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Melonite from
Copper Cliff South Mine, Snider Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Melonite
Formula:NiTe2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Cliff South Mine, Snider Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:813066
Long-form Identifier:1:3:813066:2
GUID (UUID V4):77f76c93-4811-445b-a5d3-9e0e84a34cac
Nearest other occurrences of Melonite
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘCreighton Mine, Creighton-Davies Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
18.1km (11.3 miles) ⓘLockerby Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘCrean Hill Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘGarson Mine, Garson Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘFalconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
30.1km (18.7 miles) ⓘEpidote Zone, Fraser mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
30.2km (18.8 miles) ⓘStrathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘMcCreedy East Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
32.0km (19.9 miles) ⓘBarnet Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘBroken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide Ore in the 800 and 810 Orebodies, Copper Cliff South Mine, and P-T-X Conditions during the Formation...University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada Abstract The 800 and 810 orebodies are...the Copper Cliff South mine, located at opposite contacts between the quartz diorite of the Copper Cliff...metapelite of the McKim Formation. The Copper Cliff South mine is one of the richest Cu-Ni- platinum-group...platinum-group elements (PGE) deposits in the Copper Cliff offset dike. The ore is composed of variable proportions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
thePlatinum-Group ElementsfromSome Copper-NickelDepositsof the SudburyArea,Ontario Lou‱s J. CABRIANDJ. H. Abstract...samplesfrom nine depositsgeographically encircling the Sudbury basin. This study has resulted in the identification...quantitiesin cobaltite,gersdorffite,insizwaite,maucherite,melonite,moncheite, nickeline,and niggliite; Pt occursin...(Naldrett et al., 1972), while the southernstretch (the South Range) is reportedto have a variable dip averaging65þ...FALCON BR I DGE GARSON ERRINGTON MINE X(Zn,Cu,‱) STOBIE McCONNEL‱ MINE k‱ quartz norire and norire
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the McCreedy East Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Sudbury, Canada): Implications for the Behavior of Platinum...555 bld. de l’UniversitĂ©, Saguenay, PQ, G7H 2B1, Canada of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University...Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom Abstract Copper-rich massive sulfides are an important source of...element ore deposits. At the McCreedy East deposit, Sudbury, they constitute a classic magmatic assemblage...galena. In contrast to much of the previous work at Sudbury, which has invoked the role of late-magmatic and/or
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulfide minerals from the McCreedy East deposit, Sudbury, Canada, and the origin of PGE in pyrite Sarah A. S...investigated. The Ni– Cu–PGE ores from the South Range of Sudbury are unusual in that sulfarsenide PGM, rather...rocks. In comparison, the North Range deposits of Sudbury, such as the McCreedy East deposit, have As-poor...555 bld. de l’UniversitĂ©, Saguenay, PQ, G7H 2B1, Canada e-mail: sasdare@hotmail.com H. M. Prichard : P...important in concentrating PGE in the North Range of Sudbury. Palladium is present in pentlandite and, together
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu-Ni-Platinum-Group Element Deposits, Copper Cliff North Area, Sudbury, Canada KRISZTIÁN SZENTPÉTERI,† Department...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...sublayer Lady Violet deposit) in the Copper Cliff North mine area, Sudbury, were sampled with the aim of defining...the 100, 120, and Lady Violet deposits in the Sudbury South Range. Formation of primary PGE-bearing sulfarsenides
Report (volume)
Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 Kirkland Lake – Rouyn-Noranda – Val-d’Or, Ontario and Quebec...Quebec Ann P. Sabina 2003 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE...Val-d’Or, Ontario and Quebec Ann P. Sabina 2003 ©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2003 Catalogue...Available in Canada from Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8 3303-33rd...for reference in selected public libraries across Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en français
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...of the 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)
from the Creighton Ni–Cu–PGE sulfide deposit, Sudbury, Canada, and the origin of palladium in pentlandite...Chicoutimi, 555 bld. de l’UniversitĂ©, Saguenay, PQ, Canada G7H 2B1 e-mail: sasdare@hotmail.com chalcopyrite...group elements . Sulfides . Sulfarsenides . Sudbury . Canada . Laser ablation ICP-MS . Palladium enrichment...of the Creighton Ni–Cu–PGE sulfide deposit, Sudbury, Canada. The sulfide assemblage is dominated by pyrrhotite...BMS in Ni–Cu–PGE deposits. The Sudbury Igneous Complex in Ontario, Canada, is host to one of the largest
Report (issue)
COLLECTOR Ann P. Sabina Sudbury to Winnipeg I.I Energy, Mines and Resources Canada E:nergie, Mines et...et Ressourees Canada Canada THE ENERGY OF OUR RESOURCES THE POWER OF OUR IDEAS COVER Left: Amethyst...Amethyst - Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specimen measures 4.5 cm across the base. National Mineral Collection specimen... Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 49 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Sudbury to Winnipeg... © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1991 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Schneeberg – Schlema – Alberoda uranium ore district of the Erzgebirge, Germany. Selenide minerals...bohdanowiczite, is known from the Frederik VII’s Cu mine in south Greenland (Schþnwandt 1983). Formation of hessite...minerals in carbonatites from Loolekop Deposit, South Africa. – Zap. Vseross. Mineral. Obsh. 127: 45 –...Chakrabarti, D. J. & Laughlin, D. E. (1981): The Cu – Se (copper-selenium) system. – Bull. Alloy Phase Diagrams...Epithermal Au–Ag–Te mineralization, Acupan, Baguio district, Philippines: Numerical simulations of mineral
Book (edition)
colours once they occur in their oxidised states: Copper minerals then show green, blue, and sometimes red...tenorite and/or malachite plus azurite; native copper and cuprite are less common in this suite. Right...bright green gold-yellow, silver-white (Ag) to copper-red (Cu); 72.26 very light grey with yellowish...92.20 isotropic yes Copper, native gold-yellow, silver-white (Ag) to copper-red (Cu); 82.00 light...dicular to elongation Hongshiite Aurostibite Melonite Sobolevskite polysynthetic Stannopalladinite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (Canada): Amy Lake PGE zone, East Range Györgyi...footwall of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex occurring in a 100m-wide Sudbury Breccia belt that coincides...multi-source, multi-stage Sudbury-related hydrothermal system. The two major stages of syn-Sudbury hydrothermal activity...Ames Geological Survey of Canada, 750-601 Booth Street, K1A 0E8 Ottawa, Canada A. Péntek Wallbridge Mining...Company Ltd, 129 Fielding Road, P3Y 1L7 Lively, Canada D. H. Watkinson : P. C. Jones Department of Earth
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 57 Cobalt – Belleterre – Timmins Ontario and Quebec Ann...Ann P. Sabina 2000 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 57 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR...Timmins Ontario and Quebec Ann P. Sabina 2000 ©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2000 Catalogue...Available in Canada from Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8 3303-33rd...for reference in selected public libraries across Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en français
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 48 Ottawa to North Bay and Huntsville, Ontario; Gatineau (Hull)...Natural Resources Canada Ressources naturelles Canada Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report...COLLECTOR: Ottawa to North Bay and Huntsville, Ontario; Gatineau (Hull) to Waltham and TĂ©miscaming, Quebec...Queen in Right of Canada 2007 Catalogue No. M41-8/48E ISBN 0-660-19556-9 Available in Canada from the Geological...Geological Survey of Canada Bookstore (see inside front cover for details) A copy of this publication is
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...International Platinum Symposium in Rustenburg, Republic of South Africa. The abstract volume for this meeting contained...mineralization, in countries like the Republic of South Africa, Canada, and Finland. Over the last five or so years
Report (issue)
MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 58 Îles de la Madeleine,...Labrador Ann P. Sabina 2003 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 58 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR...in Right of Canada, 2003 Catalogue No. M41-8/58E ISBN 0-660-18932-1 Available in Canada from Geological...Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8 3303-33rd Street N.W. Calgary...for reference in selected public libraries across Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en français
Book
ELEMENTS DEPOSITS Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course Series Volume 35 Edited by James...delivered on behalf of the Mineralogical Association of Canada in Oulu, Finland, 6-7 August 2005. ii TABLE...BASE-METALDOMINANT 8. Sudbury Cu-(Ni)-PGE Systems: Refining the Classification Using McCreedy West Mine and Podolsky...Characterization of the Nickel Rim South Deposit; Sudbury Ontario S.A. McLean, K.H. Straub, K.M. Stevens...Dyke, Zimbabwe - Case Study of the Hartley Platinum Mine A.H. Wilson, R.T. Brown 409-429 20. The Platinova
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada 1120 Birchmount Road ... Scarborough, Ontario MIK 5G4, Canada GQiefd4 Gi 1S ie GREG) Bs eNOS : Spee GGA Z eae a, ...Menezes Les Presmyk Wallace Mann National Museum of Canada Martin Jensen Michael P. Cooper Mark Rogers Marshall
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada I 120 Birchmount Road Scarborough...Scarborough, Ontario MIK 5G4, Canada 4I-1'-lq 16 15 14 13 ~- ?-S- q I 12 11 10 9 ...[' 11./...Presmyk MA = Wallace Mann MC National Museum of Canada MJ Martin Jensen ~ """ . MP Michael P. Cooper MR
Book
Mineralogical Association of Canada Association minéraiogique du Canada 1 Credits for photographs...Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle. Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum,... Toronto, Canada Hilaire, Quebec / Photo by Claire Dufour Printing AGMV Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite...Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite...Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical Association of Canada P.O. Box
Report (issue)
Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; South Shore, Nova...career in mineralogy at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1952, working in the new field of mineral...for the Collector”, which covers 14 regions of Canada, from Newfoundland and Labrador to the Yukon-Alaska...treasurer for the Mineralogical Association of Canada. After her retirement in the late 1990s, Ann continued...shortly before her death. Geological Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE
Book
Publication Number 16 Geology and Genesis of Major Copper Deposits and Districts of the World: A Tribute...Publication Number 16 Geology and Genesis of Major Copper Deposits and Districts of the World: A Tribute...Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy of...contribution to the understanding of the world’s major copper deposits SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS, INC...Geologic Setting and Evolution of the Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum and CopperGold Deposits at Los Pelambres
Book
Al)16O34(Cl,SO4,CO3)4.0-6H2O, from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The...colourless, monoclinic crystals from Kimberley, South Africa. Named after Mr. Alpheus Fuller Williams...Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarhro,* Ouazazate,* Morocco, have the...in a metamorphosed alkaline rock in Villedieu Township, Temiskaming, Quebec. Sp. gr 2-90. 4[NaCa2Si4O10F]...270. Natural /1-FeOOH, occurring at the Akagane mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan, and named from the locality
Book
Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia Nelson Canada 1120 Birchmount Road Scarborough...Scarborough, Ontario MIK 5G4, Canada 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Catal...Cesium Chlorine Chromium Chromium-oxygen Cobalt Copper Dysprosium Erbium Fluorine Gadolinium Gallium Germanium...K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3
Book (edition)
All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in Canada. Reproduction or translation or any part of this...Ercit: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Richard C. Erd: U.S.G.S., Menlo Park, California...Denmark. Joseph A. Mandarino: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario. Olaf Medenbach: Institut fur Mineralogie...Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. Alan Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar...to opaque materials imperfectly metallic Gold, copper, tin The luster of diamond, other materials of
 
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