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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Creighton Mine, Creighton-Davies Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:792649
Long-form Identifier:1:3:792649:5
GUID (UUID V4):aadea1c1-ae5f-471c-a702-74d8a6962685
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
9.6km (6.0 miles) ā“˜Copper Cliff North Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
11.5km (7.2 miles) ā“˜Murray Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
14.4km (8.9 miles) ā“˜Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
16.4km (10.2 miles) ā“˜Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
24.3km (15.1 miles) ā“˜Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
25.3km (15.7 miles) ā“˜Morrison deposit, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
25.3km (15.7 miles) ā“˜Fraser Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
27.1km (16.9 miles) ā“˜Elizabeth mine, Dill Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
27.8km (17.3 miles) ā“˜Hardy Mine, Unorganized North Sudbury District, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
28.1km (17.4 miles) ā“˜Wanup Quarry, Dill Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CHARACTERISTICS OF SUDBURY BRECCIA ADJACENT TO FOOTWALL Cu-Ni-PGE SULFIDE VEINS AND STRUCTURES IN THE CREIGHTON AND...Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada GORDON R. OSINSKI Department...Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada Centre for Planetary Science and...Exploration, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada Department of Physics and Astronomy...University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada ABSTRACT The Sudbury Breccia is an impactite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Giant Sudbury Polymetallic Mining Camp, Ontario, Canada D. E. AMES,ā€  Geological Survey of Canada, 601...Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada A. DAVIDSON, 3259 Margaret Rd., Regina, SK S4V 1B2, Canada AND N. WODICKA ... Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada Introduction Geologic Setting...Canadaā€™s most prolific mining camp, the world-class Sudbury structure with total past production and current...preserved impact craters. The new map of the Ni-Cu-PGE Sudbury district (after Ames et al., 2005) is included
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Reconstructing the Geochemical Signature of Sudbury Breccia, Ontario, Canada: Implications for Its Formation and...Exploration, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada 2Department of Physics and Astronomy...Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada 3Brownfield Exploration, Vale, 337...337 Power St, Copper Cliff, Sudbury, ON P0M 1N0, Canada 4Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort...Fort Lowell, Tucson, AZ 85719-2395 Abstract The Sudbury breccia is an impact-generated pseudotachylitic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals from the Creighton Ni-Cu-Platinum-Group Element Sulfide Deposit, Sudbury, Canada: Early Crystallization...Chicoutimi, 555 Bld. de lā€™UniversitĆ©, Saguenay, QuĆ©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)
Printed in USA The South Range Breccia Belt of the Sudbury Impact Structure: A possible terrace collapse feature...Bailey Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada ?Current address: Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Center...of Ottawa, 140 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario KIN 6N5, Canada *Correspondenceauthor's e-mail address:...arcuate, 45 km long zone of Sudbury Breccia in the South Range of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Impact Structure. The...composed of a tine-grained (-100 p m ) assemblage of biotite, quartz, and ilmenite, with trace amounts of plagioclase
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
remobilization history of the Sudbury impact structure (Ontario, Canada) Konstantinos Papapavlou, James...remobilization history of the Sudbury impact structure (Ontario, Canada), Precambrian Research (2017)...remobilization history of the Sudbury impact structure (Ontario, Canada) Konstantinos Papapavloua*, James...Development (Canada) Limited, Brownfield Exploration, Copper Cliff P0M 1NO, Ontario, Canada c Department...University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Ontario, Canada b Abstract The Sudbury structure is a mineralized
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 minĆ©raux du groupe du platine...(MLA), modĆØles de rĆ©cupĆ©ration 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
Report (issue)
GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the ā€œContentā€) is governed... copyright is held by the Queenā€™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)
mobilization of Niā€“Cuā€“PGE sulfide ores at Garson Mine, Sudbury Joshua Mukwakwami & Bruno Lafrance & C. Michael...contact-type deposit along the contact between the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) and stratigraphically underlying...Huronian Supergroup in the South Range of the 1.85-Ga Sudbury structure. The ore bodies are coincident with steeply...University, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada e-mail: jx_mukwakwami@laurentian.ca...Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada foliation in D1 deformed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of platinum group elements in the Sudbury nickel ore, Ontario, Canada A. P. DICKIN, ā€™ J. M. RICHARDSON...Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M 1, Canada 21NC0 Exploration and Technical Services, Copper Cliff, Ontario POM lN0...lN0, Canada (Received June 21, 1991; accepted in revisedform June 9, 1992) Abstract-Sulphide ores from...International Nickel Companyā€™s (INCO) Creighton Mine, Sudbury, were analysed for osmium isotope ratios...ratios at 1.85 Ga (the emplacement age of the Sudbury complex) cluster around 0.60. The occurrence of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A STUDY ALFRED OF THE WANDKE SUDBURY AND ORE ROBERT DEPOSITS. HOFFMAN. Ɵ CONTENTS. INTR0rVdCTION...typeof rock alterationconsistingof hornblende,biotite, albite, and quartz is recognizedas characteristicof...CaptainRoscoeof the ā€¢Mur- raymine,to Mr. Eagerof theLevack mine,to Mr. Carmichael of the W.orthingtonmineand particularlyto...investigation. GeneralGeolo#y.--The Sudburydistrictof Ontario, Canada, made classicalby the careful study of severalmembersof...rock' of x "The Nickel Industry," I913. " THE SUDBURY' ORE Dā€¢POSITS. ' 17I granitic composition characterized
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
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 Niā€“ Cuā€“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 lā€™UniversitĆ©, 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
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)
Copper Cliff Offset Dike during Collapse of the Sudbury Crater Rim: Evidence from Magnetic Fabric Studies...Tectonic Studies, University of Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada Abstract Quartz diorite offset dikes in...in the country rocks surrounding the 1.85 Ga Sudbury impact structure were emplaced within fractures...Copper Cliff dike hosting ~15 percent of the known Sudbury ore. The anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility...Magrock Geoscience, 40 Northpark Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1B 3Y6 ā€  Corresponding author: e-mail, paleomagic@hotmail
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COMPOSITION OF THE SUDBURY NORITE1 TnoM,c.sA. Or,rvnn2 Uniaersity oJ Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Ass:rnlcr Chemical...analyses of fresh and altered norites from Creighton township, and chemical analyses of the constituent...mineral composition of a medium-grained rock. The Sudbury norite as the world's largest and most important...for evaluatng the worth of previous analyses of Sudbury norite specimens, and consequently of the theories...of a bursary from the National Research Council (Canada) with whose permission this paper is published
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
among sulfides from the Creighton Niā€“Cuā€“PGE sulfide deposit, Sudbury, Canada, and the origin of palladium...Chicoutimi, 555 bld. de lā€™UniversitĆ©, Saguenay, PQ, Canada G7H 2B1 e-mail: sasdare@hotmail.com chalcopyrite...group elements . Sulfides . Sulfarsenides . Sudbury . Canada . Laser ablation ICP-MS . Palladium enrichment...Trough orebodies) of the Creighton Niā€“Cuā€“PGE sulfide deposit, Sudbury, Canada. The sulfide assemblage...BMS in Niā€“Cuā€“PGE deposits. The Sudbury Igneous Complex in Ontario, Canada, is host to one of the largest
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...by 0. Roger Eckstrand, EMR, Geological Survey of Canada; Brian G. Elliott, Australian Bureau of Mineral...-------3. Nickel deposits in the Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada-----------------------4. Nickel districts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ORE DEPOSITION NICKEL AT MINE, THE SUDBURY, CREIGHTON ONTARIO. J. E. SPURR. TtiE occurrencein...stopesin the x8thlevelof theCreightonmine,Sudbury,Ontario. Showssulphidebearingpegmatiteveindikes(A andB)...in dark granitewall rock (G). s ā€¢ sulphides.b-- biotite. i-- inclusionof granite in the pegmatite veindike...sulphidecrystallizationoutlastedthat of the quartz and biotite, with which it is also in part strictly contemporaneous...other vein (B) shown in the specimenappearsin the mine (and when casuallyexaminedin the handspecimen)to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Element Deposits, Copper Cliff North Area, Sudbury, Canada KRISZTIƁN SZENTPƉTERI,ā€  Department of Mineralogy...Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6 FERENC MOLNƁR, 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...the 100, 120, and Lady Violet deposits in the Sudbury South Range. Formation of primary PGE-bearing sulfarsenides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ages of coexisting biotite and K-feldspar in igneous rocks, mostly from Sudbury, Ontario, has been attempted...thermal event interrupts the accumulation of Sr8ā€™ in biotite and K-feldspar, the whole-rock analysis will give...and, owing to diffusion of radiogenic Sr out of biotite and K-feldspar, the apparent ages of these two...in rocks of the deformed Pre-Cambrian belt in Ontario just north of Lake Huron. Comparison is also made...(TILTON et al., 195913) in their recent study of biotite, muscovite, Kfeldspar, and zircon in gneisses and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE SUDBURY LACCOLITHIC SHEET A. P. COLEMAN University of Toronto. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction...Time Relations and Conclusion. INTRODUCTION The Sudbury mining region has for nearly twenty years attracted...and his assistants for the Bureau of Mines of Ontario has demonstrated that the region is even more interesting...Bureau of Mines;' but as ' Bureau of Mines (Ontario, 1905), Part 759 III. 760 A. P. COLEMAN...spoon-shaped, to borrow Dr. Daly's 1 Geological Survey of Canada, 1890, Part F. 2 Quarterly Journal of the Geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Transpressive tectonism in the eastern Penokean orogen, Canada Consequences for Proterozoic crustal kinematics...Toronto, Ont. M5S 3B1, Canada c 86 Penfield Drive, Kanata, Ont. K2K 1M1, Canada Received 20 August 1997;...cover and various igneous rocks in the Sudbury area, Ontario, and regional tectonometamorphic correlations...rocks and exhumation of deep-crustal rocks in the Sudbury area and the Kapuskasing structural zone, but may...rocks of the Neoproterozoic Grenville Province in Ontario (Dickin and McNutt, 1989). The age of the Penokean
Report (issue)
GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the ā€œContentā€) is governed... copyright is held by the Queenā€™s Printer for Ontario. It is recommended that reference to the Content...and Scenery, North Shore of Lake Huron Region; Ontario Geological Survey, Geological Guide Book 4, 224p...670-5691 Toll-Free: 1-888-415-9845, ext. 5691 (inside Canada, United States) Pubsales.ndm@ontario.ca The Purchase...670-5691 Toll-Free: 1-888-415-9845, ext. 5691 (inside Canada, United States) Pubsales.ndm@ontario.ca Crown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Emplacement of the Whistle-Parkin Offset Dike, Sudbury* A. J. MURPHY AND J. G. SPRAYā€  Planetary and Space...Bailey Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada Abstract The Whistle-Parkin dike is a 12-km-long...sector of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury impact structure. The dike is connected to the Sudbury Igneous Complex via...the dike lithologies are representative of bulk Sudbury Igneous Complex melt. We propose a multistage emplacement...segments. Introduction THE 1.85 GA SUDBURY STRUCTURE of Ontario is one of the more intriguing geologic
 
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