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Chalcopyrite from
Whistle Mine, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Whistle Mine, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:568672
Long-form Identifier:1:3:568672:8
GUID (UUID V4):62c00d1b-3d4f-4199-b859-ea8cc14bec42
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Podolsky Mine, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
0.8km (0.5 miles) ā“˜Norman Property, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
5.5km (3.4 miles) ā“˜Milnet Mine, Parkin Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
7.2km (4.5 miles) ā“˜Amy Lake zone, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
8.8km (5.5 miles) ā“˜Capre Lake Mine, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
11.4km (7.1 miles) ā“˜Victor Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
11.5km (7.1 miles) ā“˜Blue Lake Victor Mine, Sudbury area, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
12.1km (7.5 miles) ā“˜Broken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
12.4km (7.7 miles) ā“˜Victor Deep Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
12.5km (7.7 miles) ā“˜Nickel Rim Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization, and Emplacement of the Whistle-Parkin Offset Dike, Sudbury* A. J. MURPHY AND J. G. SPRAYā€  Planetary...Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada Abstract The Whistle-Parkin dike is a 12-km-long radial offset...sector of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury impact structure. The dike is connected to the Sudbury Igneous Complex via...via a 0.5-km-long, 250-m-wide embayment. The Whistle segment of the dike narrows to a width of approximately...the dike lithologies are representative of bulk Sudbury Igneous Complex melt. We propose a multistage emplacement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS RECORDED IN THE SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX, CANADA: SIGNIFICANCE TO FORMATION OF Ni-Cu...Laurentian University, 925 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 Abstract Sulfur isotope ratios...norites, quartz gabbros, and granophyres from the Sudbury Igneous Complex have been analyzed to establish...sublayer in the lower portion of the main mass of the Sudbury Igneous Complex are characterized by uniform sulfur...Ī“34S values; for example mineralization from Whistle mine varies from 3.1 to 4.3ā€°, whereas mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by magnetic sorting of Niā€“Cu ore at Whistle mine, Sudbury, Canada M. T. Vatcha, L. B. Cochrane and D....industry. During the early development of the Sudbury Niā€“Cu deposits in the late 1800s and early 1900s...to install a magnetic separator at the Whistle open-pit mine,3 a relatively low-grade (0.98% Ni and 0...approximately 40 km northeast of Sudbury (Fig. 1). Mining operations The Whistle deposit, owned by Inco, Ltd...In 1987 the deposit was reassessed; an open-pit mine was designed with twelve 10-m benches. Mining began
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Emplacement of the Whistle Dike, the Whistle Embayment and Hosted Sulfides, Sudbury Impact Structure,...University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada Abstract The Sudbury impact structure is one of the few multi-ring...mantle component. The impact melts formed the Sudbury Igneous Complex and also were emplaced as radial...the target rocks. The Whistle dike, one of the radial ā€œoffsetā€ dikes in the Sudbury impact structure, is...is connected to the Sudbury Igneous Complex by the Whistle embayment structure, which is composed of noritic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Rathbun Offset Dike of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (Ontario, Canada) Alexander Kawohl,1,ā€  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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Footwall Units of the North Range, Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada, and Implications for the Genesis of...Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract Systematic regional sampling...sampling along the contact zone of the 1.85 Ga age Sudbury Igneous Complex with the Archean Levack Gneiss footwall...footwall in the North Range of the Sudbury structure revealed textural, mineralogical, and fluid inclusion...inclusion systematics of post-Sudbury Igneous Complex hydrothermal processes that affected the various lithologies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genetic Model for Offset Dike Mineralization in the Sudbury Igneous Complex PETER C. LIGHTFOOTā€  AND CATHARINE...Technical Services Limited, Copper Cliff, Ontario P0M 1N0, Canada Abstract The Worthington offset dike extends...away from the southwestern margin of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex. The dike is zoned with respect...adjacent country-rock amphibolites, locally termed ā€œSudbury gabbros.ā€ The semimassive to massive sulfide zones...crust and also to the bulk composition of the Sudbury Igneous Complex rocks. Regional differences in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intrusions in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: origin of the Sudbury impact melt sheet and its associated...intrusions in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: origin of the Sudbury impact melt sheet and its associated...intrusions in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: origin of the Sudbury impact melt sheet and its associated...Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada Abstract The majority of the mafic intrusions...intrusions and volcanic rocks in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), which is believed to have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide Mineralization in the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada PETER C. LIGHTFOOT,ā€  Inco Technical...Services Ltd., Highway 17 West, Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada P0M 1N0 REID R. KEAYS, Mineral Exploration...University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 AND WILL DOHERTY Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth...Booth Street, Ottawa, Canada K1A OE8 Abstract The Sudbury Igneous Complex is widely believed to be the result...the range of quartz diorite from the different Sudbury offsets, and we believe that all of these rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystallized from a fractionating sulļ¬de liquid, Sudbury, Canada: Implications for provenance discrimination...Chicoutimi, 555 bld. de lā€™UniversiteĢ, Saguenay, Qc, Canada G7H 2B1 b DeĢpartement de geĢologie et de geĢnie...geĢnie geĢologique, UniversiteĢ Laval, QueĢbec, Qc, Canada G1V 0A6 Received 8 November 2011; accepted in revised...Niā€“Cuā€“PGE deposits at the base of the Sudbury Igneous Complex in Canada. The samples represent the crystallization...Creighton deposits, Sudbury. (a) Location map (inset) and regional geology of the Sudbury Igneous Complex
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
groundwater in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada: New evidence from bulk rock geochemistry...Scotia, Canada Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada c Department...northern margin of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), Canada, a volumetrically minor rock type...the northern margin of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), Ontario, Canada, Niā€“Cuā€“platinum-group element...footwall Cuā€“Niā€“ PGE style of mineralization at Sudbury. 2. Background 2.1. Geological setting The SIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization, and Emplacement of the Foy Offset Dike, Sudbury Impact Structure* M. G. TUCHSCHERER AND J. G. SPRAYā€ ...Bailey Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada Abstract The Foy offset dike is the longest of...known radial dikes associated with the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex. The Foy dike extends for at least...Archean and Proterozoic footwall rocks of the Sudbury impact structure. The dike ranges in width from...from 400 m, where it connects to the Sudbury Igneous Complex, to 50 m at its most distal known exposure
Report (issue)
GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the ā€œContentā€) is governed... copyright is held by the Queenā€™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)
Niā€“Cuā€“Platinum Group Element sulfide mineralization in the Sudbury Impact Melt Sheet R. R. Keays1 and P. C. Lightfoot2...Research Centre, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada, and VIEPS, School of Geosciences, Monash...Australia 2 Inco Exploration, Copper Cliff, ON, Canada Received May 23, 2003; revised version accepted...Niā€“Cuā€“Platinum Group Element (PGE) sulfide deposits of the Sudbury Structure have provided a major portion of the...studies seeking to explain the formation of the Sudbury Structure have now converged on a genetic model
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
187 Reā€“187Os systematics of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario JOHN W. MORGAN,1,2,* RICHARD J. WALKER...Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada 2 (Received April 4, 2000; accepted in...Falconbridge, McCreedy West, and Strathcona mines at Sudbury, Ontario. At McCreedy West and Falconbridge, the isochron...with the canonical value of 1850 ā«¾ 1 Ma for the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC). For Hangingwall and Deep...suprachondritic. The Reā€“Os isotope systematics of Sudbury ores are clearly of crustal origin and may be derived
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evidence for distinct crustal sources of North Sudbury Igneous Complex and South Range ores, A. P. DICKIN...Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M 1, Canada (Received June 29, 1995; accepted in revised...nine mines on the North and South Ranges of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC). These data are compared...isotope signatures of country rocks and shock-melted Sudbury Breccias around the complex. Both ore and feldspar...correspondence between lead signatures of the SIC and Sudbury Breccia on each side of the complex. The evidence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Highway17 West,Engineering Building,CopperCliff,Ontario,CanadaPOM1NO REID B. KEAYS, Department of EarthSciences...EarthSciences, Laurentinn University, Sudburā€¢j, Ontario,CanadaP3E2C6 GORDON G. MORRISON, INCO Exploration...Highway17 West,Engineering Building,CopperCliff,Ontario,CanadaPOM1NO ANDY BITE, INCO Exploration, Highway17...Highway17 lVest,Engineering Building,CopperCliff, Ontario,CanadaPOM1NO AND KEITH P. FARRELL Department...Department of EarthSciences, LaurentiaaUniversity, Sudbury, Ontario,Canda P3E2C6 Abstract More thanhalf of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
relationships between the Hess and Foy offset dikes at the Sudbury impact structure E. A. PILLES 1* , G. R. OSINSKI...Exploration, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada 2 Department of Physics and Astronomy...Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada 3 Wallbridge Mining Company Limited...Limited, 129 Fielding Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3Y 1L7, Canada * Corresponding author. E-mail: epilles@uwo...aroundā€”and extending radially outward fromā€”the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), which represents an ~3 km
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COBALT HILL PROSPECT NORTHEAST OF THE SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX, ONTARIO: A FLUID-INCLUSION AND MINERALOGICAL...of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada ABSTRACT Pyrite-rich quartz veins that...Cobalt Hill, Mackelcan Township, Ontario, ca. 20 km northeast of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), crystallized...inclusions of millerite, gersdorffite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, pyrrhotite, coloradoite and gold...by saline hydrothermal fluids that postdate the Sudbury Event. The fluids probably represent heated Canadian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the Broken Hammer Area, Wisner Township, North Range, Sudbury Structure ATTILA PƉNTEK,ā€  FERENC MOLNƁR...Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract Footwall-type Cu-Ni-PGE (Platinum-group...are a major focus of recent exploration in the Sudbury mining camp, owing to their higher Cu and precious...orebodies situated along the lower contact of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. The most important footwall-type...promising occurrences were also discovered in Wisner Township of the North Range. In this paper we report results
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...available for viewing at the Mines Library in Sudbury, at the Mines and Minerals Information Centre in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lead Isotope and Trace Element Evidence from the Sudbury Igneous Complex Indicate a Complex Origin of Associated... 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 Abstract The Sudbury Igneous Complex is the...contrasts between the North and South ranges of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. This study presents an extensive...implications for the source of sulfide in the Sudbury Igneous Complex. First, North Range sulfide ores...target rock type also in the North Range of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. Second, there is significant variability
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mobilization of Niā€“Cuā€“PGE sulfide ores at Garson Mine, Sudbury Joshua Mukwakwami & Bruno Lafrance & C. Michael...contact-type deposit along the contact between the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) and stratigraphically underlying...Huronian Supergroup in the South Range of the 1.85-Ga Sudbury structure. The ore bodies are coincident with steeply...University, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada e-mail: jx_mukwakwami@laurentian.ca...Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada foliation in D1 deformed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ni-Cu-Platinum-Group Element Sulfide Deposit, Sudbury, Canada: Early Crystallization of PGE-Rich Sulfarsenides...Chicoutimi, 555 Bld. de lā€™UniversitĆ©, Saguenay, QuĆ©bec, Canada G7H 2B1 of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University...minerals (PGM) in Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits. At Sudbury, it appears that the majority of PGE are hosted...Creighton deposit located on the South Range of Sudbury. These predominantly pyrrhotite-rich sulfides,...collected in troughs and embayments at the base of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, and formed small pendants of ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAGMATIC SULFIDE ORE AT THE THAYER LINDSLEY MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO JOSHUA BAILEYĀ§, ANDREW M. MCDONALDĀ¶ AND...University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada JOHN S. FEDOROWICH FNX Mining Company...Kelly Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 5P4, Canada ABSTRACT The Thayer Lindsley mine, located in the geographic...geographic South Range of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), hosts both contact-style Niā€“Cuā€“PGE...study, we examine contact-style ore zones at the mine that are overprinted by lower-amphibolite-grade
 
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