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Spessartine from
Geco Mine, Gemmell Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Spessartine
Formula:Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spessartine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Geco Mine, Gemmell Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1239397
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1239397:6
GUID (UUID V4):3c0a8a8d-70ab-401d-8acf-a82e4e305580
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from Canada Downloaded by [Florida International University] at 19:52 23 August 2013 C anada is home...from emerald to sapphire, Canada has it all. Yet, for most of its history, Canada has been regarded as a...in Canada (fig. 1). Some gem localities, such as those for amethyst from Nova Scotia and Ontario, have...sapphire in Nunavut, emerald in the Yukon and Ontario, and peridot, topaz, and aquamarine in British...BRADLEY S. WILSON PO Box 352 Kingston, Ontario K7L 4W2 Canada brad@alpinegems.ca   96*2: 405,9(3:
Report (issue)
Energy, Mines and Resources Canada E:nergie, Mines et Ressourees Canada Canada THE ENERGY OF OUR RESOURCES...POWER OF OUR IDEAS COVER Left: Amethyst - Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specimen measures 4.5 cm across the base...no. 17206. GSC 204971-1 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 49 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR... Ā© Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1991 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents...bookstores or by mail from Canada Communication Group - Publishing Ottawa, Canada KIA OS9 and from. Geological
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PRECAMBRIAN ee OF CANADA SULPHIDE SPECIAL PAPER 25 DEPOSITS H.S. Robinson...Department of Geology, University of Western Ontario, Losdon, Ontario N6A 5B7 C.D. Spence, Rio-Canex Inc.,...Franklin, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, KIA 0E8 Ontario International Standard Book...the Geological Association of Canada. Geological Association of Canada Department of Earth Sciences University...Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3G1 Printed by: Johanns Graphics, Waterloo, Ontario AnNnnnnualtceea
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Hemlo-Heron Bay greenstone belt and Hemlo AU-MO deposit, Superior Province, Ontario, Canada 2. Timing of...U-Pb geochronology F. CORFU Ontario Geological Survey, c/o Department Ontario Geological (Received December...revised Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ont. M7A 1 W4 (Canada) and accepted May Ont. M5S 2C6 (Canada) 3,1989)...T.L., 1989. The Hemlo-Heron Bay greenstone belt and Hemlo Ontario, Canada, 2. Timing of metamorphism,...igneous evolution of the Late Archean Hemlo-Heron Bay greenstone belt. This paper is aimed principally
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analogue of ilmenite was first described from the North mine at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia by Brown...subsequently from the nearby Melbourne Rockwell mine at Little Broken Hill by Birch et al. (1982) and...locations, ecandrewsite coexists with almandine-spessartine, ferroan gahnite and rutile. Later, Whitney et...Gahnite Hercynite Spinel Andradite Grossular Spessartine Pyrope Almandine Ref. Nos. 1ā€“3: gahnite within...Table 1. They are enriched in almandine and spessartine component. It has been found that the almandine
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Garnet-Stilpnomelane Rocks at Redstone, Timmins, Ontario D. J. ROBINSON Westmin ResourcesLimited, 25 Adelaide...Adelaide Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1Y2, Canada Abstract Silicatefaciesiron-formation...inclusionsin Mn garnet and at the University of Western Ontario. Trace in theserocksvariessystematically with the... 1798 D. J. ROBINSON / ā€¢, ā€¢ QUEBEC %2Ćø // ONTARIO ā€¢ 'ā€¢ ABITIBI Abitibi Greenstone Belt + + +...depositsas at Geco, may be interpretedas an alterationproduct of a Manitouwadge,Ontario (Friesen et al
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Benson Mine District, Adirondack Mountains, New York and the Manitouwadge Massive Sulfide District, Ontario...Ontario, Canada, we have found several h6gbomite occurrences and believe that h6gbomite is more widespread...aluruinous rocks than previously recognized. At Benson Mine, an iron-rich h6gbomite (H6g) occurs with K-feldspar-magnetite...utilized in specific reactions. H6gbomite from Benson Mine has an 8H structure type, while that at Manitouwadge...Amphibolite-granulite gedrite-cordierite schist, Manitouwadge, Ontario Rx024; Ackermand et al. (1983) Granulite facies
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Departmentof Geology,Universityof Toronto,Toronto,Ontario, CanadaM5S 1A1 Abstract Zincianspinel [(Zn,Fe...respectively.Calculatedvaluesof AH, AS, and AGā€¢' mine the likely originof spinelin a numberof local- at...isexpectedto be produced. net, of almandine-spessartine composition,appearsto SlightlyFe-poor sphaleriteswere...BrokenHill, Australia PGS-22,gahnite(avgof 9 points),Geco,Ontario PG$-78, gahnite(avgof 5 points),BrokenHill,... For example, Zincianspinelisassociated withthe Geco,Willroy, in the pyrite field: andBigNamaArchcancopper-zinc
Book (volume)
(30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16.62 ct), Ramona, California; deep red...cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern...promising diamond fields being vigorously explored in Canada and the United States. Experts agree that in several...diamond-bearing kimberlite bodies, most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing...operators, Morefield Mine, Amelia, VA; Max & Suzy Berchtold, Royal Rainbow Mine, Laytonville, CA; Ralph
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footwall and hanging wall at the 86 Mt Geco copperĀ±zinc deposit, Ontario. It should be stressed that the zonation...around the much larger Ducktown (Nesbitt 1982) and Geco (Petersen 1984) deposits. Preliminary work by Spry...sulfidationĀ±oxidation reactions in the Linda deposit of Manitoba, Canada. Geologic setting The Bleikvassli ZnĀ±PbĀ±(Cu) deposit...1-kmthick unit locally referred to as the ``Mine Sequence.'' The Mine Sequence contains a heterogeneous succession...feldspathic gneisses, and amphibolites (Fig. 1). The lower Mine Sequence contains the orebody and is dominated by
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(30.89 et), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet ( 16.62 et), Ramona, California; deep...promising diamond fields being vigorously explored in Canada and the United States. Experts agree that in several...dia1nond-bearing kimberlite bodies, most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing...operators, Morefield Mine, Amelia, VA; Max & Suzy Berchtold, Royal Rainbow Mine, Laytonville, CA; Ralph...Herndon, Center Ossipee, NH; Raymond Hietapakka, Thunder Bay, ONT; Pat Hodge, Palmer's Trading Post, Cave-in-Rock
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GemsĀ«Minerals Earth Treasures from the Royal Ontario Museum Gems & Minerals reveals the beauty and...and minerals from the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Minerals and gems form naturally... GemsĀ« Minerals Earth Treasures from the Royal Ontario Museum Dr. Kimberly Tait rye . Micon ā€œFIREFLY...Kimberly Tait Photographs copyright Ā© 2011 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, All rights reserved. No part...prior written permission of the Publisher. Ontario, Canada. First printing Publisher Cataloging-in-Publication
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CA 94804-1659 Earth Treasures trom the Royal Ontario Museum ie es Ā„ Ā„ A> i ; \ Pig era , . ... GemsĀ«Minerals Earth Treasures from the Royal Ontario Museum Gems & Minerals reveals the beauty and splendor...and minerals from the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Minerals and gems form naturally... -GemsĀ« Minerals Earth Treasures from the Royal Ontario Museum Dr. Bicriberly Tait 20 v|Meu? FIREFLY...Photographs copyright Ā© 2011 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All rights reserved. No part
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Deposit of the English River Subprovince, Ontario, Canada: Evidence for an Exhalative Origin and Effects...Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 5E2 Abstract The Werner Lake Co-Cu-Au deposit...of significant Co in the waste rocks at the old mine site and the discovery of six lenses along strike...Zambian copper belt, Africa; and the Sykesville district, Maryland Piedmont), all of which are thought...PAN AND THERENS Pikwitonei Ashuanipi a Sashigo Bay in g as sk Bird River Winnipeg River James
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PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of
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North-West Branch: 1. Knight, F.G.A. South Yorkshire & District Branch: J. I. Platts, F.G.A. Examiners: B. W....feldspar constituent of pegmatites, as in Norway, Ontario and India. The Oregon sunstone is a very different..., 1983, XVIII, 6 FIG. 4. Sorting apparatus at mine location. (Photo by Laura J. Ramsey) The colour-distribution...produced some years ago by heating Brazil's Montezuma Mine stones. (We proposed the name 'peridine' for this...Africa, Cobra Mine, Transvaal South Africa, Cobra Mine, Transvaal South Africa, Cobra Mine, Transvaal South
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2.1. Regional geological setting The Broken Hill mine occurs in the south-eastern part of the Curnamona...Abbreviations: N.B.H.C = New Broken Hill Consolidated mine (currently part of Southern Operations operated...Perilya Broken Hill Limited), Z.C. = Zinc Corporation mine (currently part of Southern Operations operated...Broken Hill Limited), B.H.S. = Broken Hill South mine (currently CML7 operated by New Broken Hill Consolidated...Limited), and N.B.H. = North Broken Hill mine (currently North mine operated by Perilya Broken Hill Limited)
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secretary of Chinese Communist Party of Panyu district and chief director of Peopleā€™s Congress, Panyu...secretary of the Chinese Communist Party of Panyu district & chief director of Peopleā€™s Congress, Panyu....social responsibility initiatives. ICA organized a mine tour in the emerald mining areas of Muzo, La Pita...computer equipment at the schools in the Tourmalina district of Minas Gerais. ā€œThis is the ļ¬rst time these...addition, following the ICA Congress in Dubai and the mine tour to East Africa in May, ICA arranged for the
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273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...22:303-308 ALBERTA Mineral occurrences in western Canada [British Columbia and Alberta] (by A. Ingelson)...Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline, biotite and
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Universityof Alberta, Edmonton,Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada Abstract Theoreticalaspects arepresentedof a techniquefor...number in parenthesesindicates AGF reaction Spessartine Ilm Kfs FeTiOa KAISiaOs Lo Mag FeAsā€¢ FeaO4...metamorphism of the mid- exampleof a garnetwith a spessartine contentset at dle amphibolitefacies(Holdawayand...,oxides,and silicates.In pardeposits,Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland:ECON. GEOL.,v. ticular, under what...B., 1976a, Mineral reactionsin pelitic rocks: I. Geco massivesulfidedepositand its enclosingwall-rocks:UnPredictionsof
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BHT deposits may be present in the Shuswap Pb-Zn district, southern British Columbia. Greenfield (2003)...Hores Gneiss (Fig. 3). Mineralization occurs in the ā€œMine Sequenceā€, a package of rocks that includes metapelites...Abbreviations: N.B.H.C = New Broken Hill Consolidated mine (currently part of Southern Operations operated...Perilya Broken Hill Limited), Z.C. = Zinc Corporation mine (currently part of Southern Operations operated...Broken Hill South mine, and N.B.H. = North Broken Hill mine (currently North mine operated by Perilya
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sulfide deposits at, for example, Manitouwadge, Ontario (James et al. 1978), OrijƤrvi, Finland (Schneiderman...PRECAMBRIAN Y Contact Fault Roads Study area Creswell mine Sillimanitic biotite gneiss w/garnet- and cordierite-bearing...Droop (1987). Almandine (Alm), pyrope (Prp), spessartine (Sps), grossular (Grs), and andradite (Adr) contents...adjacent to massive sulfide deposits elsewhere (Geco, Ontario: Spry 1982; Palmeiropolis, Brazil: Araujo et...Cordieriteā€“cummingtonite facies rocks from the Gold Brick District, Colorado. J. Petrol. 32, 169-1201. GABLE, D.J
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University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada 2U.S. 3Department 4The Geological Survey, National...University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole...Formation, 30 = PƤƤkkƶ Iron Formation, 31 = Glen Township Formation, 32 = Lomagundi Group, 33 = Ijil Group...Gunflint Iron Formations in the United States and Canada (Perry et al., 1973; Winter and Knauth, 1992)....Exhalite facies Oxide Deep-water Sulfide Sulfide (Geco, Ont.) Ā± silicate VMS exhalites Ā± silicate Oxide
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Sweden. The rock is a two feldspar-scapolite-spessartine-romeite skarn. The bulk composition and high...Mg)2Si(O,OH)7) that are restricted to the LaƊngban district or known from only a few other localities outside...alteration to a Pb-rich amphibole. We note that spessartine-dominant garnet is stated to be `rare' at LaƊngban...it is relatively common at the nearby Jakobsberg mine, another deposit of LaƊngban type (Holtstam and...garnet composition can be expressed as ~56 mol.% spessartine with subordinate andradite and grossular components
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is rather manganian (31 and 24mole per cent spessartine, respectively). A plot of Mg/(Mg + Fe) ratios...volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits in Canada: a review. Geol Surv Canada, Pap72 22:44 p Schellekens JH (1976)...base metal sulphide deposits at Geco, Manitouwadge, Ontario, Canada. Bull Geol Surv India, Ser A, no...Hietanen A (1947) Archean geology of the Turku district in southwestern Finland. Geol Soc Am Bull 58:1019-1084
 
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