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Sphalerite from
Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:195487
Long-form Identifier:1:3:195487:6
GUID (UUID V4):af97eb7c-84f7-4b12-9f9c-830478883d08
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
David Bell Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Golden Giant Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Williams Mine (Page Williams Mine), Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Golden Giant Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
0.6km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Williams Mine (Page Williams Mine), Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
1.3km (0.8 miles) ā“˜David Bell Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
5.8km (3.6 miles) ā“˜Fearless-Python property, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
6.2km (3.8 miles) ā“˜White River property (White River gold occurrence), Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
22.5km (14.0 miles) ā“˜Big Lake deposit, Marathon area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
27.7km (17.2 miles) ā“˜Peekongay Mine, Pic Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
44.2km (27.5 miles) ā“˜Ameranium prospect (Geordie Lake; Macrae), Seeley Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
47.9km (29.8 miles) ā“˜Area 41 deposit, Seeley Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
51.8km (32.2 miles) ā“˜Willroy mine, Gemmell Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1995 ) 455-488 The late Archean Hemlo gold deposit, Ontario, Canada: a review and synthesis Yuanming...Saskatoon, Sask. S7N 5E2, Canada Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. N6A...5B7, Canada Received 18 March 1994; accepted 30 January 1995 Abstract The Hemlo gold deposit, northwestern...northwestern Ontario, Canada, is situated within the late Archean Hemlo--Heron Bay greenstone belt of the...central axis of the greenstone belt. The Hemlo gold deposit is located within the central metamorphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Press Ltd. 1985. Rinted in U.S.A. The Hemlo gold deposit, Ontario: A geochemical and isotopic study and...EION M.CAMERoN*.t *Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Kl A OE8 **Department of Geology, University...University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Ontario KIN 6N5 tDerry Laboratory for Sedimentary Geochemistry and Ore Deposits...1985) Abstract-The Hemlo deposit, near Marathon, Ontario, is one of the largest gold deposits in North...other occurrences have since been found west of Hemlo. The mineralization is substantially enriched in
Report (issue)
Association: Realgar, stibnite, pierrotite, sphalerite, pyrite, smithite (Jas Roux, France); pyrite...parapierrotite, molybdenite, sphalerite, tetrahedriteā€“tennantite (Hemlo deposit, Canada). Distribution: From...From the Jas Roux deposit, 10 km east of Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Hautes-Alpes, France [TL]. At the Vorontsovskoye...Vorontsovskoye gold deposit, Serov district, Northern Ural Mountains, Russia. In the Hemlo gold deposit, Thunder...Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada. Name: France. For Pierre Routhier (1916ā€“ ), Professor of Economic
Report (issue)
014(3) Ī± = 89.06(1)ā—¦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Hemlo deposit, Canada. 2.924 (100), 2.722 (90), 2.665 (90), 2...3 27.0 12.7 12.0 5.7 Total 97.7 (1) Hemlo deposit, Canada; by electron microprobe, Fe2+ :Fe3+ and...hydrothermal gold deposit. Association: Quartz, barian microcline, pyrite, molybdenite, sphalerite, arsenopyrite...the Hemlo gold deposit, in the Page-Williams mine, three km east of Hemlo, Thunder Bay district, Ontario...Ontario, Canada. Name: For the Hemlo deposit, Ontario, Canada, where it occurs. Type Material: The Natural
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)
76 Sb0.06 Si0.02 )Ī£=O.84 O13 (OH). (2) Hemlo deposit, Canada; by electron microprobe, average of several...from a hydrothermal gold deposit (Kalgoorlie, Western Australia); in a gold deposit at the contact of felsic...metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks (Hemlo deposit, Canada). Association: Vanadian muscovite, rutile...arsenic, sphalerite, zinkenite, aktashite, tetrahedrite, vanadian muscovite (Hemlo mine, Canada). Distribution:...Perseverance mine. In the Hemlo gold deposit, Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada. Name: To honor Stephan
Report (issue)
Mineral Group: Sphalerite group. Association: Altaite, calaverite, krennerite, petzite, gold, pyrite, chalcopyrite...chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, pyrrhotite, tetrahedriteā€“tennantite. Distribution: In the USA, in Colorado...Hope mine, Vulcan, Gunnison Co.; in the La Plata district, La Plata Co.; and at the Keystone, Mountain Lion...Co. [TL]; from the Cresson mine, Cripple Creek district, Teller Co.; in California, at the Norwegian mine...Getchell mines, Potosi district, Humboldt Co.; from the Outlaw mine, Round Mountain district, Nye Co.; and at
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Giant Yellowknife mine, Canada. 1.999 (100), 3.32 (50), 0.865 (50), 2.97 (40)...44.72 55.28 Total 100.0 100.00 (1) Hillgrove deposit, Australia; by electron microprobe, average of...Group: Pyrite group. Occurrence: In hydrothermal gold-quartz veins, in portions deficient in sulfur and...containing other antimony minerals. Association: Gold, freibergite, stibnite, jamesonite, chalcostibite...pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, tetrahedrite. Distribution: In Canada, from the Giant Yellowknife
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014 GOLD IN THE CANADIAN SHIELD DAVID K. JOYCE Box 95551 Newmarket, Ontario Canada L3Y 8J8 dkjoyce@bellnet...dkjoyce@bellnet.ca Figure 1. Hollinger mine, Timmins, Ontario. This mine was often confused with the famous Dome...underlying the central and northern portion of Canada. For the most part, the Shield is a geologically...that has helped shape the character and economy of Canada for the past approximately 150 years. It has only...1823, 313 million troy ounces of gold have been recovered in Canada, much of it from the Canadian Shield
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology Vol. 99, pp. 1063ā€“1084 The Hemlo Gold Deposit, Ontario: An Example of Melting and Mobilization...Geophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 DAVID R. M. PATTISON, Department of Geology...Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 AND EVA ZALESKI Geological Survey of Canada, 3303 ā€“ 33rd St. NW... Alberta, Canada T2L 2A7 Abstract The timing of mineralization at the Hemlo gold deposit has long been...incorporation of other elements into the melt. The gold-bearing melt was mobilized from compressional high-strain
Report (issue)
99(5) c = 8.60(5) X-ray Powder Pattern: Madoc, Canada. 3.51 (100), 2.344 (80), 2.78 (70), 4.18 (50),...24.8 12.0 23.9 Total 103 100.0 99.4 (1) Madoc, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponding to Pb1.10...(Madoc, Canada). Association: ChabourneĢite, pierrotite, parapierrotite, stibnite, pyrite, sphalerite, zinkenite...wakabayashilite, realgar, orpiment (Jas Roux, France); sphalerite, pyrite, galena, playfairite, sorbyite, guettardite...Distribution: In Canada, from near Madoc [TL], and in the Hemlo gold deposit, Thunder Bay district, Ontario. In France
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Archean GreenstoneBelt, White River Property, Hemlo Area, Ontario YUANMING PAN, MICHAEL E. FLEET, Department...eology, Universityof WesternOntario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7 AND WILLIAM E. STONE Departmentof...Departmentof Geology,McMasterUniversity,Hamilton,Ontario, CanadaL8S 4M1 Abstract Three prominentmineralizedcal...ArcheanHemlo-HeronBaygreenstone belt of the Superiorprovince,Ontario,Canada.The Cr- andFe-richskarnswere metasomatically...introducedduringthe late calc-silicatealteration. Gold mineralizationis spatiallyrelated to the REE-en
Report (issue)
3600(3) Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Gal-Khaya deposit, Russia. 3.10 (10), 1.903 (10), 1.621 (10), 2.69...Aktash deposit, Russia; by electron microprobe, average of two analyses. (2) Gal-Khaya deposit, Russia;...luzonite, enargite, cinnabar, chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, realgar, orpiment, dickite, quartz, calcite...mercury deposit, Kosh-Agach district, Kurai Range, Altai Mountains [TL]; in the Gal-Khaya deposit, Sakha;...arsenic deposit, central Caucasus Mountains; from the Vorontsovskoye gold deposit, Serov district, Northern
Report (issue)
c = 5.148 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Cobalt, Canada. 2.84 (100), 2.06 (70), 1.965 (70), 1.533 (30)...48 Total 99.92 99.9 100.00 (1) Hudson Bay mine, Cobalt, Canada; in part due to nickeline. (2) St. Andreasberg...tetrahedrite, pyrrhotite, cubanite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, calcite. Distribution: In Germany, from...Japan. At the Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka, India. In Canada, from the Cobalt district, near Red Lake; in...Silver Islet mine and the Hemlo gold deposit, Thunder Bay district, Ontario. In the USA, from Coyote Peak
Report (issue)
pyrite, arsenopyrite, tetrahedrite, tennantite, sphalerite, stibnite, other sulfides. Distribution: In the...Stanislaus [TL], Morgan, and Melones mines, Carson Hill district, Calaveras Co.; at the Spotted Horse mine, Maiden...the Cripple Creek district, Teller Co.; the Central City district, Gilpin Co.; Gold Hill, Boulder Co.;...the Hemlo gold deposit, Thunder Bay district, Ontario; and the Robb-Montbray mine, Quebec, Canada. From...in the Tuvatu Auā€“Agā€“Te deposit, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands. At the Bulawan deposit, Negros Occidental, Phillipines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metamorphism of Hydrothermal Alteration at the Hemlo Gold Deposit, Ontario MARTIN HEILIGMANN, ANTHONY E. WILLIAMS-JONES...Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A7 Abstract The Hemlo Au (-Mo) deposit is an example of atypical...north-central Ontario. The ore is shear hosted and consists primarily of disseminated native gold in several...amphibole was present prior to alteration and that gold mineralization occurred at pressure-temperature...primarily to the very high fS2 during alteration and gold mineralization, which caused iron to partition preferentially
Report (issue)
Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6000 Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 1999 1999...1999 ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open File Report 6000 Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 1999...Subprovince, northwestern Ontario; in Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 1999, Ontario Geological Survey...Printer for Ontario, 1999 Ā© Queenā€™s Printer for Ontario, 1999. Open File Reports of the Ontario Geological...at the regional Mines and Minerals office whose district includes the area covered by the report (see below)
Report (issue)
(Binntal, Switzerland). Association: Tennantite, sphalerite, pyrite, dufreĢnoysite, rathite, baumhauerite...tennantite, jordanite, dufreĢnoysite (Bleikvassli deposit, Norway). Distribution: From the Lengenbach quarry...Bleikvassli Znā€“Pbā€“Cu deposit, northern Norway. At the Aghios Philippos Pbā€“Zn deposit, near Kirki, Greece...Columbia, and in the Hemlo gold deposit, Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada. At the Noche Buena mine...TarapacaĢ, Chile. From Tsumeb, Namibia. At the Pbā€“Zn deposit, Yanbian, Sichuan Province, China. From Broken
Report (issue)
hydrothermal origin. Association: Chalcopyrite, sphalerite, realgar, orpiment, tetrahedrite. Distribution:...and at Recki Bach. From the Bleikvassli Znā€“Pbā€“Cu deposit, Nordland, Norway. At Wheal Boys, St. Endellion..., Colorado. From the Hemlo gold deposit, Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada. Name: To honor Professor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Occurrence, Marathon, Ontario, Canada* MARC RINNE1,ā€ ,** AND PETE HOLLINGS1 1 Department...Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada Abstract The Big Lake volcanogenic...sulfide (VMS) occurrence, located in the Schreiber-Hemlo belt in the Wawa subprovince of the Superior province...subeconomic assemblage of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, cobaltite, and galena currently defined over...from the Big Lake VMS occurrence near Marathon, Ontario (Fig. 1). The data are used to describe the conditions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cuā€“Pbā€“Asā€“Sbā€“S Systems in Ores of the Berezitovoe Goldā€“Polymetallic Deposit, Upper Amur Region, Russia A. S. Vakha...Pbā€“Asā€“Sb sulfosalts from ores of the Berezitovoe gold deposit, Upper Amur Region, located in the eastern part...features of Pbā€“Asā€“Sb sulfosalts at the Berezitovoe deposit are controlled by partial melting of sulfide minerals...sulfide melt, ore metamorphism, gold mineralization, Berezitovoe deposit, Mongol-Okhotsk orogenic belt...The described minerals are much less frequent at gold deposits (Timofeevsky, 1963, 1968; Bryzgalov et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bournoniteā€“Seligmannite Series in Ore of the Beresitovoe Deposit, Upper Amur Region, Russia A. S. Vakha, b, *, O...ite series of minerals in gold-bearing veinlets of the Beresitovoe deposit located in the eastern part...bournoniteā€“seligmannite series, gold mineralization, ore metamorphism, Beresitovoe deposit, Upper Amur region DOI:...the first time in ore of the Beresitovoe goldā€“base-metal deposit situated in the eastern part of the Mongoliaā€“...Mongoliaā€“ Okhotsk Orogenic Belt. The deposit is localized in Paleozoic granite of the Khaiktaā€“Orogzhan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for the Auā€“Teā€“Bi accumulations in the Lucky Draw deposit in Australia (Sheppard et al. 1995). Despite these...group of deposits consist of Agbearing galenaā€“sphalerite orebodies that also contain minor amounts of...the ores from the Broken Hill deposit, particularly those rich in sphalerite, is the development of low...galena, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite against sphalerite. Galena forms 3/28/02, 16:18 4 THE CANADIAN... cuspate, low-angle interfaces against sphaleriteā€“sphalerite boundaries (Fig. 2B), and locally occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DOI 10.1007/s00126-013-0466-3 ARTICLE Multistage gold mineralization at the Lapa mine, Abitibi Subprovince:...Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 Abstract The Lapa gold deposit contains reserves of 2.4 Mt at 6.5 g/t Au and...Subprovince from the Pontiac Subprovince to the south. Gold mineralization is predominantly hosted in highly... and native gold disseminated in biotite- and carbonate-altered wall rocks. Native gold, which is also...the deposit is characterized by a Auā€“Sbā€“As association. At vertical depth greater than 1 km, gold is associated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rarity (compared to pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite, or chalcopyrite, for example) is surprising...Schwarzwald, southwest (SW) Germany. Here, galena, sphalerite, and native arsenic are the most abundant ore...ore stages comprise (1) galena-barite and (2) sphalerite-native arsenicquartz, the latter with a general...general mineral succession of pyrite ā†’ sphalerite Ā± jordanite-gratonite solid solution ā†’ galena ā†’ native...aqueous Zn and Pb lead to early saturation of sphalerite and galena that promoted native arsenic precipitation
 
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