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Chalcopyrite from
Victor Deep Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Victor Deep Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:813345
Long-form Identifier:1:3:813345:8
GUID (UUID V4):2bbf1994-2e71-4046-bb47-1cfdac5f5016
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘNickel Rim Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘMaclennan Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘBlue Lake Victor Mine, Sudbury area, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘVictor Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘCapre Lake Mine, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘAmy Lake zone, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘSheppard Gold Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘEast Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘFalconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘGarson Mine, Garson Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Main Mass of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: Examples from the Victor Deep, McCreedy East, and Trillabelle...of Toronto, 22 Russell Sreet, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada Abstract Massive sulfide in the contact...contact sublayer in three different deposits of the Sudbury Igneous Complex is overlain by substantial thicknesses...trough (McCreedy East), and the Victor-Nickel Rim embayment (Victor Deep), disseminated sulfides are present...sulfide liquids are capable of migrating distances greater than 100 m through almost completely solidified
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ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS RECORDED IN THE SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX, CANADA: SIGNIFICANCE TO FORMATION OF Ni-Cu...Laurentian University, 925 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 Abstract Sulfur isotope ratios...norites, quartz gabbros, and granophyres from the Sudbury Igneous Complex have been analyzed to establish...sublayer in the lower portion of the main mass of the Sudbury Igneous Complex are characterized by uniform sulfur...mineralization from Whistle mine varies from 3.1 to 4.3‰, whereas mineralization from Victor varies between 2.4
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)
Fe-Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposits on the North Range of the Sudbury Igneous Complex A. E. BESWICK† Mineral Exploration...Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 Abstract Analytical data sets...from the McCreedy West mine and other orebodies along the North Range of the Sudbury Igneous Complex have...The compositions of ores from the McCreedy West mine display a strongly bimodal distribution. A Cu-poor...trends consistent with fractionation dominated by chalcopyrite (intermediate solid solution) crystallization
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sulfide minerals from the McCreedy East deposit, Sudbury, Canada, and the origin of PGE in pyrite Sarah A. S...deposits consist of pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite (± pyrite), and platinum-group minerals (PGM)...the PGE, except Pt which forms Pt minerals. Chalcopyrite does not host PGE and the role of pyrite has...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
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...McCreedy East deposit, Sudbury, they constitute a classic magmatic assemblage of chalcopyrite, cubanite ± pentlandite...sulfide deposits and to improve PGE extraction. Chalcopyrite and cubanite are the dominant hosts of Se and...level in ISS (now equally distributed between chalcopyrite and cubanite). Platinum, Pd, Au, As, Bi, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
groundwater in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada: New evidence from bulk rock geochemistry...Scotia, Canada Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada c Department...northern margin of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), Canada, a volumetrically minor rock type...the northern margin of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), Ontario, Canada, Ni–Cu–platinum-group element...footwall Cu–Ni– PGE style of mineralization at Sudbury. 2. Background 2.1. Geological setting The SIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide Ores Associated with the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada* Mitchell Kerr,1,† Jacob Hanley... Nova Scotia, Canada 2 TMAC 3 KGHM 4 Department Resources, Toronto, Ontario, Canada International...Ltd., Sudbury, Ontario, Canada of Earth Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Abstract...the North Range footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada. The deposits have been modified...hydrothermal events and are hosted mainly within Sudbury breccia, a contact metamorphosed and hydrothermally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization Within the Footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada ATTILA PÉNTEK,1,† FERENC MOLNÁR...Mining Company Ltd., 129 Fielding Road, Lively, Ontario, Canada P3Y 1L7 2 Geological 3 Department Survey...Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract We present new results and review...mineralizing processes in the contact aureole of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. At the basal contact of the igneous...sulfides occurred. In the deeper footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, similar footwall granophyres occur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusions from the Marathon deposit, Coldwell Complex, Canada D. H. Watkinson and P. C. Jones Department of...Geoscience Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada With 3 Figures Received May 15, 1995; accepted...project into fluid inclusions that occur in chalcopyrite and cubanite from the Marathon deposit, Two...Two Duck Lake gabbro, Coldwell Complex, Ontario. Semi-quantitative analyses of the micron-sized PGM were...Lagerstfitte, Two Duke Lake Gabbro, Coldwell Komplex, Ontario, vorkommen, hinein. Semiqantitative Analysen der
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ni–Cu–(PGE) SULFIDE DEPOSIT, CAPE SMITH, QUEBEC, CANADA CHARLIE L. SEABROOK§ Department of Geosciences...pentlandite in MSS ores. In addition, the PGM in chalcopyrite-rich ores are commonly Ptbearing, with Pd-bearing...recoverable as a result of their enclosure within chalcopyrite and pentlandite. Keywords: platinum-group minerals...De plus, les MGP dans les minerais riches en chalcopyrite sont en gĂ©nĂ©ral aussi platinifĂšres, et les minĂ©raux...rĂ©cupĂ©rables, Ă©tant prĂ©sents en inclusions dans la chalcopyrite et la pentlandite. (Traduit par la RĂ©daction)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALIZATION IN THE FOOTWALL OF THE SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX, ONTARIO, CANADA JACOB J. HANLEY† Department of...University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3C3 AND COLIN J. BRAY Department of Geology...University of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B1 Abstract Alteration veins containing...along the northern margin of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada. Crosscutting relations and structural...measurements show that the veins postdate the Sudbury impact event but predate the emplacement of footwall-style
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ORE-HOSTING SUDBURY BRECCIA IN THE FRASER COPPER ZONE, STRATHCONA EMBAYMENT, SUDBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA JACOB...Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada ABSTRACT The transition from barren Sudbury Breccia to Sudbury Breccia...footwall Cu–Ni–PGE sulfide ore at the Fraser mine, Ontario, is accompanied by an increase in the concentration...35–40%) and ~80% of the Br (on average, 25–35%) in Sudbury Breccia matrix are water-soluble at room temperature...leaching powdered samples of the matrix of the Sudbury Breccia exhibit variable Ca:Na and Cl:Br ratios
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
element–enriched nickel-copper sulfide deposits, such as in Sudbury and Noril’sk. These blebs, formed by the crystallization...with pyrrhotite and pentlandite at the base, chalcopyrite and cubanite at the top, and titaniferous magnetite...form an intermediate solid solution from which chalcopyrite and cubanite subsequently exsolved. The final...also form at the contact between chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. Chalcopyrite, cubanite, mooihoekite, haycockite...often zoned into pyrrhotitepentlandite– and chalcopyrite-rich ores. Such zoning has been described from
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)
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)
Footwall Units of the North Range, Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada, and Implications for the Genesis of...Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract Systematic regional sampling...sampling along the contact zone of the 1.85 Ga age Sudbury Igneous Complex with the Archean Levack Gneiss footwall...footwall in the North Range of the Sudbury structure revealed textural, mineralogical, and fluid inclusion...inclusion systematics of post-Sudbury Igneous Complex hydrothermal processes that affected the various lithologies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of sulfur addition. The primary assemblage of chalcopyrite, pentlandite, and pyrrhotite is similar to that...by a low-temperature secondary assemblage of chalcopyrite, pyrite, marcasite, Ni-bearing pyrite, violarite...secondary assemblage and are notably richer in chalcopyrite than the massive sulfide veins. The sulfides...the various offsets associated with the Sudbury structure, Canada. A primary magmatic origin of the sulfides...lithological units. Such deposits are common around the Sudbury † Corresponding author: e-mail, J.C.Andersen@exeter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phases, North Range footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada Received: 5 October 2004 / Accepted:...element)–Au deposits at the Fraser Mine (North Range of the Sudbury Igneous Complex). Evidence for coentrapment...University of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3B1 E-mail: hanley@geology.utoronto.ca Tel...either (1) early Cu loss from the volatiles by chalcopyrite precipitation or (2) enhanced Au and Pt solubilities...volatiles were carriers of precious metals in the Sudbury environment over a wide range of temperatures.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE SUDBURY BRECCIA HOSTING FOOTWALL Cu–Ni–PGE MINERALIZATION AT THE FRASER MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA...of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada ABSTRACT An assemblage of hydrous, Cl-bearing...hosted by the Sudbury Breccia at the Fraser Copper zone, Fraser mine, Onaping–Levack area, Ontario. The pyroxene...hornblende hornfels contact-metamorphic aureole of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) contains less than 15 modal...hornfels facies is present in the matrix of the Sudbury Breccia; it contains 25 to 80% actinolite + chamosite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dynamics and Footwall Deposit Formation at Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: Importance for Sulfide Ore Exploration...University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street N., London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada Abstract High-grade...in close proximity (<~750 m) to the base of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. Successful exploration for these...dynamic conditions in the thermal aureole of the Sudbury Igneous Complex during early stages of crustal...footwall deposit identification. Introduction The Sudbury mining camp is well known for its world-class Ni-Cu-Co
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada ABSTRACT We have investigated the partitioning...the Copper Zone of the Fraser mine (formerly known as the Strathcona Deep Copper Zone; Springer 1989, Li...the Victor Deep deposit (Jago et al. 1994) in the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) of Ontario, Canada, and...and the Oktyabr’sky mine in the Noril’sk district of Russia (Karpenkov et al. 1981, Saini-Eidukat et al...minor occurrences as well as in the Oktyabr’sky mine include djerfisherite [K6(Cu,Fe, Ni)25S26Cl] and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluid sources and hydrothermal architecture of the Sudbury Structure: Constraints from femtosecond LA-MC-ICP-MS...Windsor (ON), Canada, N9B-3P4 Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa (ON), Canada, K1A-0E8...Calcite Proterozoic seawater Orthomagmatic ïŹ‚uids Sudbury Structure a b s t r a c t This study presents...from different stratigraphic levels within the Sudbury impact structure, determined using femtosecond...ïŹ‚uids that have circulated through and around the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), and further deïŹne the overall
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MECHANIC SETTLEMENT PLUTON, SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA Tassos A. GRAMMATIKOPOULOS§ Department of Geology...Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6, Canada Oleg VALEYEV SGS Lakefield Research Limited, 185...185 Concession St., PO 4300, Lakefield, Ontario K0L 2H0, Canada Abstract The upper Neoproterozoic Mechanic...in the Avalon terrane, southern New Brunswick, Canada, consists of alternating lenses of ultramafic through... amphibole and phlogopite), or in sulfides (chalcopyrite, pentlandite, pyrrhotite and, less commonly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ni–Cu–Platinum Group Element sulfide mineralization in the Sudbury Impact Melt Sheet R. R. Keays1 and P. C. Lightfoot2...Research Centre, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada, and VIEPS, School of Geosciences, Monash...Australia 2 Inco Exploration, Copper Cliff, ON, Canada Received May 23, 2003; revised version accepted...Ni–Cu–Platinum Group Element (PGE) sulfide deposits of the Sudbury Structure have provided a major portion of the...studies seeking to explain the formation of the Sudbury Structure have now converged on a genetic model
 
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