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Acanthite from
Prince's Mine, Blake Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prince's Mine, Blake Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:615226
Long-form Identifier:1:3:615226:0
GUID (UUID V4):5b794cb5-28e6-4d92-89f7-3bd92fa3df05
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
3.7km (2.3 miles) Spar Island (Prince Location), Spar and Victoria Islands Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
4.0km (2.5 miles) Jarvis Island (Westfield mine), Spar and Victoria Islands Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
15.1km (9.4 miles) McKellar Island (South McKellar Island), Spar and Victoria Islands Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
25.6km (15.9 miles) Parsons Mine (Lily of the Valley Mine), Paipoonge Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
28.7km (17.8 miles) Federal Mine (Copeland's vein), Paipoonge Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
28.7km (17.9 miles) Rabbit Mountain area, Scoble Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
29.2km (18.2 miles) Rabbit Mountain Mine (Great Lakes Silver mine), Scoble Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
29.2km (18.2 miles) Rabbit Mountain Junior Mine, Scoble Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
31.9km (19.8 miles) Beaver Mine (McQuaig), O'Connor Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
32.0km (19.9 miles) Badger Mine, Gillies Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
References
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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
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... © 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)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 4: Lustrous, lead-grey hopper crystals of acanthite pseudomorphs after argentite, Arizpe, Sonora,...Africa (7 cm). Figure 8: Lustrous lead-grey acanthite pseudomorphs after argentite crystals with chalcopyrite...Golden brown barite crystals, Villamassargia, near mine, Guanajuato, Mexico (8.5 cm). Iglesias, Sardinia...Enna, Sicily (6 cm). West 800 Level, White Capps mine, Man- 11: Dark grey stibnite crystals, (variety...fluorite crystals on grey galena crystals, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Tennessee (5 cm). Figure 17: Transparent
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Ian Coulson, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada . NOTE The author and publishers have made every...out of the water first. , .2.t'l UNDERSTAN DING MINE RALS HOVV MINERALS FORM Minerals are the natural...thicker E.g barite, linante. r& iJ NDE RSTA NDING MINE RAL S MI NERAL PROPERTIES: PHYSICAL Every 1nineral...'Malleable' minerals like native copper, gold and acanthite (below) can be harnmered into sheets. 'Sectile'...the tiny spheres of MI NE RA L GEMS 33 Black Prince's Ruby given to Edward the Black Prince in 1366
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universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part...Tetrahedrite Tetrahedrite Hessite Hauchecornite Galena Acanthite Manganite Hematite Skutterudite Zinckenite Stephanite...particularly interesting collection of miners' lamps and mine surveying instruments. Ancient and mediaeval mining...worn by mine officials of Saxony on ceremonial occasions. A special attraction is a model mine, 20m below...N. from the main railway station, landmark is a mine headframe. Tues.- Fri. 8.30-17.30 hrs.; Sat.- Sun
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Mlneraloglcal Association of Canada AssociJLion mineralog1que du Canada 2 � lossary of Mineral Synonyms...Mineralogical Association of canada Association minCralogique du Canada 2 Robert F. Martin EDITOR...Association of Canada PUBLISHER P.O. Box 78087 Meriline Postal Outlet 1460 Merivale Road Ouawa, Ontario, Canada...Mineralogical Association of Canada ISBN 0-921294-44-1 Primed in Canada PHOTOGRAPH ON THE COVER Courtesy...Department of Earth Sciences Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario Photography: Brian Boyle Serandite
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hoped that the above is all the information ACANTHITE Although most silver comes from argentite, this...this mineral first has to be turned into acanthite before the silver can be removed. ANcanthite is very...minerals contain exactly the same elements in Acanthite forms in hydrothermal mineral veins in association...is their internal structure: crystals sale of acanthite are monoclinic, ; while those of argentite conform...the cubic system of. symmetry. Externally, many acanthite crystals have a rather spiky appearance. It 1s
Book (edition)
revision of the list of cal Survey. localities in Ontario and Quebec. JAMES D. DANA. NEW HAVEN, Dec. 15...is got rid of by reflection from the surface of Canada balsam (mn) along which the two pieces of calcite...N. Y., at Tuscarora; St. Davids, and elsewhere, Canada West. Manufactured from sulphur, and also from...Boulder Co., Colorado, at the Red Cloud Mine; in Magnolia District at the Keystone, Dun River, and other...in the Ballerat District at Smuggler Mine; in Central District at the John Jay Mine, where masses of
Book (edition)
a vein, although it gives a company the right to mine, should not be taken as justification for barbaric...conscience and good will, or as stockholders to encourage mine operators to arrange for specimen preservation in...mining company might arrange this. Ideally, the mine could collect and sell specimens and thereby make...make more profits for the stockholders. If the mine owners consider this too trivial, they can close their...supervision in a profit-sharing agreement when the mine is not working. Surely with goodwill and understanding
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Extracts from a Diary Concerning Mining at the Dunton Mine, Newry, Maine ....................................have provided esoteric knowledge, while many are mine operators who generously allowed access to their...Canadian Museums of Science and Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Department of Geology, Colby College, Waterville...Department of Mineralogy, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Mineralogy, Yale...Venetia Frew, Roxbury, Maine Bob Gait, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Clyde Galarneau, Casco, Maine Ann Puls ifer
Journal (volume)
Mexico. Eight-sided crystals from the Traversella mine, Piedmont, Italy. .&. crystals. It can also be...available. The main source was once the Kongsberg Mine in Norway, but this closed in 1956. Man has, however...Branch-shaped silver with the mineral calcite, from Canada. ► 'Diana Hunting', a 17th-century German piece...the USA. • Crystals of amethyst from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. ◄T A splendid amethyst cut in an oval...Clear crystals of anglesite on galena found in a mine near Cagliari, Sardinia. ► Anglesite crystals on
Book (edition)
;:к����= :✓ �н� � м � • . . . . . . PE'I'.Е;R BAY IЅЅ тYт[g?iп, . .ui...^ицц+Mгd.Э?mmnдп:rдiq¢i��zyгc_'д`...Mineral Synonyms 1999. Mineralogical Association of Canada, pp. 436. Egleston, T. (1892). A Catalogue of Minerals...6romarpтite, Egleston 26 (1892). Argent сaгiюпa'ё _ acanthite + dolomite • silver, Egleston 305 (1892). Argent...naumnnnitc, Egleston 26 (1892). Argent sulfur( = acanthite, Dana 6th, 46 (1892). Argent sulfide• aigre =...28 (1892). Argentum sulphure mineralisatum = acanthite, Dana 61h. 46 (1892). Argentum гггит = mercury
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The Premier mine. near Pretoria, South Africa, is the world's largest single diamond mine. Here, miners...today, mines can reach deep into the crust. One mine in South Africa has reached a depth of 3 •8 km (nearly...ores and fine mineral specimens may be found in mine dumps. Some hydrothermal fluids replace existing...centimetres (about 5 inches) across, was found at Premier Mine in 1905. It weighed 3106 metric carats. Carats are...jewels, including a large diamond and the Black Prince's ruby (which is really a spine/, see page 74)
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Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The world's • most important emerald locality is limited to a small district near...40 feet long; weight estimated at 90 tons; Etta Mine, Black Hills, South Dakota. PHLOGOPITE MICA: Crystal...wide; weight approximately 90 tons; Lacy Mine, Ontario, Canada. QUARTZ: Milky white crystal; close to 11½...and oxygen atoms. One-ton crystal; Bob Ingersoll Mine, Keystone, South Dakota. COLUMBITE: Transparent...APATITE: 550-pound crystal; Ottawa County, Quebec, Canada. Crystal Faces The regular, smooth growth planes
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Blachmahl or Blachmal or Blachman or Blachmann = acanthite ± Au-rich pyrite, Papp 8 (2004). black amber =...romanèchite, Linck I.3, 3607 (1929). Black Hawk Mine-Harz = amber, Doelter IV.3, 1111 (1931). black head...Black Prince = opal-A, Bukanov 150 (2006). Black Prince's ruby = red gem Cr-rich spinel, Deer et al. V,... CIBJO 27 (1991). black sulphide of silver = acanthite, Egleston 27 (1892). black sulphur = sulphur-α...romanèchite ± cryptomelane), Dana 6th, 257 (1892). bog-mine ore = goethite, Bates & Jackson 78 (1987). bog ore
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batholiths also occur in the Canadian shield of Canada and the northern states of Minnesota, Wisconsin...minerals. Prominent examples are the Muskox rocks (Canada), the Skaergaard complex (Greenland), the Stillwater...grains within the granitic pluton or in adja- per Mine mine at Bingham, Utah, the in the world, with total...mines in the world, including the nickel mine at Sudbury, Ontario, the Duluth complex in Minnesota, and...Kiruna district in Sweden. Allard Lake, Quebec, is a good example of a segregation titanium mine. further
 
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