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Zircon from
Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:813028
Long-form Identifier:1:3:813028:0
GUID (UUID V4):98c15da1-9090-404f-86dc-76937f2a66ba
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
18.6km (11.5 miles) ⓘElizabeth mine, Dill Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘAmy Lake zone, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
30.7km (19.1 miles) ⓘVermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘStrathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
47.9km (29.8 miles) ⓘCobalt Embayment, Roberts Township, Unorganized North Sudbury District, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
49.5km (30.7 miles) ⓘAgnew Lake Mine, Nairn and Hyman Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
62.7km (39.0 miles) ⓘFrench River occurrence, Bigwood Township, Killarney, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
88.8km (55.2 miles) ⓘBesner Mine, Henvey Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada
99.2km (61.6 miles) ⓘT.B.Tough property, McConkey Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada
References
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intrusions in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: origin of the Sudbury impact melt sheet and its associated...intrusions in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: origin of the Sudbury impact melt sheet and its associated...intrusions in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: origin of the Sudbury impact melt sheet and its associated...Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada Abstract The majority of the mafic intrusions...intrusions and volcanic rocks in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), which is believed to have
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Giant Sudbury Polymetallic Mining Camp, Ontario, Canada D. E. AMES,† 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...Canada’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
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GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the “Content”) is governed... copyright is held by the Queen’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
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GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the “Content”) is governed... copyright is held by the Queen’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
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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...and ilmenite, with trace amounts of plagioclase, zircon, titanite, epidote, pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DisseminatedCopper-Nickel Sulfide Ore at Frood, Sudbury,Ontario M. E. F‱r Abstract Copper-nickelsulfideblebsin...sulfideore in quartz diorite froin the Frood mine, Sudbury,Ontario,Canada,showvery markedvariationsin chemicalcomposition...blebmargins. Introduction is the southwestsegInentof the Frood-Stobieoffset. The latter is a huge wedge-shapeddepositof...spottedwith blebsof sulfides,partly sheathed Sudbury,Ontario,Canada,havebeenthe subjectof by and passing.downward...composition by Hawley ore in quartz diorite from the Frood mine. This prisingly,this questionwas not addressed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genetic Model for Offset Dike Mineralization in the Sudbury Igneous Complex PETER C. LIGHTFOOT† AND CATHARINE...Technical Services Limited, Copper Cliff, Ontario P0M 1N0, Canada Abstract The Worthington offset dike extends...away from the southwestern margin of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex. The dike is zoned with respect...adjacent country-rock amphibolites, locally termed “Sudbury gabbros.” The semimassive to massive sulfide zones...crust and also to the bulk composition of the Sudbury Igneous Complex rocks. Regional differences in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tectonic influences on the morphometry of the Sudbury impact structure: Implications for terrestrial...Brunswick, E3B 5A3, Canada 2647 Silver Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3G 1J9, Canada *Corresponding author... In the case of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury impact structure of Ontario, Canada, considerable influence has been...Huronian sedimentary basin between 2.45–2.2 Ga. Sudbury has also been affected by syn- to post-impact regional...post-impact tectonics of the region have rendered the Sudbury structure a complicated feature. Careful reconstruction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE B.C. FROOD ORE DEPOSIT. FREEMAN. THE phenomenallyrich ore body of the Frood mine is situated...situated about two and a half miles north of Sudbury, Ontario, and about a mile southeastof the SouthernNickel...who refer to it as the No. 3 mine,but it is genes:ally calledthe Frood mine, after oneof the original stakers...dip about 65þ NE.) is the oldestformationin the Frood area. Its character and distribution indicate depositionas...disagreement over the characterof the rock in which the Frood o‱e occurs. Barlow‱ and Coleman2 believe Barlow
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Rathbun Offset Dike of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (Ontario, Canada) Alexander Kawohl,1,† Wesley E... Toronto, Ontario M5C 1P1, Canada Bite Geological Ltd., 144 Kuusisto Rd., Sudbury, Ontario P3E 4N1, Canada...Canada Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa Abstract...dioritic impact melt dikes around the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex, locally referred to as offset...dikes proximal (<6 km) to the main mass of the Sudbury Complex are mineralized at an economic grade and
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Rocks and Minerals of Ontario -- H f ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS Honourable...and Minerals of Ontario By D. F. HEWITT Chief, Industrial Mineral Section Ontario Department of Mines... (Courtesy The International Nickel Company of Canada, Limited). Centre left: Eurypterus lacustris, an...about 400 m.y. ago; Welland County. (Courtesy Shell Canada Ltd.). right: left: — — — Centre right: Archaeocrinus...are common in Paleozoic limestones throughout Ontario. A large crinoid reef extended along presentday
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Relationship to the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Sudbury Structure* D. E. AMES,† Natural Resources Canada, Geological...Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada J. P. GOLIGHTLY, Golightly Geosciences...Geosciences, 488 Lakepoint Court, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 6J3, Canada P. C. LIGHTFOOT, Inco Technical Services...Cliff, Ontario P0M 1N0, Canada AND H. L. GIBSON Laurentian University, Ramsay Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario...Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada Abstract The 1.85 Ga Sudbury structure is the largest, well-preserved, exposed
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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...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
Report (issue)
GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the “Content”) is governed... copyright is held by the Queen’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)
Element Deposits, Copper Cliff North Area, Sudbury, Canada KRISZTIÁN SZENTPÉTERI,† Department of Mineralogy...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...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)
analysis.He repeatedlystressedthat spinels,staurolite, zircon, and other minerals difficult to dissolve, that...1966 HAWLEY J. M. HennrsoN, GeologicalSuraey oJ Canada. Professor James Edwin Hawley died at Tucson, Arizona"...on September27,1897, in the city of Kingston, Ontario. He graduatedwith a B.A. in geologyin 1918,and...to ore deposits, and the detailed study of the Sudbury nickel ores. He spent many summers on field investigations...coordinatingand stimulating geologicalresearchin Canada. He was an active charter member of this committee
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)
Lead Isotope and Trace Element Evidence from the Sudbury Igneous Complex Indicate a Complex Origin of Associated... 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 Abstract The Sudbury Igneous Complex is the...contrasts between the North and South ranges of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. This study presents an extensive...implications for the source of sulfide in the Sudbury Igneous Complex. First, North Range sulfide ores...target rock type also in the North Range of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. Second, there is significant variability
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gibbsite, biotite, chlorite, muscovite, 429 Groverake mine, Rookhope, Weardale, Durham, copper, copiapite,...lepidolite, 289 Derbyshire Cobbler mine, Bonsall, fluorite, 4oi Jughole mine, Masson Hill, Matlock, fluorite...fluorite, baryte, 81 I Ladywash mine, Eyam, fluorite, 4Ol Mare Tot mine, Castleton, fluorite (Blue John), 363...Masson Hill, Matlock, fluorite, baryte, 81 I Oxclose mine, Masson Hill, Matlock, fluorite, baryte, bravoite...muscovite, chlorite, 158 Caernarvon, INDEX SCOTLAND Zircon (in Lewisian granites and gneisses), 587 Bin Burn
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__________ _ Placers-----------------------------------Canada---------------------------------------Sources and..._____________________ _ Ontario ___________________________________ _ Sudbury district _______________________...Lodes--------------------------------Salt Chuck mine ___________________ _ Placers------------------...Complex_ ___________________ _ Green ~ountain copper mine ___________ _ Placers _______________________________...pocket 1. Geologic map of "nickel irruptive," Sudbury district, Ontario_________________________________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copperfield,and the El{zabeth-FosterCleveland. Pike Hill Mine, the most northerly of the group, is in the townshipof...West Corinth. The Ely mine, about I I miles to the south, is in Vershire township,‱ miles north of the...the Pike Hill Mine andare representative of the districtas a whole. o--- - MII‱ h' MINE FIG, I. Sketch...onlyonespecimen of thoseexamined. 'This is from the Ely mine. It is in the form of a denseaggregate of angular...makesup the bulk of the metallicminerals. By far the greater amountof pyrrhotite in the ores is massive, showing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide Mineralization in the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada PETER C. LIGHTFOOT,† Inco Technical...Services Ltd., Highway 17 West, Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada P0M 1N0 REID R. KEAYS, Mineral Exploration...University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 AND WILL DOHERTY Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth...Booth Street, Ottawa, Canada K1A OE8 Abstract The Sudbury Igneous Complex is widely believed to be the result...the range of quartz diorite from the different Sudbury offsets, and we believe that all of these rocks
Report (issue)
Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6000 Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 1999 1999...1999 ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open File Report 6000 Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 1999...Subprovince, northwestern Ontario; in Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 1999, Ontario Geological Survey...Printer for Ontario, 1999 © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 1999. Open File Reports of the Ontario Geological...available for viewing at the Mines Library in Sudbury, at the Mines and Minerals Information Centre in
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PR is 1933 DEPARTMENT OF MINES OF CANADA MINES BRANCH * * * * * THE CANADIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY IN... * ** * * MARCH 1934 DEPARTMENT OF MINES OF CANADA MINES BRANCH * * * * * ' THE CANADIAN MINERAL...Imports and Exports are taken from the "Trade of Canada," Dominion Bureau of Statistics, a~d caver the...not been All our requirements for the profound in Canada in commercial quantities. duction of primary metal...pure aluminium oxide. The aluminium oxide used in Canada as a source of metal is prepared in the United
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 289-307 Geochemical Relationships in the Sudbury IgneousComplex: Originof the MainMassandOffsetDikes...CopperCliff,Ontario,CanadaPOM1NO REID R. KEAYS, Department of Geology, Laurentiaa University, Sudbury, Ontario...Highway17 WestEngineering Building, CopperCliff,Ontario,CanadaPOM1NO AND KEITH P. FARRELL Department...Department of Geology, LaurentiaaUniversity, Sudbury, Ontario,CanadaP3E2C6 Abstract Petrological models relating...relating thedifferent rocktypesconstituting the1.85Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex areconstrained withextensive newgeochemical
 
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