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Enstatite from
Lac des Iles Mine, Lac des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Enstatite
Formula:Mg2Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enstatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lac des Iles Mine, Lac des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:809703
Long-form Identifier:1:3:809703:3
GUID (UUID V4):b1e119ae-8e3b-4453-ba21-8ce28fc988a3
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00126-014-0541-4 ARTICLE The Lac Des Iles Palladium Deposit, Ontario, Canada. Part II. Halogen variations...Analysis of apatite from the Mine Block Intrusion (MBI) of the Lac des Iles Igneous Complex shows two pronounced...greenschist conditions. Keywords Apatite . Lac des Iles Pd Deposit . Platinum-group elements Editorial...Palladium Ltd., 556 Tenth Ave., Thunder Bay, ON P7B 2R2, Canada Introduction The Mine Block Intrusion (MBI) of...of the Lac des Iles Igneous Complex (LDIC) is a small, crudely concentrically zoned igneous body that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NORTHERN ULTRAMAFIC CENTER OF THE LAC DES ILES COMPLEX, ONTARIO, CANADA LIONNEL M. DJON§ Queen’s University...and Geological Engineering, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada JAMES D. MILLER Department of Earth and...Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada DAVE C. PECK North American Palladium Ltd, 10th Avenue, Thunder Bay, Ontario...Ontario P7B 2R2, Canada ABSTRACT Lithologic, mineralogical, and geochemical attributes of cyclic units...Ultramafic Center (NUC) of the Lac des Iles Complex, Northwest Ontario. Detailed mapping and core logging
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00126-014-0510-y ARTICLE The Lac Des Iles Palladium Deposit, Ontario, Canada part I. The effect of variable...discovered Offset Zone of the Mine Block Intrusion of the Lac des Iles Complex hosts palladium mineralization...Exploration Division, 556 Tenth Ave., Thunder Bay, ON, Canada P7B 2R2 progress, forming pyrite (± magnetite)...palladium orebodies of the Mine Block Intrusion (MBI) of the Lac des Iles Complex occur within a small...selective upgrading of the highgrade rocks. Recent mine development has found mineralized rock with little
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and the breccia zones of the Lac des Iles complex, Thunder Bay, Ontario (e.g., Watkinson et al. 2002)...Pd-rich ores of the Twilight and Roby Zones in the Lac des Isles deposits (e.g., Hinchey et al. 2005). Miner...boundaries). Inset is a cross section (section 3, Baula mine) of the ultramafic unit showing all rock types ...processes have locally affected all units in the area. In the breccia zone, the rock types most closely...zone gabbro b a B/S/16 S/21 Section-3 of Baula mine of Nuasahi massif NF12 SNK/e Section-3 Baula
Book
d s Distributors for the United States and Canada: ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHING C O M P A N Y INC...pattern for Complex. View of the Dîlokeng Chromîte Mine showing the Critical zone rocks in the eastern limb... Rh Ru Ir Total Propn SUPPLY South Africa Canada Others USSR (sales) 2320 150 40 230 1010 190...Platinum Mines Ltd. The processing and refining of mine output out in South Africa and in the United Kingdom...Ltd. Western Platinum operates one mine in the Marikana district of the Bushveld, approximately 35 km
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known in the footwall of the Sudbury structure, Canada (Li et al., 1992; Morrison et al., 1994; Molnár...South Kawishiwi intrusion south of the Birch Lake area are the Virginia Formation and the Biwabik Iron...batholith WM-002 WM-001 Gi 40°00’ 90°00’ 80°00’ Canada ND 45°00’ 85°00’ 90°00’ S I BT PRI Major fault...the Activation Laboratories Ltd., Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Samples up to 50 g in size were fire assayed...10–20   antiperthite and locally sieve texture Enstatite Rock forming Eu-, or subhedral bladed 10–20  
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mines and exploration camps of Australia–Tasmania, Canada, the United States, Germany, Portugal, France,...than 100 employees. The economic interest in the area was only for small-scale production of chromite...belt, produced a few tons. I recently revisited the area, nearly after 50 years, to bring my knowledge up-to-date...born hills appear parallel to Mahagiri range due to mine-waste dumping. Unpaved roads serve the movement...The sky is gloomy throughout the day due to the mine and road dust. Social evils, crime, alcoholism,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
UK d Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, On K1A 0E8, Canada b c A R T I C L E I N F...Africa (Smith et al., 2011, 2014), the Lac Des Iles Complex, Canada (Djon and Barnes, 2012; Duran et al...47.5 wt% anorthite, 28.5 wt % diposide, 19 wt% enstatite, 3 wt% pyrrhotite, 1 wt% pentlandite and 1 wt%...produced mineral phase maps that quantify both the area and weight percentages of different phases, and also...assemblages Within the sulfide assemblage, the total area of each sulfide phase was converted to weight percentages
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
separated by the Monchetundra Fault; their total area covers 550 km2. These are the Monchegorsk Nibearing...separated by the Monchetundra Fault; their total area is 550 km2. These are the Monchegorsk Nibearing...pluton is a crescent in plan view and about 65 km2 in area. Its nearmeridional branch nearly 7 km in length...Monchepluton is a fragment of this lower dunite unit in the area, where MRM was emplaced into the already solidified...155 Fig. 7. Metamorphic rocks from South Sopcha area. After Knauf (2010). dances of specific rocks are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and location of the Baula-Nuasahi Complex study area Mukherjee 1996). More recently, the Baula-Nuasahi...orthopyroxene compositions in the wollastonite–enstatite–ferrosilite diagram. The tie lines correspond...not (Type 2B). Comparison to Lac des Iles PGE deposit, Ontario, Canada PGE mineralisation in the Baula-Nuasahi...Baula-Nuasahi Complex is similar to that of the Archaean Lac des Iles deposit (MacDonald 1988; Sutcliffe 1989; Sutcliffe...wall-rock clasts in a gabbro matrix, whereas the Lac des Iles breccia contains gabbro clasts in a gabbro matrix
Report (issue)
Platinum-Group Elements Edited by Louis J. Cabri Ottawa, Ontario Published for the Geological Society of CIM as...de Maisonneuve Boulevard West Montréal, Québec, Canada H3Z 3B8 ISBN 1-894475-27-5 Papers in this volume...Petroleum, Special Volume 54, p. 483-506. PRINTED IN CANADA by Marc Veilleux Imprimeur Inc. Preface Background...in countries like the Republic of South Africa, Canada, and Finland. Over the last five or so years, colleagues...to and immediately following my retirement from Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Resources (CANMET)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Finland (Alapieti et al. 1989) and Black Thor in Ontario (Carson et al. 2013). These chromite-rich complexes...east and consists of enstatitite (>95% modal enstatite) at the base with a harzburgite unit, overlain...within the upper part of the gabbro (Fig. 2). The area is covered by tropical forest and outcrops are ...order to gain their area which was measured by multiplying the two values. The area represented is not...Calculated PGM abundance determined by the total area of each mineral type exposed on the surface of the
Book (volume)
more and more diversified , and the total amount of mine rals of this group increases sharply . A quantitative...(dynamical , thermal etc . ) effects on rocks and mine r a l s . Along with the well known deformation...between galena and sphalerite, Darwin lead-silver-zinc mine, Inyo County , California, and its significance...CABRI Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology 555 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario , Canada KlA 0Gl...of Geology University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S lAl ABSTRACT A new classification is proposed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occur about 400 km to the northeast of the study area. Zusammenfassung Die Genese von Platingruppenmineralen...Aguilas rocks 87 Fig. 1. Location of the project area (in square box) and simpli®ed regional geology of...Mogessie et al. Fig. 2. The geology of the study area in San Luis province and the location of the exposed...al. (1992) The Sierras Pampeanas of the San Luis area (Figs. 1, 2) consist of a crystalline basement of...ultrama®c rocks. There are several fault blocks in the area bounded by high angle northerly to north-northeasterly
Report (issue)
Ottawa, Ontario Ann P. Sabina DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA...Mont-Laurier- Grenville, Quebec; Hawkesbury - Ottawa, Ontario Ann P. Sabina DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND...Queen's Printer, Ottawa, from Geolo1ical Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, and at the followin1 Canadian...chan1e wi1hout notice The Queen's Printer Ottawa, Canada 1969 - iii CONTENTS Abstract . . . . . . . ....Section 1: 3 Buckingham - Mont-Lauri e r Walker Mine ... . ... . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ON K7L 3N6, Canada Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada; beth.mcclenaghan@canada...sheets [8]. Over the last 2 million years, most of Canada was glaciated leaving only 10% of its bedrock surface...surface exposed as outcrop [9]. Approximately 80% of Canada is covered primarily by glacial and related sediments...the past 30 years, indicator mineral methods in Canada have advanced such that they can now be used to...12, 59 2 of 27 from the glaciated terrain of Canada, and in particular for till—the optimal indicator
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Paleoproterozoic Monchegorsk Complex is exposed over an area of 550 km2 and com prises two layered mafite–ultramafite...large layered intrusions close to 550 km2 in total area, which are separated by the large Moncha Tundra...a crescentshaped body close to 65 km2 in total area. Its submeridional branch approximately 7 km long...intrusion); (18–27) Main Range Massif, Borehole M1. the area of the Sopcha Lakes between mounts Nittis and Sopcha...of interstitial material is at a minimum in the area of NKT and Sopcha but rapidly increases at mounts
Book
314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India 79 Anson Road...and Dsulfide liq=silicate liq ¼ 10; 000. The grey area shows the range of R expected for a multi-phase...of small crystals because of the larger surface area of the latter. (The effect of surface energy on...(a) Example of normal Merensky Reef, Thembelani Mine. Note coarser grain size compared of the reef rocks...underlying leuconorite-anorthosite, Western Platinum Mine. Photo by author. A black-and-white version of this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
southwestern part of the Sukinda Massif, in the Katpal area, chromitite seams and the host ultramafic rocks...highlight the potential for mineralization in this area. Keywords: Chromitite; Platinum-Group Elements (PGE);...occurrences, the Sukinda Massif (≈ 25 km long) in Jajpur district of the Orissa state from eastern India contains...Ti-V-bearing magnetitite bands e.g. in the Nuasahi area (Mondal and Baidya, 1996; Mondal and Zhou, 2010;...However, other than minor occurrence in the Katpal area, there is no such large gabbro unit so far reported
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contrast inclusions and identified through selected area electron diffraction (SAED) and energy dispersive...Ferraris (*) Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux, et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Muséum National...Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, UMR 6112, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Nantes, 2 rue de la Houssinière...this case, the (Pb + Sb)/Au ratio is 2:1. Selected area electron diffractions (SAED) collected on inclusions...previously described for a Ca-rich pyroxene within enstatite (Ferraris et al. 2003). As indicated by both EDS
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Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: Mineral Deposits of Canada: A Synthesis...Synthesis of Major Deposit-types, District Metallogeny, the Evolution of Geological Provinces, and Exploration...Exploration Methods Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Publication No...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada ROBERT F. MARTIN Department of...3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7, Canada TAPIO A.A. HALKOAHO Geological Survey of Finland...and unusual species occur in the Kirakkajuppura area, Penikat layered complex, Finland. The PGM are intimately...enrichies en éléments du groupe du platine (EGP), et des espèces inhabituelles dans la région de Kirakkajuppura...associés à l’actinolite et au clinochlore. Les sulfures des métaux de base [chalcopyrite, millerite, bornite
Report (volume)
Outre-Mer Bull. Seances- Academie Royale des Sciences d'OutreMer Bulletin des Seances. Brussels, Belgium. A-cad...Geography, University of Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Am. Antiquity- American Antiquity. Society for...Physics. New York, N.Y. Archives Sci. - Archives des Sciences. Societe de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle...Arctic Institute of North America. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Washington, D. C. Arctic Anthropology- Arctic...North America Research Paper. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Washington, D. C. IX BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH
Report (volume)
Barnes, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. Back-cover: The analytical consideration for the...relative to ordinary (187Os/188Os = ~ 0.1284), or enstatite chondrites (187Os/188Os = ~ 0.1280; Day et al...Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 Canada jbrenan@dal.ca Neil R. Bennett Geophysical Laboratory...Sciences Centre 22 Russell Street Toronto Ontario M5S 3B1 Canada zajacz@es.utoronto.ca INTRODUCTION AND...instrumental signal variability. The small grey area in panel (b) shows the region used for data-reduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(diopside and augite), scarce orthopyroxene (enstatite and hypersthene), and late calcic amphiboles,...No. of sections No. of PGM grains Size range (μm) Area (μm2) Percentage PGE seenb 15 51 107 0.1 – 8...tulameenite No. 14 10 3 6 72 % 13.1 9.3 2.8 5.6 67.3 Area (%) 17.6 1.7 0.4 4.3 74.8 1.9 1.2 2 7.4 325...8.1 8.1 – 18.9 8.1 – 2.7 – – 2.7 5.4 7 93.9 77 Area (%) No. 33.3 12 6.8 1 1.5 1 – – 25.5 9 14.0 4 –...35 – 3 35.9 15 – 2.9 15.9 9 Area (%) No. % Area (%) No. % Area (%) 32.9 3 18.8 17.7 – – 1.3 2 12
 
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