...chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, with minor violarite, pentlandite, nickeloan pyrite, marcasite, sphalerite, galena...galena, millerite and cobaltite–gersdorffite. Magnetite, coloradoite, and Au–Ag alloy occur locally. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3749/canmin.49.6.1627 PREDICTING PROCESS OUTCOMES FOR SUDBURY PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS USING GRADE-RECOVERY MODELING...Boulevard, Sheridan Park, Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1Z9, Canada Abstract Platinum-group minerals (PGM)...Liberation Analyzer, grade-recovery modeling, Sudbury, Ontario. Sommaire Les minéraux du groupe du platine...(MLA), modÚles de récupération des teneurs, Sudbury, Ontario. Introduction Platinum-group elements (PGE)...important contributor to the economic value of Sudbury area deposits. The purpose of this paper is to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS FROM THE WELLGREEN Ni–Cu–PGE DEPOSIT, YUKON, CANADA ANDREI Y. BARKOV§ Department of Earth and Planetary...Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7, Canada J.H. GILLES LAFLAMME§ AND LOUIS J. CABRI§ Canada Centre for Mineral and...Technology (CANMET), 555 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G1, Canada ROBERT F. MARTIN§ Department of Earth...3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7, Canada ABSTRACT A large variety of platinum-group minerals...laurite, native iridium, Rh-bearing cobaltite–gersdorffite, Pd-bearing ullmannite, and an unusual Re–Ir–Os–Ru
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
principal ore minerals are nickeline, gersdorffite, pyrrhotine, pentlandite and chalcopyrite with minor amounts...and quartz. Chalcopyrite-rich and nickeline-gersdorffite-rich mineralization occurs above this and immediately...show significant enrichment in the nickeline-gersdorffite-rich mineralization. A magmatic origin for the...diorite fili ‱ :: .\\ T f:::: mineralization mine or trial N | ',:!!ii!ii!iii!!ii:~:., ~"" fault...contain very minor quantities of gersdorffite, pyrrhotine, pentlandite, or chalcopyrite (in grains 2 "
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COPPER-NICKEL TIMAGAMI DEPOSITS ISLAND, EDWARD OF ONTARIO R. ROSE CONTENTS PAGE Abstract .................................................... Local and mine geology ..........................................copper-nickelsulfide depositsof Timagami Island, Ontario, occur in altered, folded, and faulted volcanic...millerite and gersdorffite in the chalcopyrite deposits, and in pyrite, millerite, gersdorffite, 1inneaite...and Timagami Forest Reserve‱ of the Provinceof Ontario. Formerly accessible only by boatfrom Timagamivillage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Laurentian University, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 Accepted 16 August 2005 Abstract...relations and crystal chemistry of the monosulfide, pentlandite, gerdorffite–cobaltite, diarsenide, and skutterudite...model showing the phase relations enveloping the gersdorffite–cobaltite solid solution. The compositional...metal–metal bonding. Monosulfide solid solution and pentlandite both behave in a way consistent with extensive...models arguing that 56 d electrons stabilize the pentlandite cube-cluster and one d electron from each metal
Journal (volume)
concentrated in sampIes rich in chaIcopyrite and pentlandite h ave Ptl(Pt + Pd) ratio of 0.255-0.283 between...minerals are hex agonal and monoclinic pyrrhotite, pentlandite, violarite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and m agnetite...troilite, mackinawite, cubanite, sphalerite and gersdorffite also occur. The accessory ore minerals are gold... .. . ............ ... . ................ . Pentlandite ......... .. . . ..............................contained pyrite and pyrrhotiJte along with minor pentlandite and chalcopyrite. In spring 1960 a farmer, Mr
Report (issue)
PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Blatchford Lake Intrusive Suite, Northwest Territories, Canada Kevin Neyedley, Jacob J. Hanley, Hendrik Falck...Blatchford Lake Intrusive Suite, Northwest Territories, Canada, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https:// doi...Blatchford Lake Intrusive Suite, Northwest Territories, Canada Kevin Neyedley a,+, Jacob J. Hanley a, Hendrik...University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3C3 b c Northwest Territories Geological...Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2 + kevinneyedley@gmail.com Keywords:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SPECTROGRAPHIC COMMON STUDY SULPHIDES SUDBURY J. E. HAWLEY, OF PLATINUM AND AND ARSENIDES DISTRICT...DISTRICT, PALLADIUM OF THE ß IN ONTARIO. C. L. LEWIS, AND W. J. WARK. ABSTRACT. A quantitativespectrographic...pyrrhotite,pentlandite,andchalcopyriteandin mixedarsenides, chieflyniccolite,gersdorffite and maucherite...maucherite, in ores of the Sudbury district. This involves concentration by fire assayingand mixing resultingbeadswith...foundin papersby Dickson(5), x Coleman.(4), The Ontario Nickel Commission (11), Phemister(10), and Burrowsand
Report (volume)
nickeliferous laterite deposits in 7 Provinces of Canada and 15 States of the United States UNITED STATES...______________________ ----OntariO-----------------------------------------------------Alexo Nickel mine ___________...--------Limerick township ___ ---------_---------------------------Raglan township ____ -------- ________...wanLake---------------------------------------Sudbury district______ ------ _________________ ------...________________________________________ ----- _--La ~otte township ___ ------------------------------------U nga
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada Czech Geological Survey, GeologickĂĄ 6,...3450 University Street, Montreal, QuĂ©bec H3A 0E8, Canada [Received 27 February 2016; Accepted 16 May 2016;...melonite in intimate intergrowths with cobaltite-gersdorffite from the Neoproterozoic dunite-wehrlite-gabbro...formula unit (apfu), under natural conditions. Greater levels (≀0.5 Bi apfu) are associated with the (Pd...NiTe2, named after its type locality, the Melones mine, at Carson Hill in the Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras
 
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