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Pyrrhotite from
Gersdorffite mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gersdorffite mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:611943
Long-form Identifier:1:3:611943:0
GUID (UUID V4):209a3f14-de4a-4fed-9ee7-36cd54cc5901
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘAer Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘFairbank Lake Road roadcut, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘWorthington Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘTotten No. 2 Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘTotten Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘChicago Mine, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘVermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
7.0km (4.4 miles) ⓘCrean Hill Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘTrillabelle Mine, Trill Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘNairn deposit, Nairn and Hyman Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
References
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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... . ; 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)
in the 800 and 810 Orebodies, Copper Cliff South Mine, and P-T-X Conditions during the Formation of Platinum-Group...University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada Abstract The 800 and 810 orebodies are...are two major deposits in the Copper Cliff South mine, located at opposite contacts between the quartz...metapelite of the McKim Formation. The Copper Cliff South mine is one of the richest Cu-Ni- platinum-group elements...The ore is composed of variable proportions of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and pentlandite and occurs as
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...located on the South Range of Sudbury. These predominantly pyrrhotite-rich sulfides, with low (Pt + Pd)/(Os...collected in troughs and embayments at the base of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, and formed small pendants of ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COPPER-NICKEL TIMAGAMI DEPOSITS ISLAND, EDWARD OF ONTARIO R. ROSE CONTENTS PAGE Abstract .................................................... Local and mine geology ..........................................copper-nickelsulfide depositsof Timagami Island, Ontario, occur in altered, folded, and faulted volcanic...millerite and gersdorffite in the chalcopyrite deposits, and in pyrite, millerite, gersdorffite, 1inneaite...and Timagami Forest Reserve‱ of the Provinceof Ontario. Formerly accessible only by boatfrom Timagamivillage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COBALT HILL PROSPECT NORTHEAST OF THE SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX, ONTARIO: A FLUID-INCLUSION AND MINERALOGICAL...of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada ABSTRACT Pyrite-rich quartz veins that...Cobalt Hill, Mackelcan Township, Ontario, ca. 20 km northeast of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), crystallized...inclusions of millerite, gersdorffite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, pyrrhotite, coloradoite and gold...by saline hydrothermal fluids that postdate the Sudbury Event. The fluids probably represent heated Canadian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consist of pyrrhotite with minor exsolved cobaltian pentlandite, chalcopyrite, gersdorffite, and marcasite...bulk compositions at 1,100 1,000~C represent a pyrrhotite solid solution and a coexisting Cu-rich sulfide...have produced chalcopyrite or chalcopyrite plus pyrrhotite. The sulfide minerals have reequlibrated to temperatures...hosts massive and disseminated Ni-sulfide ores in Canada and Australia (e.g., Naldrett, 1973). These ores...are similar to those found in Archean terrains of Canada (MacRae, 1969; Arndt et al., 1977), Western Australia
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...mineral assemblages. The ores are composed of pyrrhotite-pentlandite-chalcopyrite with minor titanomagnetite
Book
~"' - ..\, . ~ / Geological Association of Canada g,A Mineral Deposits Divioon . I\ ~ I ORE...approximately 5 cm taii and is from the Eagle's Nest mine, Piacer County, California. Ross Beaty Collection...Mauthner. f I: ; It' !I National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data it I~ !I I I!...Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Oivis,on - L'Association geaogiQue du Canada, Division des gites...carolyn Diane (1959-) IV. Geological Association of Canada Mneral Deposits Division QE390.M37 2004 553 C2004-902030-7
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...some cases,significant quantitiesin cobaltite,gersdorffite,insizwaite,maucherite,melonite,moncheite, nickeline...cobaltite-gersdorffite, froodite, michenerite,and nickeline; Rh was found in cobaltite-gersdorffite and sperrylite...FALCON BR I DGE GARSON ERRINGTON MINE X(Zn,Cu,‱) STOBIE McCONNEL‱ MINE k‱ quartz norire and norire
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the surface. The nickel minerals millerite, gersdorffite,and violarite havebeenidentifiedin the North...studyinga suiteof specimens from the Eastern Metals mine in the Eastern Townships of the Provinceof Quebec... Location.---The Eastern Metals mine is situated in Rolette township, Montmagnycounty,in the Provinceof...12-30, range6; and lots I4-31, range 7, in Rolette township. Geographically,the property is locatedapproximately55...cyanotrichitehave TABLE Mineral 1 Stage Violarite Gersdorffite Millerite, sphalerite Pyrite 2 Quartz Calcite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DUNDONALD BEACH SOUTH, ABITIBI SUBPROVINCE, ONTARIO, CANADA JACOB J. HANLEY† Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral...occurrence in the western Abitibi subprovince, Ontario, Canada, komatiite-hosted magmatic sulfide mineralization...centimeter-size blebs of polycrystalline gersdorffite and nickeline. The gersdorffite-nickeline blebs are concentrated...electrum that fill former open spaces (vugs) in gersdorffite and nickeline. In the surrounding sulfide mineralization...scale may be controlled by the abundance of gersdorffite and nickeline. Even in minor abundances (e.g
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arsenic-Rich ore at the Thompson Mine, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada Y. Chen, M. E. Fleet, and Y...of Geology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada With 7 Figures Received August 17...association with gersdorffite + nickeline from the Thompson mine, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada. Four PGM-gold-bearing...As-rich Ni ore hosted by metapelite from the T-1 mine; III. Gold with tellurides in As-rich Ni ore hosted...As-rich Ni ore hosted by pegmatite from the T-1 mine. Limited whole-rock assays of II yielded Pt < 10
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)
PROSPECT IN THE FLIN FLON GREENSTONE BELT, MANITOBA, CANADA GEMA RIBEIRO OLIVO§ Department of Geological Sciences...Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada PETER THEYER§ Manitoba Geological Survey...Avenue, Suite 360, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 3P2, Canada ABSTRACT The McBratney high-grade PGE–Au occurrence...minerals. The sulfides are mainly chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, with minor violarite, pentlandite, nickeloan...sphalerite, galena, millerite and cobaltite–gersdorffite. Magnetite, coloradoite, and Au–Ag alloy occur
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 minéraux du groupe du platine...(MLA), modÚles de récupération 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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minor Au are hosted in gersdorffite (NiAsS). Two generations of gersdorffite have been recognized. A...higher temperature magmatic euhedral Co-rich gersdorffite encloses Ir-, Pt- and Rh-bearing PGM surrounded...of Rh-, Ir-, and Os-rich gersdorffite. A lower temperature Ni-rich gersdorffite forms anhedral grains and...of nickeline (NiAs). In this low-temperature gersdorffite PGE are concentrated toward the mineral edges...Abitibi, Thompson, Fox River, and Cape Smith belts in Canada, the Reliance Formation in Zimbabwe, and the Pechenga
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS FROM THE WELLGREEN Ni–Cu–PGE DEPOSIT, YUKON, CANADA ANDREI Y. BARKOV§ Department of Earth and Planetary...Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7, Canada J.H. GILLES LAFLAMME§ AND LOUIS J. CABRI§ Canada Centre for Mineral and...Technology (CANMET), 555 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G1, Canada ROBERT F. MARTIN§ Department of Earth...3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7, Canada ABSTRACT A large variety of platinum-group minerals...laurite, native iridium, Rh-bearing cobaltite–gersdorffite, Pd-bearing ullmannite, and an unusual Re–Ir–Os–Ru
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SPECTROGRAPHIC COMMON STUDY SULPHIDES SUDBURY J. E. HAWLEY, OF PLATINUM AND AND ARSENIDES DISTRICT...DISTRICT, PALLADIUM OF THE ß IN ONTARIO. C. L. LEWIS, AND W. J. WARK. ABSTRACT. A quantitativespectrographic...pyrite,pyrrhotite,pentlandite,andchalcopyriteandin mixedarsenides, chieflyniccolite,gersdorffite and maucherite...maucherite, in ores of the Sudbury district. This involves concentration by fire assayingand mixing resultingbeadswith...foundin papersby Dickson(5), x Coleman.(4), The Ontario Nickel Commission (11), Phemister(10), and Burrowsand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada Czech Geological Survey, GeologickĂĄ 6,...3450 University Street, Montreal, QuĂ©bec H3A 0E8, Canada [Received 27 February 2016; Accepted 16 May 2016;...melonite in intimate intergrowths with cobaltite-gersdorffite from the Neoproterozoic dunite-wehrlite-gabbro...formula unit (apfu), under natural conditions. Greater levels (≀0.5 Bi apfu) are associated with the (Pd...NiTe2, named after its type locality, the Melones mine, at Carson Hill in the Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras
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 (volume)
major ore minerals are hex agonal and monoclinic pyrrhotite, pentlandite, violarite, chalcopyrite, pyrite...troilite, mackinawite, cubanite, sphalerite and gersdorffite also occur. The accessory ore minerals are gold.... . . ... . .... . ..... ..... ... .... .. . Pyrrhotite ...............................................Gunnar MoHanen, sent to Outokumpu Oy a massive pyrrhotite sample that contained 2.37 wt. % Ni and 1.10...Violarite Chalcopyrite Pyrite Sphalerite Cuba nite Gersdorffite Tell urobismu thi,te Chromite Magnetiote Mackinawite
Journal (issue)
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...Polished section of disseminated sulphide ore. Pyrrhotite mauve; pentlandite very pale mauve; chalcopyrite... (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
Report (issue)
Both actual size. A2 A. AB Reef, Denison Mine, Elliot Lake, Ontario. (Samples courtesy of V. Ruzicka...photography by David M. Watson, both Geological Survey of Canada.) 1. Photograph, artificial light. Note distribution...Leader Reef, about 1500 m depth, Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine, Carletonville, Witwatersrand. (Sample courtesy...radioluxograph by David M. Watson, Geological Survey of Canada.) 1. Photograph, artificial light. The band of...Witwatersrand, South Africa, and Blind River, Ontario, Canada, by D. E. Grandstaff. Discussion. K. Preliminary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Blatchford Lake Intrusive Suite, Northwest Territories, Canada Kevin Neyedley, Jacob J. Hanley, Hendrik Falck...Blatchford Lake Intrusive Suite, Northwest Territories, Canada, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https:// doi...Blatchford Lake Intrusive Suite, Northwest Territories, Canada Kevin Neyedley a,+, Jacob J. Hanley a, Hendrik...University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3C3 b c Northwest Territories Geological...Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2 + kevinneyedley@gmail.com Keywords:
 
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