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Pyrite from
Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sphaleriteā“˜3 photos of Pyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Mcgilliteā“˜3 photos of Pyrite associated with Mcgillite at this locality.
Boulangeriteā“˜3 photos of Pyrite associated with Boulangerite at this locality.
Calciteā“˜3 photos of Pyrite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Quartzā“˜3 photos of Pyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:133352
Long-form Identifier:1:3:133352:7
GUID (UUID V4):e304a05e-f8ed-4e36-9ca6-cc4182b2ef4f
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.8km (1.1 miles) ā“˜North Star Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
18.2km (11.3 miles) ā“˜Hellroaring Creek Intrusive Complex, St. Mary Lake, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
28.3km (17.6 miles) ā“˜Pay Roll deposit, Moyie, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
35.0km (21.7 miles) ā“˜McNeil Prospect (McNeil Creek), East Kootenay, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
35.8km (22.3 miles) ā“˜Brenda Occurrence, Sandown Creek, Skookumchuck, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
38.6km (24.0 miles) ā“˜Silver Key Group, Doctor Creek, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
45.4km (28.2 miles) ā“˜Rose Pass Occurrence, Kootenay Lake area, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
46.0km (28.6 miles) ā“˜St Eugene mine, Moyie, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
47.5km (29.5 miles) ā“˜Society Girl Mine, Moyie, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
48.9km (30.4 miles) ā“˜Chicago workings, La France Creek, Kootenay Lake, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1983 Environment of Deposition of the Sullivan Orebody F. A. Campbell and V. G. Ethier Department...Alberta, Canada Ethier Consultants, Ltd., S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada The genesis of the Sullivan orebody...breccia zones beneath the western section of the mine provided passage-ways for boron and metalrich sulfur-poor...mineralization and post-ore adjustments. The Sullivan mine staff first graphically illustrated the footwall...the mine in a paper by Morris (1972). Hutchinson (1973) suggested that deposits of the Sullivan type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Tin Mineralization in the Sullivan Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, British Columbia: Constraints from Textures, Geochemistry...Newfoundland, St. Johnā€™s, Newfoundland A1B 3X5, Canada 3U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center...Cranbrook, British Columbia V1C 7E2, Canada 6509 Brent Road, Comox, British Columbia V9M 3V9, Canada Abstract...giant (149.7 million tonnes [Mt]) Mesoproterozoic Sullivan Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, which has been subjected to...insights into related base metal mineralization. Sullivan is rare among sediment-hosted, stratiform Pb-Zn-Ag
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CAMPBELL, R. A. BOTH,ANDH. R. KROUSE Abstract The Sullivan mine is the largest of several stratiform lead-zinc-silver...lead-zinc-silver depositslocated near Kimberley in .southeasternBritish Columbia. The ore is enclosedin beds of...samplescontaining the assemblagesphalerite-pyrrhotite-pyrite is 13.0 (14.2 mole percent). If it is assumedthat...sphaleriteequilibratedwith hexagonalpyrrhotite and pyrite, and has remainedunchanged,this compositionsuggestsa...presentand doesnot reflect the presenceor absenceof pyrite. Studiesof the pyrrhotite using a magneticcolloid
Book
Province of British Columbia Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources Province of British Columbia Ministry... _ mine in British Columbia By Angus M. Gunn Graphic Design by Ted Baker Province of British Columbia...Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources British Columbia has a rich and varied mineral and fuel endowment...made a significant contribution to the growth of Canada as a nation. Over the past two decades, there has...petroleum, and natural gas so that these form British Columbiaā€™s second largest resource industry and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tourmaline formation in the Sullivan Pbā€“Znā€“Ag deposit, British Columbia, Canada Shao-Yong Jiang b a,b,)...Laboratories, 1338A 36th Aƕenue NE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 6T6 Received 9 February 1998; received in...associated with the giant Sullivan Pbā€“Znā€“Ag deposit in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The d11 B values...major control on the overall d11 B values of the Sullivan tourmalinites is the boron source. Potential controls...post-depositional metamorphism. The boron isotope data at Sullivan are consistent with boron derivation from leaching
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IsotopicComposition of Sulfurin the SullivanOrebody British Columbia F. A. CAMPBELL,V. G. ETHIER, H. R. KROUSE...variation of isotopic composition of sulfur in the Sullivan orebody has been studied as a result of extensive...analyzed, of which 40 were galena, 24 sphalerite, 52 pyrite, and 105 pyrrhotite. Sulfur compositionranges from...of isotopic compositionssimilar to that of the Sullivan, implying that sulfur source and mode of deposition...time. Introduction ThE Sullivan orebody, in southeastern British Columbia,is the largestof severalstratiformlekdzinc
Book
r ( ' in British Columbia Province of British Columbia Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources...Resources in British Columbia By Angus M. Gunn Graphic Design by Ted Baker Acknowledgments The Author wishes...Corporation British Columbia Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources British Columbia Provincial Archives...Fording Coal Limited Kaiser Resources Ltd. Lorn ex Mining Corporation Ltd. Placer Development Limited Westcoast...1920Minerals in British Columbia. ISBN 0-7718-8078-2 I. Mines and mineral resources - British Columbia. 2. Mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Creston Formation (Belt-Purcell Supergroup), British Columbia, Canada JoseĢ PerelloĢ a, *, John A. Clifford...Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies d 107 6th Avenue, Kimberley V1A 2V1, BC, Canada e Department of Earth...University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T2G 2E3, Canada f School of the Environment, Washington State University...common in Middle Creston strata of southeastern British Columbia, a correlative lithostratigraphic unit of...the Belt-Purcell Supergroup in southeastern British Columbia. Molybdenite is locally part of the sediment-hosted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metallogeny of Ag-Pb-Zn Veins in the Purcell Basin, British Columbia JEAN-PHILIPPE PAIEMENT,1 GEORGES BEAUDOIN...QC G1V 0A6, Canada Survey of Canada, Pacific Division, Box 6000, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2, Canada Geochronology...Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada Abstract The Mesoproterozoic...Mesoproterozoic Purcell Basin in Canada contains three different types of veins: (1) type 1 Pb-Zn-Ag veins...sphalerite, pyrrhotite, galena, freibergite, and pyrite with minor quartz gangue; (2) type 2 Pb-Ag-Cu-Au
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits, Belt-Purcell Basin, United States and Canada: An Introduction STEPHEN E. BOX,1,ā€  ARTHUR A. BOOKSTROM...Geological Survey of Canada, 1500-605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada Introduction The fill...Belt-Purcell Basin, which straddles the United States-Canada border within the Rocky Mountains of western North...(1) the syndepositional Sullivan Pb-Zn-Ag deposit in southern British Columbia (total production: Pb,... 1998). The Sullivan Mine closed in 2001 after more than 92 years of production. Mining of 26 major vein
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
publication of Contributions to Canadian Mineralogy in Canada. fn order to preservethe continuity and integrity...IN CANADA1 R. M. TnorrPsoN2 (JnioersityoJ British Columbia, Vancouaer,B' C' CoxrrNrs 342 342 343 3M 345...the tellurides are unusually interesting to the mining geologist and the prospector, as compounds of gold...342 TELLUKIDE MINERALS AND THEIR OCCURRENCE IN CANADA 343 erals of the Transylvanian deposits have been...discovery ol a number of bismuth tellurides in British columbia by Dr. H. v. warren led to an intensive study
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulfate reduction in the Sullivan Pbā€“Znā€“Ag deposit, British Columbia (Canada): Evidence from micro-isotopic...Taylor * Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A OE8 Received 1 June 2003;...clastic-hosted (Sedex-type) Proterozoic (ca. 1475 Ma) Sullivan Pb ā€“ Zn ā€“ Ag deposit was metamorphosed by several...variations in selected portions of bedded ore from the Sullivan deposit was made possible by use of a cold stage...base of the Main Band to above the ā€˜ā€˜HUā€™ā€™ bands (mine stratigraphic names) in the bedded ore zone are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the SullivanFe-Pb-Zn-Ag Orebody, Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada K. R. MCCLAY Departmentof Geology...Phase3 deformationis post-EarlyCretaceouswhereasthe Sullivan-typenormal faults are probablyEocenein age. D...determetrictonshadbeenminedto theendof 1979(Ham- mine the metamorphicand tectoniceffectson the orebodyand...the earfled out on available ore sections in the mine. A Sullivanorebody(Freeze,1966;Owens,1960) and large...1981;Hamiltonet al., 1982).Recentresearchon the discussed Sullivan orebody has focused on isotopestudies is an inherentsamplingbias
Book
Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: Mineral Deposits of Canada: A Synthesis...Methods Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Publication No. 5 1SBN 978-1-897095-24-9...1. Ore deposits--Canada. 2. Metallogeny--Canada. 3. Physiographic provinces--Canada. 4. Mines and niineral...niineral resources--Canada. 5. Prospecting--Canada. I. Goodfellow, Wayne D. (Wayne David), 1949Il. Geological...Association of Canada III. Series: Special publication (Geological Association of Canada. Mineral Deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
No. 5 CANADA? R. M. THOMPSON. CONTENTS. PAGE Map of Mining Divisions, British Columbia ...........are indebted to the National Research Council of Canada, under whose ā€¢egis some of this work was undertaken... THOMPSON. ,ā€¢ Ćør SPHALERITE FROM WESTERN CANADA. 311 ABSTRACT. A study of 164 samplesof sphalerite...sphalerite,of which 122 are from Vā€¢estern Canada, has confirmed the results of other workers in this field...field, and particularlythoseof Stoiber. Vā€¢estern Canada,as a metallogeneticprovince,is high in gold and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada V. G. ETHIER Ethier Contultants,Ltd., $344 $6...$6 Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta T3E 1C1, Canada AND H. R. KROUSE Department of Physics, University...T2N 1N4, Canada Abstract Previous results of sulfur isotopeanalysesof sulfidesfrom the Sullivan deposithave...Introduction The Massive Pyrrhotite Zone THE Sullivan orebody is located in southeastern This zone...zone consistsof a massivepyrrhotite lens up British Columbia (Fig. 1). It has been regarded as one of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry of the Sullivan Massive SulfideDeposit, Kimberley, British Columbia BRUCEE. NESBITT,FRED...Universityof Alberta, Edmonton,Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada DAVID R. SHAW,* Departmentof Geology,Queen'sUniversity...Queen'sUniversity,Kingston,Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada AND KARLIS MUEHLENBACHS Departmentof Geology,The Universityof...Universityof Alberta, Edmonton,Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada Abstract Oxygenisotopeanalysesof whole-rockand mineral...ratios * PresentAddress:Petro-Canada, Box2844, Calgary,Alberta T2P 3E3, Canada 0361-0128/84/319/933-1452
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
D ep'o neralium slta 9 Springer-Verlag 1992 Pyrite deformation in stratiform lead-zinc deposits of...22, 1991/Accepted: February 18, 1992 Abstract. Pyrite textures in five stratiform lead-zinc deposits...and oriented overgrowth of pyrite is the main deformation mechanism in pyrite deposits at low metamorphic...fine-grained mineral aggregates, its effect on coarse pyrite grains has also been identified. Ore minerals dissolved...compositions in pyritic ores. In spite of the fact that pyrite is remarkably brittle during deformation and metamorphism
Book (edition)
MINERALS AND MINING INDUSTRIES in the areas served by the Canadian National Railways THE LIBRARY OF...University SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MINERALS and MINING INDUSTRIES IN THE AREAS SERVED BY THE CANADIAN...PRICE-GREEN, F.R.G.S. Member, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Member, Society of Chemical Industry...94 95 97 98 Actinolite Mineral Production of Canada Gold Production of the World Silver Production... 42 82 Bituminous Sand Building Stones Columbia British 11 Alberta 16 Saskatchewan Manitoba 17
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geologist, Western Division, Newmont Exploration of Canada Limited, Vancouver, B.C., Canada A distinct vertical...massive pyrite with transitional textures, to a lower zone of stoekwork and impregnated pyrite displaying...zoned textures. The fine-grained and colloform pyrite of the upper zones is progressively overgrown by...euhedral pyrite of lower zones. The original textures of these deposits are best preserved by pyrite. The...chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and tennantite as well as pyrite, were initially deposited on or near the surface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vertical and geographical extent of the Coeur d'Alene mining district have been isotopically analyzed for lead... 646 LONG, SILVERMAN, AND KULP BRITISH ALBERTA COLUMBIA '/ Ā©KIMBERLEY Ā©CRANBROOK : 80NNER I 0 MILES...Coeur d'Alene District, Idaho, and the Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, B.C. It has beengenerallyaccepted(19...sulfideoccursas pyrrhotiteon lower levelsand as pyrite in upper parts of ore shoots. Localization of...COEUR D'ALENE Location Sunshine DISTRICT SaĀ¾Sa4 Mine 2800 ā€¢ level 3840 ā€¢ level 22.14 22.09 Resultsobtainedon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2002, pp. 11ā€“22 The St. Eugene Deposit, British Columbia: A Metamorphosed Ag-Pb-Zn Vein in Proterozoic...de GĆ©nie GĆ©ologique, UniversitĆ© Laval, QuĆ©bec, Canada Abstract The St. Eugene deposit is an Ag-Pb-Zn...Moyie, in the Purcell Mountains, southeastern British Columbia (Fig. 1), was discovered in 1893 by Pierre...were amalgamated in 1906 to form the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company Ltd. that became Cominco Ltd...Proterozoic Purcell Supergroup, which also hosts the Sullivan SEDEX Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, and Ag-Pb-Zn veins of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pattern of distributionto those of the Yukon. The Sullivan ore bodyof the Rocky Mountain trench, containing12...lead, is the least radiogenicand largest of the British Columbiaore bodiesand is surroundedby smaller peripheral...becomeincreasinglyradiogenic with distancefrom Kimberley. The same isotopicpattern was observedfor the...ā€¢.. study.( modified afterAho,1969) .... Faro Mine Fyre Lake Mt. Hundere Kathleen Lake SeL Keno...procedure described by Compstonand Oversby (1969). Pure pyrite separateswere analyzedin the sameway exceptwith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
important deposit in the district is the Blackbird mine which produced copper-cobalt ore sporadically from...chalcopyrite and cobaltiferous pyrite. Toward the northwest at the Blackpine mine, remobilization has concentrated...concordant and discordant veins containing chalcopyrite, pyrite and arsenopyrite. The cobalt is reported to occur...arsenopyrite. Further northwest at the Blackbird mine where the Yellowjacket formation has been metamorphosed...stratigraphic zone. Chalcopyrite, cobaltite, arsenopyrite, pyrite and pyrrhotite are the dominant ore minerals. Up
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mesoscale observations and may be derived from mine plans and sections. Evidence substantiating the...precious-metal exploration. This work has taken him to Canada, Norway, SE Asia and all over Australia. His academic...must be exercised since sulphides ( other than pyrite) record late ductile overprints which mask more...deformation-mechanism map involving pressure solution is pyrite (McClay and Ellis, 1983 ). In addition, there has...Behaviour of common sulphides Pyrite The deformation textures observed in pyrite are typically those of grain
 
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