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Coloradoite from
Sylvanite Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Coloradoite
Formula:HgTe
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Coloradoite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sylvanite Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:269566
Long-form Identifier:1:3:269566:2
GUID (UUID V4):faaf0287-4093-402e-ab8c-93af1c690893
Nearest other occurrences of Coloradoite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘToburn Mine (Tough-Oakes Burnside Mine), Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘWright Hargreaves Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘLake Shore Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘKirkland Rand mine (Ontario Kirkland; Hudson Rand), Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘTeck-Hughes Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘKirkland Lake Gold mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘMacassa Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
54.4km (33.8 miles) ⓘRobb-Montbray Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-TĂ©miscamingue, QuĂ©bec, Canada
71.6km (44.5 miles) ⓘBeattie-Donchester Mine, Abitibi-Ouest RCM, Abitibi-TĂ©miscamingue, QuĂ©bec, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 73-30 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR, KIRKLAND LAKE - NORANDA...NORANDA - VAL D'OR; ONTARIO AND QUEBEC Ann P. Sabina DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES © Crown Copyrights...by mail from Information Canada, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and...and Information Canada bookshops in HALIFAX - 1683 Barrington Street MONTREAL - 640 St. Catherine Street...available for reference in public libraries across Canada Price: $3. 00 Catalogue No. M44-73-30 Price
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
publication of Contributions to Canadian Mineralogy in Canada. fn order to preservethe continuity and integrity...Australia), Cripple Creek (Colorado), and Kirkland Lake (Ontario), and all of these are also important gold...342 TELLUKIDE MINERALS AND THEIR OCCURRENCE IN CANADA 343 erals of the Transylvanian deposits have been...telluride localities have been almost confined to Ontario and Quebec. The discovery ol a number of bismuth...study of these minerals and their occurrencein Canada. Mnr,Eoos on Srunv The study of a speciescommencedwith
Report (volume)
Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 Kirkland Lake – Rouyn-Noranda – Val-d’Or, Ontario and Quebec...Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR: Kirkland Lake – Rouyn-Noranda...Val-d’Or, Ontario and Quebec Ann P. Sabina 2003 ©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2003 Catalogue...Available in Canada from Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8 3303-33rd...for reference in selected public libraries across Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en français
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Gold Mineralization in the Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake Gold Belt, Ontario V. ISPOLATOV,†,* B. LAFRANCE...933 Ramsey Lake Rd., Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 6B5 B. DUBÉ, Geological Survey of Canada Quebec, 490...490 rue de la Couronne, QuĂ©bec, QuĂ©bec, Canada G1K 9A9 R. CREASER, Department of Earth and Atmospheric...Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 AND M. HAMILTON Jack Satterley Geochronology...Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B1 Abstract The Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake gold belt includes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
late discovery of the phenomenal Cripple Creek district, essentially subsequent to the development of...contain significant amounts of gold tellurides. Sylvanite, another important gold telluride, was featured...Analyses of calaverite from the Kirkland Lake district, Ontario, Canada, show up to several tenths of a...origin. Pseudomorphs of gold and very rarely coloradoite and melonite after calaverite have been reported...tellurides such as altaite, coloradoite, krennerite, rickardite, and sylvanite; other commonly associated
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)
edu Sylvanite Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 23:14 19 October 2014 Vindicator Mine, Cripple...important of which is sylvanite. A historically significant Cripple Creek sylvanite specimen has been nominated...current availability from several unusual sources. Sylvanite is a silver-white to steel-gray mineral with a...2–2.0) and brittle and has a density of 8.16. Sylvanite is monoclinic (2/m), and crystals are commonly...in groups that resemble cuneiform characters. Sylvanite is gold-silver telluride with the composition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphidesand associatedtelluridesexist throughoutthe district. Becauseof the comparativescarcityof detailedinformation...twenty-five sectionsof ores from Kirkland Lake and Porcupine,Ontario, and twelve sections from Cripple...CrippleCreekspecimens; to the managements of the Lake Shore,Wright-Hargreaves,Dome, Macassa,and Toburn...325 DISTRICT. 'Duringthe yearsI935-I937, the geology of the La Plata, Coloradomining district was revisedunder...GeologicalSurveyreport on the district. The La Plata Mountains, in which the mining district lies, form a southerlyoutlierof
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
Report (issue)
FOR THE COLLECTOR Cobalt - Belleferre-Timmins; Ontario and Quebec Ann P. Sabina . t i , , DEPARTMENT...DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES 1974 CANADA PAPER 73-13 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR...COLLECTOR, - COBALT -.BEMETERRE TIMMINS; ONTARIO AND QUEBEC Ann P. Sabina DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND...by mail from Information Canada, Ottawa from the Geologicql Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and...and Information Canada bookshops in HALIFAX - 1683 Barrington Street MONTREAL - 640 St. Catherine Street
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 57 Cobalt – Belleterre – Timmins Ontario and Quebec Ann...Ann P. Sabina 2000 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 57 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR...Timmins Ontario and Quebec Ann P. Sabina 2000 ©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2000 Catalogue...Available in Canada from Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8 3303-33rd...for reference in selected public libraries across Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en français
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fromdifferentmines: Coloradoite-calaverite Coloradoite-calaverite-tetrahedrite Coloradoite-calaverite-petzite...tzite Coloradoite-gold Sylvanite-hessite Petzite-sylvanite-hessite It shouldbe emphasizedthat certain...accessory minerals. The assemblages tellurium-sylvanite and sylvanite-empressite are probablygoodexamplesof this...Tellurium-calaverite Tellurium-empressite Tellurium-sylvanite Calaverite-gold Empressite-hessite Hessite-silver...assemblages: Calaverite-sylvanite Calaverite-petzite Sylvanite-petzite Sylvanite-hessite Sylvanite-empressite Petzite-hessite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
possibly, native tellurium from the Stanislaus mine in the Mother Lode region of California. Later,...melonite in telluride ore from the Forlorn Hope mine in Boulder County, Colorado. Additional occurrenceshave...Creek District of Colorado; Illinawortina, South Australial and, recently, in Quebec and Ontario, Canada...(1946), who found that melonite in the RobbMontbray Mine appears in patches up to 20 mm. wide associatedwith...Wright-Hargreaves, Toburn, ancl Macassa mines at Kirkland Lake in Ontario. Analyses of concentrates from the telluride
Book
Kingston. FHC MACMILLANS C IN CANADA O TORONTO: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED: AT ST. MARTIN’S...HOUSE 1933 nO Copyright, Canada, 1933 by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED All rights reserved—no...from the publishers. permission in i Printed in Canada To My Wife 1 I PREFACE The rapid development...mation concerning them. The geological surveys of Canada and the United States and the provincial and state...the Geological Surveys of the United States and Canada and of the state and provincial surveys form the
Journal (issue)
Rocks and Minerals of Ontario -- H f ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS Honourable...and Minerals of Ontario By D. F. HEWITT Chief, Industrial Mineral Section Ontario Department of Mines...sedimentary rocks of Gordon Lake Formation, Highway 108; north of Elliot Lake. (Courtesy F. W. Chandler)...left: Early Precambrian pillow lavas; Munekun Lake, District of Kenora. (Courtesy L. D. Ayres). Lower right:... (Courtesy The International Nickel Company of Canada, Limited). Centre left: Eurypterus lacustris, an
Report (issue)
noe oes ae eR ee ao Dee Walaverite-krennerite-sylvanite< === ee ee ee COLO AOL eee are ee RE ee ie a ee...of vug. Reflected light, in air, 183 X. Smuggler mine; c. Galena (gn) replaced by hessite (hs) which was...gold (Au). Reflected light, in air, 218 X. Nancy mine; d. Tetrahedrite (td) interstitial to pyrite (py)...Croesus mine; f. Single crystal of tellurium (Te) was largely replaced by intergrown coloradoite (colo)...(colo) and sylvanite (sv) and outer layer of sponge tellurium (sponge Te). Outlines of original crystal visible
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from stoichiometry, the compositional fieid of sylvanite is clearly separated from those of krennerite...pleochroism, facilitale microscopic determination of sylvanite. The material investigated during the present...specimensfrom Cripple Creek, Colorado, and from the Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Fiji. Figure 1 illustrates a telluride...in sixsided pyrite grain is coloradoite, [IgTe (no Au or Ag) Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Fiji Grid size magnificationX...3 . 2 !- 2 6t 7x 4 98 5 1. AuAgTer. 2. Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Fiji (EFS65) 3. "Fiji Islands" (R) 4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Golden Mile deposit. Calaverite, petzite, coloradoite, altaite and native gold are most common throughout... melonite, hessite, stĂŒtzite, krennerite and sylvanite are rare in the main and caunter lodes. In addition...SOMMAIRE Le gisement aurifĂšre de Golden Mile, dans le district de Kalgoorlie, en Australie occidentale, est un...tellurantimoine, mĂ©lonite, hessite, stĂŒtzite, krennerite et sylvanite sont rares dans les essaims principaux et caunter...Laurentian University, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 6B5, Canada. 1504 THE CANADIAN MINERALOGIST
Report (issue)
Association: Altaite, petzite, stutzite, sylvanite, tellurantimony, coloradoite, krennerite, arsenic, gold, proustite...tellurobismuthite, altaite, galena, pyrite (Bohuliby mine, Czech Republic). Distribution: In Romania, from...and Baia-de-Arieş (Offenbánya). In the Bohuliby mine, Jı́lové gold deposit, Czech Republic. From the...Manka, Kazakhstan. At Zod, Armenia. In the Glen Rosa mine, Selukwe, Zimbabwe. In the USA, from Gold Hill,...the Dorleska mine, Coffee Creek district, Trinity Co., California; from the Mayflower mine, Tobacco Root
Report (issue)
........................................... R15 Mine Waste Characteristics........................................................................ R17 Mine Closure...........................................at the Kankberg deposit in the SkellefteĂ„ VMS district of VĂ€sterbotten County, Sweden. Combined, these...Willow Creek Kensington Hedley Golden Sunlight Red Lake Stillwater 135° 90° 80° Ashanti 90° 135° ...Csiklovaite Bi2TeS2 NagyĂĄgite Pb5Au(Te,Sb)4S5–8 Coloradoite HgTe Native tellurium Te Emmonsite Fe2(TeO3)3
Book (edition)
bluish greys Mineral red specs yes Ramdohrite Coloradoite Sternbergite Tausonite Bournonite Eskebornite...pale to dark grey moderate, brown to bluish Sylvanite distinct, light to dark brown and orange Plumbopalladinite... 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Telluride mineralization at Ashanti gold mine, Ghana R. J. BOWELL, R. P. FOSTER Department of Geology...5BD Abstract Gold mineralization at the Ashanti Mine occurs in shear zones which are second-order components...assemblages of goethite, chalcocite, coloradoite, calaverite, sylvanite, kostovite, petzite, stutzite, hessite...assemblage of altaite-petzite-hessite + sylvanite + coloradoite. Precipitation occurred over a temperature...in the period between 1898 and September 1986 the mine produced 584 t (18.7 Moz) of gold from 25.9 million
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hokkaido, Japan. The telluride deposits in this district consist of quartzâ€“ïŹlled fracture systems of Late...native tellurium, hessite, stutzite, petzite, sylvanite, calaverite, tellurobismuthite, tetradymite, Se–bearing...tetradymite, tellurantimony, goldïŹeldite, altaite, coloradoite, tellurite, teineite, and poughite. The ïŹrst...stutzite, petzite, sylvanite and hessite are followed by calaverite, coloradoite, tellurobismuthite,...working metal mines in Hokkaido. The southwestern district of Hokkaido has produced a valuable amount of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold in white quartz from the Dunallan No. 1 gold-mine,lear Coolgardie in the Coolgardle gold-field, which...which was also exhibited by beads obtained from sylvanite, appeared to depend on the presence of a small...chemical formula, namely (Au,Ag)T%; hut while sylvanite appears to be fairly conBtant in composition,...available for the deterruination of their symmetry, sylvanite being monoclinie and krennerite orthorhombic....silver telluride of Kalgoorlie may thus be either sylvanite or krennerite, or possibly both. Under the circumstances
Report (issue)
Front cover top: 5.1 cm high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin...Photo Robert Gambee Below: Crystallized gold from Canada Private collection; Jeff Scovil photo extraLapis...and Bill Birch The Rush for Gold Turns North to Canada and Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....photo Stefan Weiss Lower Right: Round Mountain gold mine, Nye County, NV, USA 2.5 cm wide; Ron Pellar collection;...collection; Jeff Scovil photo Below: Olinghouse gold mine, Washoe County, Nevada, USA 12. 7 cm across; collection
 
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