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Violarite from
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Violarite
Formula:Fe2+Ni23+S4
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite21 photos of Violarite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Millerite10 photos of Violarite associated with Millerite at this locality.
Michenerite8 photos of Violarite associated with Michenerite at this locality.
Galena4 photos of Violarite associated with Galena at this locality.
Pyrite4 photos of Violarite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Sperrylite3 photos of Violarite associated with Sperrylite at this locality.
Ilmenite2 photos of Violarite associated with Ilmenite at this locality.
Pentlandite2 photos of Violarite associated with Pentlandite at this locality.
Nickeline1 photo of Violarite associated with Nickeline at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Violarite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:113885
Long-form Identifier:1:3:113885:6
GUID (UUID V4):e6ec5393-d245-4b0a-a9fb-2d323d4c1250
Nearest other occurrences of Violarite
2.0km (1.3 miles) Crean Hill Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
5.8km (3.6 miles) Aer Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
5.9km (3.7 miles) Denison Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
7.0km (4.4 miles) Worthington Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
23.1km (14.4 miles) Kelley Lake, Broder Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
23.4km (14.5 miles) Clarabelle Mine, Snider Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
24.0km (14.9 miles) Copper Cliff North Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
24.3km (15.1 miles) Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
24.7km (15.3 miles) McCreedy West Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
26.2km (16.3 miles) Levack Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERTLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUBRICA JANUARY,1930 No. I VIOLARITE AND OTHER RARE NICKEL SULPHIDESX M. N. Ssonr lNn...that they bear a close resemblance to those at Sudbury' The inclosing rock is basic, usually a fresh,...Davy published a description of the Key West nickel mine, Nevada.2 Tliey note the same relationship; a violet-colored...Lindgren, W. and Dary, W. M., Nickel Ores from Key West mine, Nevada' Econ. Geology, vol. 19, pp. 3W-3I9, 1924...AMERICAN MINERALOGIST sulphide from the Vermilion mine, Sudbury, Ontario, which for many years has been described
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...Court farm, Ramsgate, Kent, chalk, i6o Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, arsenical marcasite, gersdorffite...kidwellite, 952 WALES(Cymrul Dyfed, illite, 857 Parc mine, Gwynedd, hydrozincite, nickeloan hydrozincite,...Germany (Deutschland) Clara mine, Black Forest, cuprotungstite, 448 Friedrich mine, hauchecornite, 875 Hagendorf
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
16 The crystal-structure of violarite. By F. A. BANNISTER,M.A. Deputy Keeper, Mineral Department of...stability differs from polydymite from Griineau mine at Sehutzbach, between Betzdorf and Daaden in Rhenish...ferriferous polydymite from Vermilion mine, Sudbury, Ontario. He proposed the name violarite both for the mineral...mineral from Nevada and for the 'polydymite' from Ontario on account of the violet-grey colour of the mineral...found in the first analysis of 'polydymite' from Ontario was due to admixture with pentlandite and thence
Report (issue)
5.967 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Vermilion mine, Sudbury, Canada. 1.801 (100), 0.777 (90), 1.148 (70)...(2) 43.44 Total 99.68 100.00 (1) Vermilion mine, Sudbury, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponding...Association: Pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, violarite, cubanite, bornite, sphalerite, galena, linnaeite...magnetite, gersdorffite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, violarite, millerite, galena, stibnite, argentian gold,...Distribution: In Canada, at the Vermilion [TL], Victoria, and Frood mines, Algoma district, near Sudbury, Ontario
Report (issue)
COLLECTOR: SUDBURY TO WINNIPEG Ann P. Sabina Price 75 cents 1963 GEOLOGICAL SUR VEY CANADA OF CANADA...COLLECTOR: SUDBURY TO WINNIPEG By Ann P. Sabina DEPARTMENT MINES AND OF TECHNICAL SURVEYS CANADA -.... . . . . . . . Section 1: Sudbury - Sault. Ste. Marie 3 4 4 Sudbury nickel deposits . . . . . ..... . Vermilion River placers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Falcon gold mine . ..... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McMillan Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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
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)
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
Report (issue)
Fe2+ Ni3+ 2 S4 Violarite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point...= 9.51 Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Vermilion mine, Sudbury, Canada. 2.85 (100), 1.674 (80), 1.820 (60)...100.00 (1) Vermilion mine, Sudbury, Canada; contains trace chalcopyrite. (2) Friday mine, Julian, California...USA, from the Friday mine, Julian, San Diego Co., California; the Key West mine, Clark Co., Nevada; the...the Copper King mine, Gold Hill district, Boulder Co., Colorado; the Lick Fork deposit, Floyd Co., Virginia;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that the phase boundariesar.e located with much greater accuracythan in previouswork and actual tie lines...obtainedin several data for pyrite, bravoite,violarite, millerite, godlevinstanceswhere different bulk...KGpyrite, sph = sphalerite, tr = troilite, vl -violarite, 90 at 230øCproduceda smallamountof tn, coexisting...lowtemperatures. The MacRae, University of Western Ontario, lent suggestive Co content of pentlandite is highly...02 0.00 49.76 52.03 46.42 Great Lakes Nickel, Ontario 1351 tr,hpo,pn tr hpo pn 49.76 47.54 27.76
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calculatedto 100 per cent. Ni Fe Creighton Mine, Sudbury ........................ 35.75 31.45 32.80...of Canada Ltd. 2 Michener, C. E., and Peacock, M. A.: Parkerite (Ni, Bi2S•) from Sudbury, Ontario, re-...after the cycleof nickel oxidationis complete. Violarite. The origin of violarite'has been in questionuntil...pentlandite. Earlier Lindgren and Davey 8 considered"violarite" to be the result of the circulation of surface...nickeloresof the CuniptauMine, Goward,NipissingDistrict, Ontario. Eco•r. GEOL.37: 173-187, 1942. * Denhen,W. H.:
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)
JUNE-JULY, ORES FROM x924. KEY WEST No. 4 MINE, NEVADA. WALDEMAR LINDGREN AND W. MYRON DAVY...statedto represent average nickel ore of the Key West Mine, in Southern Nevada, was transmittedto us by Dr...minerals contained and their relations. The Key West Mine, in Clark County, in Southern Nevada, was briefly...of Bancroft'svisit the workings of the Key West Mine amountedto 3,ooolinear feet, the deepest shaft being...magmaticorigin similar to the nickel depositsof Sudbury, Ontario. This doses the extracts from Bancroft'sreport
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the famous nickel deposits at Sudbury, Ontario, even the Royal Ontario Museum had nary a one until 1969...pyrrhotite in sulfide ores such as those of Sudbury, Ontario, and within specific “strati- graphic” intervals...Great Eastern mine, Clark County, Nevada. It is an ore mineral in the active Pt-Pd mine and related occurrences...collected at the Vermilion mine in what is now the famous Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada. He named it...chief chemist with the Canadian Copper Company of Sudbury, who sent him the original material containing
Report (volume)
in Geography, vol. 3, nos. 2-7. Berkeley, Calif. Canada, Geological Survey: Summary Reports 1928, 1929;...minas: BoleUn de minas, no. 14. Habana, Cuba. Denison University, Scientific Laboratories; Bulletin,...Norman, Okla. Ontario Department of Mines: Reports, vols. 37-39, pts. 1, 4, 5. Toronto, Ontario. Paleontologische...Reports on Mining Operations, 1928-1929. Quebec, Canada. Rochester Academy of Science: Proceedings, vol...Royal Society of Canada: Proceedings and Transactions, 3d ser., vols. 23, 24. Ottawa, Ontario. San Diego Society
Journal (issue)
with the printers ... Gem topaz from the Sakangyi mine, Myanmar; 5.1 cm high. M. Zinn collection. INTRODUCTION...in the big pocket in Sakangyi mine, Myanmar. New sperrylites from Canada Bradley S. WILSON INTRODUCTION...in 2011 at the Broken Hammer zone near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Fine crystals as large as 15 mm were...deposit, located in the Sudbury region, that is currently being considered for mine development by Wallbridge...camp as old and as heavily explored and mined as Sudbury, an important new mineral discovery can still be
Report (issue)
__________ _ 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_________________________________________
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)
ANDI•LVIRAGAS?Ai•RINI Abstract The Atok Platinum Mine is situated in the northeastern portion of the Bushveld... Introduction BastardReef Ti•F. Atok Platinum Mine is situated on the farm Middelpunt 420 KT in the...GASPARRINI Fro. 1. Locality map of the Atok Platinum Mine in the eastern portion of the Bushveld Igneous Complex...chromitite THE MERENSKY REEF AT THE ATOK PLATINUM MINE seamup to 1 inch (2.5 cm) in thickness(locally...chromititeseams and the interveningpyroxenite,though greater or and plagioclase. Moreover,the chromiteis generallyrimmedwith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
linnaeite, malanite, polydymite, siegenite, violarite, and xingzhongite. The known mineral species with...spinels are ore minerals (e.g., magnetite for iron; violarite for nickel) and others can be used as gemstones...Rumbler mines Limited, near Baia Verte, Newfoundland, Canada, in close association with hematite; this is the...after the city of Filipstad, near which the Långban mine is 3+ 2+ located. The ideal chemical formula is...its type locality, the Franklin mine, New Jersey, U.S.A. Both the mine and the mineral took their name
Report (issue)
Venezuelan Guayana ..ccceeeee MAPS Western Canada ..... eoeeoeeeeoeeeeoos 548 550 550 556 556...IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND NOT INDEXED RECEIVED Canada Snow Lake, Coats, MANITOBA C.J.A., and others... deposits Geaodexs"v. of Stall 65, Cobalt, ONTARIO Halls, C., Kerr L969 and Stumpfl, Lake Pro...Northern ONTARIO Thomson, James Bur. 1970, Affairs Sudbury, Ont. Geology Arch, Cobalt, Ontario: ve...south Lorrain Rept. 83, Min. western and Township: Met. Ont. Cong. Dept. Mines 95 p. E.,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Co3S4, siegenite(Co, Ni)3S4, carrollite Co2CuS4, violarite Ni2FeS4, and polydymite Ni3S4 occur in nickel...Co3S4, siegenite (Co, Ni)3S4, carrollite Co2CuS4, violarite Ni2FeS4, and polydymite Ni3S 4. Although the linnaeite...Kambalda and Scotia is composed essentially of violarite and gel pyrite, and Woodall and Travis (I969)...Durkin shoot, at Kambalda, the normally rare violarite makes up over 5o% by weight of the estimated one...addition to these massive developments, disseminated violarite in the country rocks of the deposits is of widespread
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
series. The mineral from the nowexhausted Raipas mine was shown to be a siegenite, while that from the...with the F e - N i rich member of the series, violarite, has been found in several nickel sulphide ores..."linnaeite" from specimens of ore from the Flaat nickel mine in the F.vje district of Setersdalen on the basis...Geological features of the d e p o s i t s The Raipas mine and the Borras prospect both lie at about the same...in the southern part of the area. At the Raipas mine the ore was located in breccia zones which intersect
Book (edition)
............................. 41 E. Ethylenedia mine Tetraacetic Acid .................................in some localities. Rhodonite from the Sunnyside mine at Silverton, Colorado, goes to the mill tailings...how to clean amethyst crystals from Loon Lake, Ontario, in two ways. One is by brushing, scrubbing in...Ibex mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois French Creek mine, Chester...Chester County, Pennsylvania Canada Elizabeth Town, Brockville, Ontario Great Britain Alston, Cumberland
Book (edition)
grey isotropic Bornhardtite Hauchecornite Violarite strong very strong, white, yellow, violet, blue... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...vein in jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL
 
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