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Merenskyite from
Creighton Mine, Creighton-Davies Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Merenskyite
Formula:PdTe2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Merenskyite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Creighton Mine, Creighton-Davies Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:813379
Long-form Identifier:1:3:813379:3
GUID (UUID V4):85937978-0181-4127-a2b8-e7351ee48a3f
Nearest other occurrences of Merenskyite
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘCopper Cliff North Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘLockerby Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
12.8km (7.9 miles) ⓘCrean Hill Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘLindsley Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
24.2km (15.0 miles) ⓘOnaping Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘStrathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
25.2km (15.6 miles) ⓘEpidote Zone, Fraser mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘMorrison deposit, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘMcCreedy West Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
25.6km (15.9 miles) ⓘMcCreedy East Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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 than...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)
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...found are froodite, insizwaite, kotulskite, merenskyite, mertieite II, michenerite,moncheite,niggliite...FALCON BR I DGE GARSON ERRINGTON MINE X(Zn,Cu,‱) STOBIE McCONNEL‱ MINE k‱ quartz norire and norire ... (Zn,Cu,PD) TR‱ COP‱R CUFI sUDBURY CONISTON ß ‱j transition ‱] micropegmotite RAMSEY< .AKE ICOPPER CLIFF
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulfide ores is homogeneous Pt–Ni–Bi-bearing merenskyite (PdTe2) enclosed primarily by pyrrhotite, suggesting...exsolution from monosulfide solid solution (MSS). Merenskyite gradually but systematically becomes poorer in...parts of the intrusion. In massive sulfide ores, merenskyite forms unusually large (up to 5000 ÎŒm2) euhedral...by PGM, which is interpreted to indicate that merenskyite recrystallized from a PGE-bearing bismuthotelluride...PGM in disseminated ore) and in contrast to merenskyite occurs mainly as very small (median of 25 ÎŒm2)
Report (issue)
earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic...earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic...earth-science and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic...Mines and Resources (EMR), Geological Survey of Canada; Gabriele I. C. Schneider, South African Department...August 1986, the development of a major new platinum mine was announced in South Africa (E.C.I. Hammerbeck
Report (issue)
67(1) Z = [1] X-ray Powder Pattern: Rustenburg mine, South Africa. 3.03 (100), 2.22 (90), 2.08 (70)...53 Total 101.9 99.4 101.1 100.00 (1) Thierry mine, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponds to (Pd0...to Pd1.00 (Te0.96 Bi0.08 )ÎŁ=1.04 . (3) Rustenburg mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponds...with sobolevskite. Association: Sobolevskite, merenskyite, melonite, michenerite, moncheite, braggite,...Rustenburg platinum mine, in the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld complex; and in the Artonvilla mine, Messina, Transvaal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals from the Creighton Ni-Cu-Platinum-Group Element Sulfide Deposit, Sudbury, Canada: Early Crystallization...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...trough orebodies of the Creighton deposit located on the South Range of Sudbury. These predominantly pyrrhotite-rich...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 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...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...deposits, such as Noril’sk-Talnakh (Russia) and Sudbury (Canada), are formed by partitioning of chalcophile
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the famous nickel deposits at Sudbury, Ontario, even the Royal Ontario Museum had nary a one until 1969...pyrrhotite in sulfide ores such as those of Sudbury, Ontario, and within specific “strati- graphic” intervals...minerals, including cooperite, laurite, kotulskite, merenskyite, iridium-osmium alloys, sudburyite, omeiite,...Great Eastern mine, Clark County, Nevada. It is an ore mineral in the active Pt-Pd mine and related occurrences...collected at the Vermilion mine in what is now the famous Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada. He named it for Mr
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the Broken Hammer Area, Wisner Township, North Range, Sudbury Structure ATTILA PÉNTEK,† FERENC MOLNÁR...Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract Footwall-type Cu-Ni-PGE (Platinum-group...are a major focus of recent exploration in the Sudbury mining camp, owing to their higher Cu and precious...orebodies situated along the lower contact of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. The most important footwall-type...promising occurrences were also discovered in Wisner Township of the North Range. In this paper we report results
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
UniversitĂ© du QuĂ©bec Ă  Chicoutimi, Saguenay, QuĂ©bec, Canada a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Accepted...PGE-poor Ni–Cu ores (e.g., Copper Cliff and Creighton Mines in Sudbury, Huminicki et al., 2005 and Dare et al...consists, in a decreasing order of abundance, of merenskyite (PdTe2), palladian melonite (NiTe2), michenerite...relationships and composition of these phases (Bi-rich merenskyite and michenerite form at temperatures b600 °C...(LA-ICP-MS) at UniversitĂ© du Quebec a Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada. The following isotopes were monitored 29 Si, 33S
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
519-535 (2016) DOI: 10.3749/canmin.1500030 MERENSKYITE AND OTHER PRECIOUS METAL MINERALS IN SULFIDE...metal minerals, PGE-Ni-Cu deposits, Moncheite, Merenskyite, melonite group, SEM EDS. INTRODUCTION SulïŹde...Norilsk (Barnes et al. 2006, Spiridonov 2010), Sudbury (Fleet 1977), and others. Platinum-group elements...virtually no merenskyite endmember (PdTe2). However, several deposits (e.g., Wellgreen in Canada, Sakatti...group minerals: moncheite (Pt,Pd,Ni)(Te,Bi)2, merenskyite (Pd,Pt,Ni)(Te,Bi)2, and melonite (Ni,Pd,Pt)(Te
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B1 2 Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada...sudburyite, ungavaite, and naldrettite, as well as merenskyite, kotulskite, and michenerite. Palladium minerals...by carbonate alteration, the PGM are present in greater abundance and larger size. We suggest that palladium...were analyzed at Activation Labs in Ancaster, Ontario, for a suite of base and precious metals, sulfur...automated SEM scanning at the Geological Survey of Canada to identify phases with high backscatter electron
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)
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
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)
High Grade Zones of the Lac des Iles Complex, Ontario, Canada MoĂŻse Lionnel N. Djon & Sarah-Jane Barnes ...Millerite . Palladium deposits . Lac des Iles . Canada Editorial handling: C. Li Electronic supplementary...Palladium, 556 Tenth Avenue, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 2R2, Canada e-mail: lionnil2002@yahoo.fr S.-J. Barnes UniversitĂ©...Boulevard de l’UniversitĂ©, Saguenay, QC G7H 2B1, Canada Introduction The palladium deposits of the Lac...Lac des Iles Complex (LDIC) in north-western Ontario (Fig. 1a) differ from most platinumgroup element (PGE)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
described the silicate mineralogy and chemistry in greater detail. Interstitial sulfide blebs (typically ~1...respectively. Sampling was completed with the aid of mine assay data to identify samples with the highest...magnifications of up to 15,000× are possible. Commercial mine assay data were obtained from 1-m composite intervals...diamond drill core by ALS Chemex Ltd., Vancouver, Canada. Fire assay was used to determine Au, Pt, and Pd... In the absence of Fe and Bi, these PGM are merenskyite (PdTe2), moncheite, (PtTe2), and melonite (NiTe2)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as well as minor (all <1 area% of total PGM) merenskyite (PdBiTe2), laurite (RuS2), rustenburgite (Pt0...Zwartfontein, and Sandsloot; collectively the Mogalakwena mine complex) are located towards the east of the Akanani...based on an assumed, ‘typical’ PGM suite for a new mine may result in poor, or highly variable, recovery...as well as minor (all <1 area% of total PGM) merenskyite (PdBiTe2), laurite (RuS2), rustenburgite (Pt0...(Pd(BiTe)) Michenerite (PdBiTe) Moncheite (PtTe2) Merenskyite (Pd(BiTe)2) Total Ferroplatinum PGE arsenides
Journal (issue)
with the printers ... Gem topaz from the Sakangyi mine, Myanmar; 5.1 cm high. M. Zinn collection. INTRODUCTION...in the big pocket in Sakangyi mine, Myanmar. New sperrylites from Canada Bradley S. WILSON INTRODUCTION...in 2011 at the Broken Hammer zone near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Fine crystals as large as 15 mm were...deposit, located in the Sudbury region, that is currently being considered for mine development by Wallbridge...camp as old and as heavily explored and mined as Sudbury, an important new mineral discovery can still be
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
540-5th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 0M2, Canada Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment... National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing... Ottawa, Ontario K2C 2B5, Canada Canadian Mineralogist Mineralogical Association of Canada, P.O. Box...Postal Outlet, 1460 Merivale Road, Ottawa, Ontario K2E 1B1, Canada Catena Elsevier Science, Customer Service...INRS-ETE, 490 de la Couronne, Québec (QC) G1K 9A9, Canada Environmental and Engineering Geoscience Association
Report (issue)
Maghemite (of Wagner) Mathiasite Mbobomkulite Merenskyite Modderite Mooihoekite Mountainite Nchwaningite...Mn-magnesiohalotrichite Bosjemanite Palditellite Merenskyite Pd,Pt-hollingworthite Hollingworthite Plapalsulite...(1957) Djerfisherite (1 966) lrarsite (1966) Merenskyite (1966) Niningerite (1967) Nimite (1968) Willemseite...California, U.S.A. (Switzer and Bailey, 1953); Mihara mine, Okayama Prefecture and at Fuka, Okayama Prefecture...crystals in one mineralised pocket in the Wessels mine, Farm Wessels 227, Hotazel district, Northern Cape
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Lac des Iles palladium deposits, western Ontario, Canada Charley J. Duran 1 & Sarah-Jane Barnes 1 &...555 Blvd. de l’UniversitĂ©, Chicoutimi, QuĂ©bec, Canada G7H 2B1 2 North American Palladium, Metals exploration...exploration division, 556 Tenth Ave., Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 2R2 The very low Cu contents of the pods...The Lac des Iles (LDI) Complex in Western Ontario, Canada (Fig. 1), is the world’s fifth largest producer...Matthey annual report). The LDI Pd mine and deposits are hosted by the Mine Block Intrusion of the LDI Complex
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
abundance of the BMS is Miner Deposita much greater and so both may host considerable quantities of...largest Ni deposit in the world after Noril’sk and Sudbury. It has ore reserves of 500 million metric tons...et al. (2006) identifying moncheite (PtTe2), merenskyite (PdTe2), kotulskite (PdTe), and Ag-Pd-Te-Bi compounds...example, irarsite, being slightly larger, has a greater percentage of the total PGM calculated by area...froodite has a greater percentage of the total number of PGM (37 %) whereas michenerite has a greater percentage
Report (issue)
GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the “Content”) is governed...indicated, copyright is held by the King’s Printer for Ontario. It is recommended that reference to the Content...form: Ontario Geological Survey 2022. Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2022; Ontario Geological...Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2022, Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6390, p.31-1...670-5691 Toll-Free: 1-888-415-9845, ext. 5691 (inside Canada, United States) Pubsales.ndm@ontario.ca The Purchase
 
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