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Pentlandite from
Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pentlandite
Formula:(NixFey)Σ9S8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Pentlandite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pentlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:65213
Long-form Identifier:1:3:65213:1
GUID (UUID V4):fe6a08cb-3b64-4d81-aba6-78e0080edb2a
Nearest other occurrences of Pentlandite
1.2km (0.8 miles) East Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
5.4km (3.3 miles) Garson Mine, Garson Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
8.0km (5.0 miles) Kirkwood Mine, Garson Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
10.1km (6.3 miles) Victor Deep Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
10.3km (6.4 miles) Nickel Rim Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
10.3km (6.4 miles) Maclennan Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
11.3km (7.0 miles) Victor Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
12.2km (7.6 miles) Scadding Gold Mine, Scadding Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
13.6km (8.4 miles) Capre Lake Mine, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
15.1km (9.4 miles) Lindsley Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
nickeliferous laterite deposits in 7 Provinces of Canada and 15 States of the United States UNITED STATES...______________________ ----OntariO-----------------------------------------------------Alexo Nickel mine ___________...--------Limerick township ___ ---------_---------------------------Raglan township ____ -------- ________...wanLake---------------------------------------Sudbury district______ ------ _________________ ------...________________________________________ ----- _--La ~otte township ___ ------------------------------------U nga
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Element Deposition, Sudbury Igneous Complex Contact, Onaping-Levack area, Ontario Catharine E. G. F a...Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada With 5 Figures Received September 17, 1991;...Onaping-Levack area of the North Range of the Sudbury Structure. Two significant alteration assemblages...Cu-rich veins in the Deep Copper Zone of Strathcona mine and the nearby Barnet property, and amphibole (actinolite...epidote + titanite + pentlandite + pyrite _ quartz + magnetite in the Fraser mine Epidote Zone. The concentrically
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rrlrsarrn, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. AssrnA.cr A spectrographic method has been...for several nickeliferous sulphide ores from both Canada and South Africa (Insizwa), for an exceptional...mineralogical studies of nickeliferous ores in Canada. A technique involving the use of fire-assay beads...first to include the nickeliferous sulphidesof the Sudbury district and the non-nickeliferous sulphides which...occur in scattered depositsbetween Sudbury and Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, with the thought in mind of attempting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAGMATIC SULFIDE ORE AT THE THAYER LINDSLEY MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO JOSHUA BAILEY§, ANDREW M. MCDONALD¶ 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 Ni–Cu–PGE...study, we examine contact-style ore zones at the mine that are overprinted by lower-amphibolite-grade
Report (issue)
earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic...earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic...earth-science and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic...by 0. Roger Eckstrand, EMR, Geological Survey of Canada; Brian G. Elliott, Australian Bureau of Mineral...-------3. Nickel deposits in the Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada-----------------------4. Nickel districts
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...values; for example mineralization from Whistle mine varies from 3.1 to 4.3‰, whereas mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that the phase boundariesar.e located with much greater accuracythan in previouswork and actual tie lines...from all sourcesconfirmsthat the compositionof pentlandite varies systematically with the assemblage, ranging...from 18 at. % Ni in the assemblage troilite-pentlandite to 34 at. % Ni in the assemblage millerite-h...andcompositions of the naturalphases. Introduction PENTLANDITE is common to almost all natural nickel sulfideassemblages...compositions of tensivesolidsolutionfieldfor pentlandite(Table 3). by systematic studies selectednatural
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mobilization of Ni–Cu–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...by hydrothermal fluids during D2. Metamorphic pentlandite overgrows a S1 ferrotschermakite Editorial handling:...University, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada e-mail: jx_mukwakwami@laurentian.ca
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)
ElementsfromSome Copper-NickelDepositsof the SudburyArea,Ontario Lou•s J. CABRIANDJ. H. Abstract A detailedmin...samplesfrom nine depositsgeographically encircling the Sudbury basin. This study has resulted in the identification...FALCON BR I DGE GARSON ERRINGTON MINE X(Zn,Cu,•) STOBIE McCONNEL• MINE k• quartz norire and norire ... (Zn,Cu,PD) TR• COP•R CUFI sUDBURY CONISTON ß •j transition •] micropegmotite RAMSEY< .AKE ICOPPER CLIFF...CLIFF [•] gronite SOUTH MINE zone NORTH GERTRUDE W CHICAGO X%\-•N• KELLEY LAKE HILL - 7/ eVER•IUON
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mobilized Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE Ores at the Garson Mine, Sudbury* Joshua Mukwakwami,† C. Michael Lesher, and...University, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada Abstract The Garson Ni-Cu-platinum...contact-type deposit along the contact between the Sudbury Igneous Complex and underlying rocks of the Huronian...Huronian Supergroup in the South Range of the 1850 Ma Sudbury structure. The main Garson orebodies occur along...rotated and overturned during buckling of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. The shear zones were reactivated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 438-450 A Study of PreciousMetals in the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive Ores REID R. KEAYSANDJAMESH. CROCKET...of the StrathconaMine and other depositsof the Sudbury NickelIrruptive. Mostof the analyses werefor separated...pyrrhotites andchalcopyrites. In the Strathcona Mine Pd and Au are enriched in footwall and deep ore...for the major ore metals. On sulfideores of the Sudbury nickel irruptive have a basis of this information...Geology of the Strathcona Mine As the bulk of the data is from the Strathcona Mine, a brief review of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization, and Emplacement of the Foy Offset Dike, Sudbury Impact Structure* M. G. TUCHSCHERER AND J. G. SPRAY†...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
Book
it provides-for the first time since the Royal Ontario Nickel Commissionreport of 1917-a comprehensive...PRINTED IN CANADA BY THE HUNTER ROSE COMPANY SCOTT NICKEL AND CO. LTD. COMPANY OF 1967 CANADA, LIMITED...Exploration for Sulfide Nickel Ores World Nickel Deposits Canada, 26; United States, 52 Cuba, 56; Dominican Republic...FOR NICKEL Creighton - Thumbnail Biography of a Mine The Creighton Pit Early Shrinkage Mining Later Shrinkage...That BecameOre CavingMethod Cut-and-FillMethod Falconbridge Thompson BlastholeMethod Frood-Stobie SherrittGordon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universityof Toronto,Toronto,Ontario MSS 1A1, Canada D. G. INNES, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada J. Sow^, ^ND M. P...Departmentof Geology,Universityof Toronto,Toronto,Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada Abstract Recentwork on the platinum-groupelement...into the footwall. Averagedataobtainedfor the Falconbridge depostresemblethoseof the hangingwall at Strathcona...carefullyselectedsamplesfrom each of the Strathcona,Falconbridge,Levack West, and As part of an on-goingstudyof...GEOLOGICAL c MAP OF )•'P'I•I• I(•l'lFF SOUTH SUDBURY DISTRICT •PPER CLIFF NORTH SL CHICAGO ß ,.:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NORTH AND SOUTH RANGE Cu-Ni-PGE DEPOSITS, SUDBURY STRUCTURE, ONTARIO CATHARINE E.G. FMmOW,*DAVIDH. WATKINSON...CarletonUniversity,Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre,Ottawa,Ontario,CanadaKiS 5B6 GeologicSettingof the Deposits The...depositshas continued footwall units at the base of the Sudbury Igneous since early this century (Wandke and Hoffman...sulfide minerals from with lessabundantcubanRe,pentlandite,millerite, different depositsis especiallyinstructive...and during undergroundmapping. Miller Centre,Sudbury,Ontario,CanadaP3E 6B5. at temperatures>250øC were important
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...disseminated sulphide ore. Pyrrhotite mauve; pentlandite very pale mauve; chalcopyrite yellow; magnetite... (Courtesy The International Nickel Company of Canada, Limited). Centre left: Eurypterus lacustris, an...about 400 m.y. ago; Welland County. (Courtesy Shell Canada Ltd.). right: left: — — — Centre right: Archaeocrinus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Emplacement of the Whistle-Parkin Offset Dike, Sudbury* A. J. MURPHY AND J. G. SPRAY† Planetary and Space...Bailey Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada Abstract The Whistle-Parkin dike is a 12-km-long...sector of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury impact structure. The dike is connected to the Sudbury Igneous Complex via...the dike lithologies are representative of bulk Sudbury Igneous Complex melt. We propose a multistage emplacement...segments. Introduction THE 1.85 GA SUDBURY STRUCTURE of Ontario is one of the more intriguing geologic
Report (issue)
earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic...earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic...Mines and Resources (EMR), Geological Survey of Canada; Valerie A. Fell, EMR, Mineral Policy Sector (MPS);...resources and mine production by geologic deposit type. . . 5. Distribution of cobalt resources and mine and metal...TABLES Page TABlE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. World cobalt mine production 1977-83.............................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SUDBURY, CANADA — The Nickel Capital of the World By HENRY SCHEFFER 1579 Summit Sheet, Yerktown Heights...was a spur of the moment decision to visit Sudbury, Ont. Canada and it wasn't because of the nickel mines...White Pine Lodge in Bancroft (Ont., Canada), last year who live in Sudbury invited us. At the end of a week's...only producing Uranium mine still operating in the district is the Faraday Mine, but there is still a...headed for Sudbury. After five and onehalf hours later, approaching the outskirts of Sudbury, we passed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SYSTEM, SUDBURY BASIN JOHN S. FEDOROWICH,† FNX Mining Co. Inc. Podolsky Mine, Sudbury, Ontario, P0M 1H0...1H0, Canada RANDY R. PARRISH, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, British Geological Survey, Keyworth...SAGER-KINSMAN* Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E8 Department of Geological...addressed in the Fraser-Strathcona Deep Copper mine, Sudbury, wherein diabase dikes and the chalcopyrite...applied to a diabase dike that crosscuts the 1850 Ma Sudbury Igneous Complex and footwall Cu-Ni-PGE vein mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Strathcona Mine and Its Bearing on the Origin of the Nickel-Copper Ores of the Sudbury District, Ontario by A...lies at the base of the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive along the north rim of the Sudbury basin. In the vicinity...455 REVIEW OF THE SUDBURY LITERATURE 456 General geologic setting The Sudbury Nickel Irruptive Marginal...GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE STRATHCONA MINE ROCK UNITS NEAR THE STRATHCONA MINE Rock units of the Nickel Irruptive...pyrrhotite of at least two types, magnetite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite. All of the sulfides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
systematics of Ni-Cu sulfide ores, Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario" evidence for a major crustal component...University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1A 1, Canada d National Institute of Standard~ and Technolo~IF...1991 ABSTRACT Sudbury Igneous Complex sublayer ores from the Levack West, Falconbridge and Strathcona...N i - C u ores of the S u d b u r y district, Ontario, are associated with the 1850 + 1 Ma [1] S u d...l l y great intensity gave rise to a crater at Sudbury. O p i n i o n s are divided b e t w e e n a n
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
Report (issue)
__________ _ Placers-----------------------------------Canada---------------------------------------Sources and..._____________________ _ Ontario ___________________________________ _ Sudbury district _______________________...Lodes--------------------------------Salt Chuck mine ___________________ _ Placers------------------...Complex_ ___________________ _ Green ~ountain copper mine ___________ _ Placers _______________________________...pocket 1. Geologic map of "nickel irruptive," Sudbury district, Ontario_________________________________________
 
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