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Pyrite from
Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Much of the pyrite pseudomorphs marcasite and started in epitaxi on the marcasite before replacing it. This yields bizarre and unique habits
Habit:Quite variable and quite unique, forms present: cube, octo, dodec, trapezohedron, pyritohedron.
Colour:yellow
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite60 photos of Pyrite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Dolomite49 photos of Pyrite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Sphalerite43 photos of Pyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Marcasite26 photos of Pyrite associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Quartz12 photos of Pyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Siegenite6 photos of Pyrite associated with Siegenite at this locality.
Jarosite5 photos of Pyrite associated with Jarosite at this locality.
Galena3 photos of Pyrite associated with Galena at this locality.
Pyrrhotite2 photos of Pyrite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Gypsum1 photo of Pyrite associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (117 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:21887
Long-form Identifier:1:3:21887:6
GUID (UUID V4):98979657-3a50-4d77-88a7-608ceb3dddbe
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Area 29 North, Main Level, Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.0km (0.0 miles) Area 29 North, Main Level, Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Nanisivik Zinc-Lead Mississippi Valley-Type Deposit, Northern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada* ROSS...L. SHERLOCK,† Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, P.O. Box 2319, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada X0A 0H0 JAMES...Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 AND BRIAN L. COUSENS Earth Sciences,...Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract The Nanisivik mine is located on Borden Peninsula, northern Baffin Island...with north-south–trending axes. The sulfides at Nanisivik are hosted in petroliferous dolostones of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Mesoproterozoic Borden Basin (Nanisivik District), Nunavut ELIZABETH C. TURNER† Department of Earth...Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 Abstract Field mapping of carbonate-hosted...Inlet graben of the Mesoproterozoic Borden basin, Nunavut, has identified the main geologic settings for...in the district that hosts the past-producing Nanisivik deposit. All known showings are associated with...volumetrically impressive mineralization (1) for example, Nanisivik orebody, is spatially constrained by erosional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Mesoproterozoic-hosted Nanisivik Zn-Pb deposit, Nunavut, Canada: Evidence for early diagenetic...of the Mesoproterozoic-hosted Nanisivik Zn-Pb deposit, Nunavut, Canada: Evidence for early diagenetic...of the Mesoproterozoic-hosted Nanisivik Zn-Pb deposit, Nunavut, Canada: Evidence PT for early diagenetic...the past-producing Nanisivik carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb PT deposit in Nunavut, Canada, have been controversial...anomalously hot (>150°C). This study combines Re-Os (pyrite) geochronology, in-situ sulfur isotope analysis
Report (issue)
but fairly familiar finds—boleite from the Amelia mine, Baja California, Mexico; zunyite from Quartzsite...from the Kouroudiako iron deposit, Tambacounda region, Senegal. The Arkenstone specimen and photo. Speaking...Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Santander Province (region of 4 ========================================...classic—witness (below) the galena from the Dörnberg mine, Ramsbeck district, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany...recent finds on the dumps of the old La Vidale lead mine, Bréziès, Asprières, Aveyron, France, there is this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mesoproterozoic deep-water carbonate mounds (Nanisivik zinc district, Nunavut) K.E. Hahn, E.C. Turner, D.J. Kontak...Mesoproterozoic deep-water carbonate mounds (Nanisivik zinc district, Nunavut), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta...Mesoproterozoic deep-water carbonate mounds (Nanisivik zinc district, Nunavut) K.E. Hahn1,I, E.C. Turner1, D.J....Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd, Sudbury ON, Canada, P3E 2C6 2 Department of Geological Sciences,...University of Manitoba, 125 Dysart Rd, Winnipeg MB, Canada, R3T 2N2 *Corresponding author: katherine.hahn@ontario
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
residency of Re in pyrite: Examples from carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb ores and implications for pyrite Re-Os geochronology...residency of Re in pyrite: Examples from carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb ores and implications for pyrite Re-Os geochronology...residency of Re in pyrite: Examples from carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb ores and implications for pyrite ReOs geochronology...Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada LODE, Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History...Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada re -p e Keywords: Re-Os geochronology; LA-ICPMS;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystallization rhythmites" at the Nanisivik Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, Baffin Island, Canada D . C . Arne * and S.A. Kissin...Geology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5El The presence of a series of particular...is the Nanisivik Pb-Zn-Ag deposit located on northwest Baffin Island (Fig. 1). The Nanisivik orebodies...excess of 200 °C. The presence of ore textures at Nanisivik identical to DCRs described elsewhere brings into...sparry dolomite (Fig. 2) that defines an internal mine stratigraphy (Arne 1985). This banding is generally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hares (Lepus arcticus) inhabiting a former lead-zinc mine in the Canadian high Arctic: A preliminary study...Amuno c, J. Attitaq d a Nunavut Impact Review Board, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada Department of Biology...Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada c School of Engineering and ICT, University of Tasmania...Hunters and Trappers Association, Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada b H I G H L I G H T S G R A P H I C A L ...Elevated levels of metals were noted in soils of the mine area compared to reference location. • Tissue metal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonate-HostedZn-Pb-Ag Deposit. Nanisivik, Barfin Island, Canada D.C. ARNE,* Department of Geology...Geology,Lakehead University,Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1 L. W. CURTIS, LaurenceCurtis and Associates...CanadaP7B 5E1 Abstract Zn-Pb-Agoresat Nanisivik,northwestBa•n Island,are hostedby upperProterozoiclaminateddolostone...Sulfideorebodies containing pyrite,sphalerite, galena,sparrydolomite,and pyrite pseudomorphous after marcasiteare...Inlet •1111111 1984). Detailed undergroundmappingof mine workings by one of the authors(Curtis, 1984) has
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Neoproterozoic mafic sill at Kiatak, Northumberland Island, Northwestern Greenland Yawooz Kettanah, Marcos...Neoproterozoic mafic sill at Kiatak, Northumberland Island, Northwestern Greenland, Ore Geology Reviews (2016)...Neoproterozoic mafic sill at Kiatak, Northumberland Island, PT Northwestern Greenland Yawooz Kettanah1,...Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4J1, CANADA; zentilli@dal.ca 3 Department of Geology, St. Mary’s...Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, B3H-3C3, CANADA jacob.hanley@smu.ca; fergus.tweedale@smu.ca MA ABSTRACT
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in a Proterozoic Dolostone, Northern Barfin Island, Canada R. A. OLSON Trigg, Woollett,OlsonConsultingLtd...OlsonConsultingLtd., 10504-103Street,Edmonton,Alberta T5H 2V4, Canada Abstract EconomicallyimportantMississippiValley-type...Territories, of genesisfor the zinc-leadsulfide Canada, are MississippiValley type. That is, they anda...anda mechanism comprisestrata-bounddepositsof pyrite, sparrydo- depositsare proposed. lomite, and zinc and...summarizesthe pertinentstratigraphyof northernBafl]n Island, describesin greater detail the stratigraphy a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonate gangue at the Nanisivik zinc-lead deposits, northern Baffin Island, N.W.T. Canada FereydounGhazbaY...L&Y 4M1, Canada bGeography Department, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. L&Y 4K1, Canada (Received...carbonate gangue at the Nanisivik zinc-lead deposits, northern Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada. Chem. Geol. (Isot...associated with lead-zinc mineralization at Nanisivik, N.W.T. Canada. Ore stage WSD and late stage carbonates...(Kessen et al., 1981) and the Pine Point deposits in Canada (Medford et al., 1983) have revealed that gangue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Welcome to the Gems & Minerals of CanadA A R C T I C O C E A N Chukchi Sea Bering Sea 15 60°N ... W 0° Bering Strait of Canada has been selected as the theme for the 2006 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show...Ellesmere Island Queen Elizabeth Axel Heiberg Island 1 Beaufort Sea 35 °W Patrick Island Sverdrup... W 60° °W Melville Island 105°W Banks ICELAND 75°W Devon Island 90°W Island . Norwegian Sea Greenland...in the mid- to latenineteenth century, those in Canada are still taking place. The most recent of these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonate-hosted Zn district: Storm copper deposit, Arctic Canada Jordan Mathieu, Elizabeth C. Turner, Daniel J....carbonate-hosted Zn district: Storm copper deposit, Arctic Canada, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi.org/10...carbonate-hosted Zn district: Storm copper deposit, Arctic Canada Jordan Mathieua,*, Elizabeth C. Turnera, Daniel...Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada b Department of Geological Science, University...University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada c Juniata College, Huntingdon, PN 16652, USA *jy_mathieu@laurentian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
January 23, 2001) Abstract—The disposal of sulfide mine tailings in an environmentally sound, yet cost-effective...within sulfide mine tailings and controlling sulfide oxidation and the resultant acid mine drainage (AMD)...temperature-dependent rates of O2 consumption in saturated mine tailings. Measurements include microscale O2 gradients...undisturbed mine tailing profiles from an impoundment near Nanisivik Mine in northern Canada. Measurements...tailing disposal) that are constructed to maintain mine tailings fully saturated, thereby minimizing O2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
STtLATA-BOUND NORTHERN DEREK ZINC-LEAD SULFIDE BAFFIN ISLAND, CANADA--A DEPOSITS IN A DISCUSSION C. FORD...isfilledwith layered pyrite. This feature is i m deep, 350 m wide, and in the vicinityof Nanisivik,BaffinIsland...tubes that have been much enlarged during bodyat Nanisivik,termedthe "Main Ore" by Clayton emplacement;they...MammothCave-typelargepassages developfromthe I visited the mine in 1981 and 1982 when the Main Ore was open for...horizontalcor- depth ratiosare lower than at Nanisivik. rosionbevel up to 100 m wide, which cuts across
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of oxidation processes and products in sulphidic mine tailings Tonči Balić-Žunić, Anna Katerinopoulou...these consistently. Sources and products of acid mine drainage represent a system where these differences...estimation of expected errors. In our case mixtures of pyrite, dolomite, gypsum and amorphous silica were applied...mass balance in oxidized mine tailings from the Nanisivik Mine, Nunavut, Canada revealing an oxidized proportion...proportion of 9 % of total pyrite content in the well drained tailings during a period of 8 years and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The late Mesoproterozoic Arctic Bay Formation, Nunavut Malcolm S.W. Hodgskiss a,∗ , Pierre Sansjofre b...Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Mesoproterozoic Arctic Bay Formation (Borden Basin, Nunavut, Canada) is up to ∼1130 m-thick and contains a significant...Bylot Supergroup on northernmost Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada (modified from Hodgskiss et al., 2018)....of the Bylot Supergroup, Nunavut, Canada (Fig. 1) may represent one such region, comprising a notably thick
Report (issue)
10.23–10.55 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Neuglück mine, Wittichen, Black Forest, Germany. 3.00 (100), 1...Association: Chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, bornite, acanthite, calcite, dolomite, siderite...Herodsfoot mine. In Algeria, from near Tenés and Mouzaı́a. In Bolivia, at the San José mine, Oruro. In...other places. From the Noche Buena mine, Mazapil, and at the El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas...Summit Co., Utah. From the Nanisivik mine, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Name: In allusion to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
E veryone is familiar with iron sulfide-it is pyrite, FeS,, fool’s gold, brassy cubes, right? Well,...sulfides is far more complicated than simply that of pyrite, a mineral with which some are all too familiar...assuming that it’s a hexagonal pyrite. Many conclude that because pyrite is cubic, pyrrhotite must be hexagonal...unstable in humid environments, decrepitating like pyrite. Pyrrhotite could (and probably should) be considered...pentlandite. Pseudomorphs of marcasite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrargyrite, magnetite, and quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dolostone and the age of the Nanisivik zinc deposits, Baf®n Island, Canada Received: 9 January 1999 /...within the hydrothermal zone surrounding the Nanisivik zinc deposits retain a stable characteristic remanent...postulated Cretaceous remagnetization event in the region. Introduction The original aim of this study,... initiated in 1989, was to date the Nanisivik Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) zinc deposits (Fig. 1). The...The ore, however, was found to contain too much pyrite to be successfully demagnetized. Sul®des oxidized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NanisivikLead-Zinc Deposits,Northwest Territories, BaffinIsland, Canada FEREYDOUN GHAZBAN, HENRY P. SCHWARCZ, GeologyDepartment...consistsof bandedore with alternatingcm-thicklayersof pyrite, sphalerite,and lessabundantgalena,interlaminatedwith...remnants ofhostdolomite. Heavy•34Svaluesofsulfides (pyrite,sphalerite, andgalena) rangingfrom 21.5 to 31.2...Isotopictemperaturesfrom intersulfidefractionations(pyrite,sphaleriteandgalena)rangefrom90ø to 270øC.Plotsof...result of reduction of sulfate, either at the The Nanisivik Pb-Zn Deposits The depositsare locatedin northernBaffinIsland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DOLOMITE FROM THE NANISIVIK DEPOSIT, BAFFIN ISLAND, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA K]. MCNAUGHTON AND...Geology,Universityof Windsor,Windsor,Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada Introduction 3 km, but the maximumdepth of burial...1977; R. H. Clayton and L. Thorpe, unpub. rept., pyrite, sphalerite,galena,and sparrydolomite.The 1978;...initiated as a Neohelikian aufluids from which the Nanisivik deposit formedand lacogenin theNorthBaitlnrift... Zone AreaLocation FIC. 1. Location of the Nanisivik orebody and the regional geologyof the area.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mesoproterozoic alkaline lake, Borden Basin (Nunavut, Canada) Katherine E. Hahn a,∗ , Elizabeth C. Turner...University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON, Canada P3E 1R9 Department of Geology, Museum Building...Supergroup Strathcona Sound Fm. & Athole Point Fm. Nanisivik Fm. IK Ikpiarjuk Fm.(IK) Fabricius Fiord Fm...northwestern MIG (Nanisivik Formation; Turner, 2009, 2011). During at least the initial phase of Nanisivik and Angmaat...and de Kemp, 1998). Following deposition of the Nanisivik and Angmaat formations, the MIG was twice uplifted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University 859 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0C4 peter.tarassoff@sympatico.ca M CGILL...of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island (Dawson 1855). Figure 3. From left: Redpath Museum...Pinch Medal from the Mineralogical Association of Canada. VISITOR INFORMATION Address: Redpath Museum,...Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C4, Canada Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 11...Montreal founded in 1827, and the Geological Survey of Canada established in 1842. All three museums were available
 
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