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Chalcocite from
Five Islands, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Five Islands, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1039639
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1039639:5
GUID (UUID V4):9fcb43f1-b053-4d9f-aa59-d8c2aa2748b9
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘEconomy Mountain (Gerrish Mountain), Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘWalton baryte mine (Magnet Cove Barium Corp. mine), Walton, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
34.4km (21.4 miles) ⓘKempt Shore, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘDorchester Point, Dorchester Parish, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick, Canada
64.4km (40.0 miles) ⓘMillet Brook U-Ag deposit, Windsor, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
67.0km (41.7 miles) ⓘDorchester Copper Mine, Sackville Parish, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick, Canada
76.2km (47.3 miles) ⓘTurner tin prospect, New Ross, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
76.6km (47.6 miles) ⓘWalker Moly prospect (New Russell prospect), New Ross, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
80.3km (49.9 miles) ⓘTeahan mine (Goodfellow mine), Alma Parish, Albert Co., New Brunswick, Canada
94.6km (58.8 miles) ⓘDunbrack mine, Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
References
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Report (issue)
Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; South Shore, Nova Scotia...career in mineralogy at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1952, working in the new field of mineral...for the Collector”, which covers 14 regions of Canada, from Newfoundland and Labrador to the Yukon-Alaska...(Na4TiZr2O4(CO3)4), which was named in her honour. She was also co-founder of the Canadian Gemmological Association...treasurer for the Mineralogical Association of Canada. After her retirement in the late 1990s, Ann continued
Report (Issue volume)
Volume III NEW BRUNSWICK NOVA SCOTIA PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NEWFOUNDLAND Ann P. Sabina MISCELLANEOUS...MISCELLANEOUS REPORT 8 Issued by THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa...mail from information Canada, Ottawa, and at the following information Canada bookshops: HALIFAX i 735...equipment 5 • Care of specimens 6 • Collecting in Canada 6 • Mineral and rock sets 7 • Abbreviations used...used in references 11 • NEW BRUNSWICK 31 • NOV A SCOTIA and PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 67 • NEWFOUNDLAND 89
Journal (issue)
Association, particioate in the annual outini;is, and co-operate in many wavs in furthering the aims and ambitions...Peter A. S111ith ..... .... A MINERAL TRIP TO NOVA SCOTIA. By George A. lJ7ilson ...... COAL CARVING. By...cent in cash money- that as they ride around the CO'..lntry in their cars they can pick up all the beautiful...The mining area is conda Copper Mining Co. obtains over about five miles S...the GEOLOGY district some of which are mentioned Five types of rocks-granite ( quartz with the minerals
Report (issue)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
An Introduction to Minerals in N o va Scotia Downloaded by [University of Connecticut] at 13:05 19...Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4A9 dommelen@dal.ca TERRY COLLETT 26 Gourok Avenue Dartmouth, Nova Scotia...Scotia Canada B2X 2B3 terry.collett@ns.sympatico.ca Except as noted, all photos by Ronnie Van Dommelen; specimens...the authors’ collections. T he province of Nova Scotia has long been renowned for its geologic resources...and barite. The first gold rush in Canada took place in Nova Scotia in the 1860s, thirty years before
Book
enOLOGIOAT SURVEY OF CANADA. AALFRED R C.SELWYN, C. M. G., LL.D. F.RS., Director GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...17 20 v1 GEOLOGICAL TABLE OF SURVEY OF CANADA. CONTENTS— Continued. OXYGEN saLTs—Continued...Concluding division..........+.s++++) 26, 33 ees ek. aes Co Rivama-silicates .jaettouke 26 apeieeeeeeele ee ¢...Specimens illustrating the distribution of bornite. Chalcocite or vitreous copper ore................ Specimensillustrating...Specimensillustrating the distribution of chalcocite Chalcopyrite or copper pyrites... fe. ee Dae dae Specimens
Report (issue)
Queen's Printer, Ottawa, from Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, and at the following Canadian...available for reference in public libraries across Canada Price 75 cents Catalogue No. ~44.64110 Price...Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa, Canada 1964 CONTENTS Page ...........................Introduction Section 1: St . 1 4 . Stephen .Nova Scotia B o r d e r ............................... ...r k e Head Swan's C r e e k WassonlsBluff Two Islands (The B r o t h e r s ) McKay (McCoy) Head Cape
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Besides pyrite and chalcopyrite, native arsenic, chalcocite, enargite, and realgar are present, These minerals...vol. 13, p. 177, 1929. a Veatch, A. C., The Five Islands: Geol. Sw. oJ Louisiona, Rept. for 1899, pp...pp. 223-226. 5 Vaughan, F. E., The Five Islands, Louisiana: Geology of salt dome oil fields, Am. Assoc...mineral, associated with the native arsenic, is chalcocite. Chalcopyrite, a very abundant mineral in many...mineral is not separablefrom native arsenic and chalcocite, a qualitative analysis of material containing
Book (edition)
1916, BY HEINRICH RIES PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y. PREFACE...Deputy Minister of Mines, Canada; Dr. E. Haanel, Director, Mines Branch, Canada; Professor E. C. Jeffrey...showing coal areas of Nova Scotia 49 Map showing coal areas of Western Canada Yearly production of anthracite...showing overturned folds 67. Diagrammatic section five miles long, extending northwest from 200 Catasauqua...showing location of Petit Anse and other salt islands, Louisiana 223 76. Section illustrating dome salt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
one of the best rhodonite specimens, consisting of five gemmy red, parallel-aligned bladed crystals (4.7...Kongsberg, Norway (9 × 4.5 cm; fig. 16); two superb chalcocite specimens from St. Ives, Cornwall, England; a...Reef mine, Arizona. Canada is represented by chabazite from Five Islands, Nova Scotia; prehnite from the
Book (edition)
graduated In using it, press up between the edges ao and co arc attached. the edge of the crystal whose angle... np, by which the figure, it reads 45. parts ao, co, may be shortened so as to make them more convenient...By a little study, the expressions for the other five adjoining planes can be obtained, and so also those...trial should be made on a small fragment; two to five grains are best. The specimen should be free from...is got rid of by reflection from the surface of Canada balsam (mn) along which the two pieces of calcite
Report (volume)
North America and adjoining islands; also Panama and the Hawaiian Islands. Papers by American writers...Occasional Papers, vol. 6, no. 3. Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. "Boston Society of Natural History: Memoirs, vol...Stations: Bulletin, nos. 10, 11. Berkeley, Cal. Canada, Department of Mines, Mines Branch: Summary Report...Report for 1915; Bulletin, nos. 11-13. Ottawa, Ont. Canada, Geological Survey: Memoirs, nos. 83-92; Museum...Mining Journal, vol. 37. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Canadian Peat Society: Journal, vol. 4, no. 3
Report (volume)
provinces of Canada are given in Part I.] Anon anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos...Bureau Can G S Canada, Geological Survey Can :M Br Canada, Mines Branch Can Pari Canada, Parliament Conn... Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station U P R Co Union Pacific Railroad Company • US Dp lnt United...(F P), 94; Phalen. 08c: Pratt, Olh; US G S, 83; Canada: McLeish, 10, 14 Absaroka folio, Wyo. (no. 52):·Hague...56a American geological science, indebtedness to Canada: Dawson (J W), 87 Antiquity of man: Penck, 09a
Book (edition)
Superior iron ores Later work Michipicoten range, Canada Other occurrenci's in the United States Other regionally...Australia New South Wales and Queenslarid Nova region Scotia— Gold-bearing replacement deposits in limestoiu}...cobalt-nickel veins of Ontario, veins zeolitic Canada ite-quartz — veins— Butte, Montana- The pyritie...suporgenc copper sulphides—The bornite and —Oxidation chalcocite zones - Examples oxidation of copper deposits...southwestern chalcocite deposits— Ray and Miami— Chuquicamata— Relation of the disseminated chalcocite ores to
Report (volume)
North America and adjoining islands, also Panama and the Hawaiian Islands. Papers by American writers...Occasional Papers, vol. 4, no. 5. Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. Boston Society of Natural History: Proceedings...nos. 3-19; Memoirs, vol. 1, no. 2. Berkeley, Cal. Canada, Geological Survey: Summary Report for 1910; Memoirs... BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1911. 7 Canada, Department of Mines, Mines Branch: Summary Report...Mining Journal, vol. 32. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Canadian Mining Institute: Quarterly Bulletin
Book (edition)
-Victoria, Australia-New South Wales and Queensland- Nova Scotia-Gold-arsenopyrite deposits- Gold-bearing replacement...The Silverbearing cobalt-nickel veins of Ontario, Canada-Quartz-adulariazeolite veins (Alpine type)- Occurrence...mite deposits-Platinum with s1nall amounts of Ni-Co-Fe sulphides-Platinum-palladium deposits of the Waterberg...crystallization and relations of chalcocite, bornite and covellite-Oxiclation of chalcocite zones-Exa1nples of oxidation...1\Iian1i- Chuquica1nata-Relation of the disse1uinated chalcocite ores to intrusives- Zinc- 1\[ineralsSolubility
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY, YALE COLLEGE. ON THE PLAN AND WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF PROFESSOR JAMES D. DANA. WITH UPWARDS...now at Milan, is three and a quarter feet long and five and a half in circumference and its weight is estimated...These values may be in this system, 0, 1, a number co than In this way are derived greater l,"or vertical...always be written as a whole number, for the symbol co i Moreover it is seen that when n is oo 2. 1 is identical...w=l, n^> when m^l, n=ao when m-= n >1. when m=co n=\. when m=oo n=vz when m=Q, n=1. . . , , ,
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY, YALE COLLEGE. ON THE PLAN AND WITH THE CO-OPERATION OP PROFESSOR .JAMES D. DANA. UPWARDS...EDWARD S. DANA 1877. Press of J. J. Little & Co* Astor Place, New York. PREFACE. " " Text-Book...now at Milan, is three and a quarter feet long and five and a half in circumference and its weight is estimated...wi=l, n=l. when m^l, n=l* when m=i, n=^ when ml, h=co when 7/1=00 n >1. when 771=00, n=l. when 771=00 n=...that of the other. Planes of symmetry. There are five planes of symmetry in the tetragonal system : one
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY, YALE COLLEGE. ON THE PLAN AND WITH THE CO-OPERATION PROFESSOR JAMES d!^DANA WITH UPWARDS...EDWARD S. DANA 1877. Press of J. J. Little & Co* Astor Place, New York. ; PREFACE. preparation...at Milan, is three and a quarter feet long-, and five and a half in circumference and its weight is estimated...mathematically it is said to cut it at infinity (co ) ; hence the general expression for a plane parallel...relations, as w^ill appear ciple f : 00 5 makes : CO it ffi is riglit to : : : : : ; '. from
Journal (volume)
WITH POSITIVE MOTION AIR VALVES. 14 x 22 in Canada. STEAM AIR COMPRESSOR. The fourth Machine of...distributing points in Canada. all ING-EHSOLL HOCK DRILL BACON'S REVERSIBLE CO., N. J. Buena Pe Sampling...Liberty Street, New JENCKES MACHINE CO., for the Dominion Canada. Slierbrooke, Que,, Manufacturers Reterences-G...Nkholls & Co., Capelton ; York. of Mines; American Asbestos Co., Black Lake; United Asbestos Co., Black...Black Lake; Dominion Phosphate Co., Montreal Bells Asbestos Co., Thetford : THE CANADIAN MINING \N1)
Book
Especial Reference to Those of the United States and Canada. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Cloth; 6...publisher. PRINTED IN U.S.A. PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO, INC. BOOK MANUFACTURERS BROOKLYN, NEW YORK PREFACE...the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the Dominion [of Canada] Bureau of Statistics have been freely drawn upon...Cretaceous and Tertiary of the United States and Canada, or other countries. Exceptionally they occur in...is also abundant in the Great Plains region of Canada. Subbituminous Coal or Black Lignite—A grade intermediate
Book (edition)
photograph their specimens for this book. Front co,¡er photos: Turquoise, polished. 55 mm, ZhiJandy...Rhodocbrosite, polished, 50 mm, Capillitas, Argentina, H Back cO\¡erphoto: Wolframite. 45 mm. Yaogangxian, China,...(island silicates) 9.B Sorosilicates (groups of islands silicates) 9.C Cyclosilicates (ring silicates)...Diffraction Standards (JCPDS). In most cases the five most intense lines are listed. All lines were rounded...Strunz and Nickel (2001) is much more detailed using five characters: for a class, a division, a subdivision
Report (volume)
North America and adjacent islands and on Panama and the Hawaiian Islands. It includes textbooks and...Occasional Papers, vols. 7, 8. Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. Boston Society of Natural History: Proceedings...Geography, vols. 2, 3 (no. 1). Berkeley, Calif. Canada, Geological Survey: Summary Reports 1917-1927;...Dak. Nova Scotia Institute of Science: Proceedings and Transactions, vols. 14-17. Halifax, Nova Scotia...Reports on Mining Operations, 19181927. Quebec, Canada. Rochester Academy of Science: Proceedings, vols
Report (issue)
sulfur and pyrites sources (principally in Europe, Canada, and Mexico). It is likely that within a few years...William, 1942, The Stone that Burns: D. Van Nostrand Co. , Inc. New York, 345 pp. A well documented historical...gypsum-anhydrite cap rock from the Union Sulphur Co. mine, and discusses the probable origin of the gypsumanhydrite...by the Union Sulphur Co. in 1921-25 (10 holes), and by the Freeport Sulphur Co. in 1929-30 (torsion-balance...10791086. After sulfur mining by the Union Sulphur Co. ceased in 1924, oil was discovered in the sediments
Journal (issue)
Deadwood, South Dakota. The fact that he was born about five years late even to be present at such an event,...Biography, Vol.7 (1897), page 506; James T. White & Co., N.Y. John James Audubon — Handout, Audubon Shrine...Caryopilite Celestite Celsian Cerussite Chabazite Chalcocite Chalcophanite -1875 Chalcopyrite Chamosite Charlesite...purchased a calamine specimen from the Foote Mineral Co. that has the largest crystals on it of any I ever...with it. Have been to Nova Scotia to look at the Barytes mine at Five Islands, also to the meeting of
 
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