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Forsterite from
Thompson Mine, Moab-Setting Lakes area, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thompson Mine, Moab-Setting Lakes area, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:802884
Long-form Identifier:1:3:802884:6
GUID (UUID V4):e3e0426c-3721-4629-bf66-8720dad6ab3c
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ni-SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE THOMPSON NICKEL BELT, MANITOBA, CANADA James S. Scoates,1,† R.F. Jon Scoates...V6T 1Z4, Canada 2 2502 3 Manitoba Holyrood Drive, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9S 4K9, Canada Geological...Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 3P2, Canada Abstract The Paleoproterozoic Thompson nickel belt, a segment of...the Archean Superior craton in Manitoba, is one of the largest nickel-producing regions in the world...(platinum group elements) mining camp in Canada after Sudbury. The nickel sulfide ores are hosted in or associated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Thompson Nickel Belt and Adjacent Kisseynew Domain, Manitoba: Implications for Nickel Exploration*...MACEK, AND C. R. MCGREGOR Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, 360–1395...Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 3P2, Canada Abstract Exploration for nickel in the Thompson nickel belt is focused...ultramafic bodies and all significant nickel deposits in the Thompson nickel belt. Knowledge of the lithostratigraphy...the highest potential for the discovery of new nickel deposits. This is made practical by a distinctive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
processes in the genesis of the Thompson Mine Ni-Co sulfide ores, Manitoba, Canada Peter C Lightfoot, Rob Stewart...processes in the genesis of the Thompson Mine Ni-Co sulfide ores, Manitoba, Canada, Ore Geology Reviews (2016)...processes in the genesis of the Thompson Mine Ni-Co sulfide ores, Manitoba, Canada Peter C Lightfoot (1), Rob...Ontario, Canada, N6A 5B7 (2) Manitoba Division, Vale Base Metals, 60 Seal Road, Thompson, Manitoba, Canada...Australia.. (4) 31 Riley Cr, Fergus, Ontario, Canada N1M 0C1 Revision date: 11 December, 2016 Destination:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AMPHIBOLITE-FACIES METAMORPHISM AT THE PIPE II MINE, THOMPSON NICKEL BELT, MANITOBA, AND COMPARISON OF METAMORPHIC ISOGRADS...University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada Douglas K. TINKHAM Department of Earth Sciences...P3E 2C6, Canada Abstract The Ospwagan Group supracrustal sequence of the Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba...metamorphic isograds at the Pipe II mine in the central portion of the belt show the following sequence from...transects isograd (3) in the south portion of the study area. Equilibrium-assemblage diagrams for representative
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ultramafic Intrusion, Paleoproterozoic Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada Anatoliy Franchuk, Peter C. Lightfoot...UltramaïŹc Intrusion, Paleoproterozoic Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada, Ore Geology Reviews (2015), doi:...Intrusion, RI Paleoproterozoic Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada NU SC Anatoliy Franchuk1, Peter...Technology Development (Canada) Limited, Brownfield Exploration, Thompson, Manitoba, Canada, R8N 1S4; Corresponding...franchuk@vale.com TE Ontario, Canada, P0M 1N0; D 2. Vale Technology Development (Canada) Limited, Brownfield
Report (chapter)
107-15 Capella Court, Nepean, Ontario K2E 7X1, Canada (e-mail: odm@storm.ca) Abstract: Indicator mineralogy...dispersal trains in glaciated terrains in Canada Train length* (m) Fold belt Deposit name Traced Abitibi Abitibi...explorationists. Gold grains Numerous gold deposits in Canada have been discovered by identifying gold grain...grain. Scale bars 5(t~un. deposits in the La Ronge Belt, Saskatchewan (Averill & Zimmerman 1986: Sopuck...Gold grains are present in tills everywhere in Canada (Averill 1988). Their background abundance ranges
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OE8, Canada Abstract. In the Cuthbert...dike swarm, adjacent to the T h o m p s o n Nickel Belt, cut the Pikwitonei granulites in the northwestern...continuous are k n o w n in the Cuthbert L a k e area and along the Nelson River lineament. This northeasterly...trending swarm is parallel to the T h o m p s o n Nickel Belt which forms the b o u n d a r y between the Superior...contains a b u n d a n t ultramafic rocks and economic nickel sulfide deposits (Paktunc 1984a, b). The majority
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
proton- and electron-microprobe study of gallium, nickel and zinc distribution in chromian spine1 1 A.D...ores and metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rocks. Nickel concentrations range from 30 to 4690 ppm (proton...(proton microprobe), with a mean value of 943 ppm. Nickel, favouring the octahedral sites in the spine1 structure...with a decrease in the Cr/ (Cr+ Al + Fe”’ ) ratio. Nickel partitioning between chromian spine1 and mantle...ultramafic a and mafic ’ GeologicaJ Survey of Canada, contribution number 43694 * Present address: GANMET
Report (issue)
DIVISION MRD Educational Series 78 /1 Minerals of Manitoba Volume I: Non-metallic and pegmatitic by K.A...Ph.D., P. Eng. Winnipeg, 1978 1 Minerals 01 Manitoba Volume I: Non-metallic and pegmatitic* Introduction..... ..'" Owing to their mode of occurrence in Manitoba, certain metallic oxides such as cassiterite and...and minerals of Manitoba. The first publication (1975) was "Common Rocks in Manitoba" by the same author...because of their pegmatitic mode of occurrence in Manitoba, descriptions of the major metallic and ore minerals
Journal (volume)
using the Ni vs. MgO, Ni vs. Cr and the Ni vs. forsterite content of olivine. Techniques analysing crustal...from 353 targets), Thompson Ni belt, Canada (1207/31) and Cape Smith belt, Canada (287/27), the fertility...words (GeoRef Thesaurus, AGI): mineral exploration, nickel ores, copper ores, platinum ores, intrusions, igneous...Chemical composition of sulphides – introduction of nickel and cobalt numbers ......................... 25........................ 38 4.4 Analyses from the Nickel Programme database............................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6; Faculty of Geology and Geography, Tomsk...Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada 5 NERC Isotope Geosciences...delamination (Anderson 2000; Elkins-Tanton 2007). A belt of 1864–1884 Ma mafic–ultramafic rocks surrounds...much of the Superior craton, the ‘‘Circum Superior belt’’ of Baragar and Scoates (1987) and subsequently...concentrations, this belt is now recognized to constitute the Circum-Superior LIP. The belt continues for more
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Portneuf–Mauricie Domain, Grenville Province, Canada Anne-AurĂ©lie Sappin & Marc Constantin & Thomas...or zoned) and emplaced in a mature island arc setting. A two-stage model is envisaged to explain the...Portneuf–Mauricie Domain . Grenville Province . Canada . Proterozoic Editorial handling: Christina Yan...Laval, 1065 avenue de la MĂ©decine, QuĂ©bec G1V 0A6, Canada e-mail: anne-aurelie.sappin.1@ulaval.ca M. Constantin... 880 chemin Ste-Foy, 3e Ă©tage, QuĂ©bec G1S 4X4, Canada e-mail: thomas.clark.geo@gmail.com Introduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland Abstract Several types of nickel sulphide deposits occur in Finland. Some of them...Ni-Cu-PGE resources in the Central Lapland greenstone belt, including the Kevitsa and Sakatti deposits. The...orogenic intrusions; many of these host nickel mineralization. Nickel exploration potential was evaluated...assessment of the potential occurrence of undiscovered nickel resources. The MgO content of the parental magma...Finland indicates high exploration potential for nickel within the Paleoproterozoic komatiitic formations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
structure oi' antigorite. The alumint~l~, iron and nickel analogues of the serpentine 126 Judith B. M...temperature of serpentinization: 2Mg2SiO4 + 3 H 2 0 = forsterite = Mg3Si2Os(OH)4 + Mg(OH) 2 chrysotile brucite...serpentine ~.lone: 6Mg2SiO4 + Mg3Si40 lo(OH)2 + forsterite talc + 9H20 = 5Mg3Si2Os(O chrysotile (2) (Chernosky...(Chernosky 1973) Hostetler et al. (1966) and Mumpton & Thompson (1966, 1975) emphasize that brucite is very susceptible...ferrit-chromite, etc. (Ashley 19'75). Mumpton & Thompson (1966, 1975), Hostetler et al. (1966), Page (1967a)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Western Australia and the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Canada, and implications for the distribution of associated...Sproule2,3 The Abitibi Greenstone Belt (AGB) of the Superior Province in Canada, and the extensive greenstone...mineralised region of the AGB, the Shaw and Bartlett Dome area, is the most similar to the EGS in the distribution...are likely to be the cause. Keywords: Komatiite, Nickel, Archaean, Greenstone, Ultramafic, Volcanism Introduction...Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada 3 GeoDiscovery Group, Level 2, Unit 2, 369 Newcastle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ga) Rytky nickel sulphide deposit, Central Finland: a comparison with the Kotalahti nickel deposit Received:...websterite and gabbronorite. The nickel deposit with pentlandite as the main nickel mineral is associated with...represent the ïŹrst rocks to form, and they contain the nickel sulphide mineralisation. Country rock contamination...formation. Keywords Finland Æ Rytky Æ Geochemistry Æ Nickel Æ Sulphide Æ Structural geology Æ UltramaïŹc intrusion...reference intrusion, because it hosts the largest nickel deposit mined in Finland (12 x 106 t @ 0.66% Ni
Book
Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: Mineral Deposits of Canada: A Synthesis...and Exploration Methods Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Publication...1. Ore deposits--Canada. 2. Metallogeny--Canada. 3. Physiographic provinces--Canada. 4. Mines and niineral...niineral resources--Canada. 5. Prospecting--Canada. I. Goodfellow, Wayne D. (Wayne David), 1949Il. Geological...Association of Canada III. Series: Special publication (Geological Association of Canada. Mineral Deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/precamres Komatiites of the Wildara-Leonora Belt, Yilgarn Craton, WA: The missing link in the Kalgoorlie...architecture Yilgarn Craton Nickel–sulïŹde a b s t r a c t The Wildara-Leonora Belt in the Kalgoorlie Terrane...located between the world-class nickel provinces of the Agnew-Wiluna Belt to the North and the Kambalda...of small nickel–sulïŹde occurrences, has been explored extensively for komatiite-hosted nickel deposits...Sullivans Unit in the South-East of the Wildara-Leonora Belt. Lithostratigraphic similarities together with shared
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
amountof phenoperfect understandingof a paper of mine on the crystolivinein a samplewill decreasethe Cu-content...ntativeof peridotiticliquidsfrom the Yakabindie area (samples106 and 108) that wereanalyzedsubsequentto...containing60 mole percent forsterite, an percent sulfides and the Pipe, Manitoba, ore with indication that...present---exactly depositsat $udbury, thoseof the Ungava nickel belt the rangeof olivinecompositions actuallypresentin...differenceactually morphic environmentof the Thompson,Manitoba, ores where the sulfidesappear to have flowed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phlogopite, anthophyllite, gedrite, tremolite, forsterite, cummingtonite, sapphirine, cordierite, enstatite...Gahnite0–65Hercynite0–50Spinel25–90. Knowledge of the geological setting must be considered when using zincian spinel as...Caledonides (Spry & Scott 1986b), the Linda deposit, Canada (Zaleski et al. 1991), and the Mamandur deposit...1984) determined the distribution, petrological setting, and bulk-rock composition of zincian-spinel-bearing...magmatism of the Rocky Mountains and environs. The area that contains the zincian-spinel-bearing metamorphosed
Report (volume)
Geological Survey of Canada, Canada P. T. BOBROWSKY British Columbia Geological Survey, Canada G. E. M. HALL...Survey of Canada, Canada & S. J. COOK Hudson Bay Exploration and Development Co. Ltd., Canada 2001 Published...diamond exploration in the glaciated terrain of Canada 83 Lake sediment geochemistry COOK, S. J. & MCCONNELL...case study from the Swayze greenstone belt, northern Ontario, Canada 165 Case Histories I - Geochemical...deposits in the western Abitibi Greenstone Belt, central Canada 201 EARLE, S. Application of composite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
give rise to U-type magmas. Introduction MAGMATIC nickel-copper-PGE sulfide deposits form as the result...certain exceptions, sulfide-rich types cluster at the nickel apex of the diagram; many of the smaller deposits...included in this compilation, also fall in this area. Sulfide-poor PGE-rich deposits cluster near the...Western Australia, Zimbabwe, and the Abitibi belt of Canada, and, to a lesser extent, Finland) and those...(e.g., those of the Raglan and Thompson belts, which are both in Canada). Class NC-2 consists of deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Beers 945 Origin of high-Ag fahlores from the Galena mine, Wallace, Idaho, U.S.A.—Richard O. Sack, Rob Fredericks...endogranitic tin zone, Mount Pleasant, New Brunswick, Canada, and its metallogenesis—Carlos M.C. Inverno and...CO2-injection enhanced oil recovery site, Saskatchewan, Canada—S. Emberley, I. Hutcheon, M. Shevalier, K. Durocher...tectonic history of the southern New England fold belt—R. Offler, R.A. Glen, H. Hyodo, and Z. Jiang The...Moorbath Evolution of the aqueous geochemistry of mine pit lakes – Blanzy–Montceau-les-Mines coal basin (Massif
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. of 1 Barbara Sherwood Lollar Department of...We investigate the dependence of H2, 4He, and setting. Through collating and combining previously published...thousands-year timescales, up to 2 Ga in Kidd Creek Mine, Canada (Heard et al., 2018; Holland et al., 2013; KietĂ€vĂ€inen...Precambrian localities across the globe, ranging from Canada, to South Africa, and Fennoscandia (e.g. Chivian...‘serpentinization’ refers specifically to the reaction of forsterite (Mgrich olivine) to produce serpentine, brucite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
base future exploration. Introduction Magmatic Nickel-Copper sulfide deposits form as the result of the...involved bears a close relationship to the tectonic setting within which the magma was generated, transported...Western Australia, Zimbabwe and the Abitibi belt of Canada) (Barnes, 2007; Lesher and Barnes, 2008) and...(e.g. those of the Raglan and Thompson belts which are both in Canada (Lesher, 2007, Layton-Mathews et...et al., 2007)). The tectonic setting of Archean komatiites is debated, but there is little doubt that
 
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