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Chalcopyrite from
Acton mine, Acton Vale, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachite7 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Gypsum3 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Acton mine, Acton Vale, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:761984
Long-form Identifier:1:3:761984:7
GUID (UUID V4):5f61dd09-d77e-49cb-8738-99ebf1f5f323
Localities for Chalcopyrite in this Region
Actonvale Quarry, Acton mine, Acton Vale, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
2.6km (1.6 miles) Actonvale Quarry, Acton mine, Acton Vale, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
12.2km (7.6 miles) Upton deposit Robex, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
12.4km (7.7 miles) Prince of Wales Mine, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
16.8km (10.5 miles) Lord Aylmer mine, Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, La Haute-Yamaska RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
28.9km (18.0 miles) St. Francis mine, Canton de Cleveland, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
33.3km (20.7 miles) PCM Quarry, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Drummond RCM, Centre-du-Québec, Québec, Canada
33.8km (21.0 miles) Autoroute 55 roadcuts, Canton de Melbourne, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
41.7km (25.9 miles) Ives mine, Eastman, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
43.1km (26.8 miles) Bolton Mine (Canfield Mine; Canadian Mine), Bolton-Est, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
44.4km (27.6 miles) Huntington mine, Bolton-Est, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chalcopyrite-bornite and chalcopyrite-bornite-barite in the Acton Vale Limestone, southeastern Quebec:...Department, Concordia University, Montre'al, Que., Canada H4B lR6 LAOKHEANG ~ c o l polytechnique, e De'partement.... P . 6079, Succursale A, Montre'al (Que'bec), Canada H3C 3A7 LARRY HOY Can. J. Earth Sci. Downloaded.... P . 6079, Succursale A, Montre'al (Que'bec), Canada H3C 3A7 AND H. PINTSON De'partement de ge'ologie...(Que'bec), Canada H3C 3J7 Received January 18, 1989 Revision accepted August 15, 1989 The Acton Vale limestone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
APPALACHIANS, CANADA* SUZANNE PARADIS,† Mineral Resources Division, Geological Survey of Canada, 9860 West...West Saanich Road, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada V8L 4B2 GUOXIANG CHI, Department of Geology, University...Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4S 0A2 AND DENIS LAVOIE Geological Survey of Canada, Centre Géoscientifique...Géoscientifique de Québec, 880 Chemin Ste-Foy, P.O. Box 7500, Québec, Canada G1V 4C7 Abstract The Upton Ba-Zn-Pb...minor amounts of sphalerite, pyrite, galena, and chalcopyrite. The paragenesis includes (1) development of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paragenesis of the cupriferous deposits of the Acton Vale-Upton sector, Klippen Belt, Quebec G. P. Sassano...of the carbonatehosted cupriferous ores of the Acton Vale-Upton sector, Klippen Belt, Quebec, have revealed...paragenesis. Several generations of pyrite and chalcopyrite are associated with sphalerite, galena, pyrrhorite...the Acton Vale-Upton sector. Geology of the Acton Vale-Upton sector Structurally, the Acton Vale-Upton...the Acton Vale limestones (Procyshyn and Sassano 1985) suggests that carbonates of the Acton Vale-Upton
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, Concordia University, Montrkal, Que., Canada H4B IR6 Received July 17, 1990 Accepted July 18...of Laurentia is based on volcanic rocks in the Acton Vale - Saint-Flavien area. The fact of the matter...interstratified sedimentary units at Upton and Acton Vale are essentially similar does not amount to a...progressive metasomatism of basalts exposed at the Acton Vale limestone quarry. However, even the complete...that Ti02 vs. Zr plots of our samples for the Acton Vale quarry fall close to those from Upton drill-core
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19th century (Logan,1863; Bancroft,1915). The Acton Vale depositwas consideredat that time to be the largest...the QuebecAppalachiansthat hoststhe Upton and Acton Vale copper depositsconsistsof several imbricated...coppermineralizationat Acton nappeand the Upton Group, and similarstrikesand Vale and Upton. dipsof the...weakly metamorø* Present address:GeologicalSurvey of Canada, 100 West phosedassemblageof limestone,mudstone...Oredeposit ß __ FIG. 2. Geologicmapof the Upton-Acton Vale areaandlocationsof the deposits. cal tight folds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Frederick Dean FORD§, Cara R. WERCHOLAZ and Andrew LEE Vale S.A., Base Metals Technology Development, 2060 Flavelle...Boulevard, Sheridan Park, Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1Z9, Canada Abstract Platinum-group minerals (PGM) typically...Mineral Liberation Analyzer (MLA) system used by Vale Base Metals Technology Development has been successfully...libération de minéraux (MLA) adopté par la société Vale Base Metals Technology Development a été utilisé...the canadian mineralogist Fig. 1. Flowsheet for Vale Ontario operations (solid lines show main PGE flow)
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 46 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Estrie and... © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1992 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents...bookstores or by mail from Canada Communication Group - Publishing Ottawa, Canada K1A OS9 and from Geological...Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Canada KlA OE8 3303-33rd Street N.W., Calgary...available for reference in public libraries across Canada Cat. No. M41-8/46E ISBN 0-660-14391-7 Price subject
Report (edition)
visiting those which are still open. The words "mine" and "quarry" are often used interchangeably in...localities. We have followed the convention of using "mine" only for sites that are chiefly underground workings...Sulfides of iron (pyrite, pyrrhotite), copper (chalcopyrite), zinc (sphalerite), and lead (galena) are common...the mines to close. A few , such as the Harborside Mine in Brooksville, were occasionally worked until recent...Watch out for mine shafts as you explore these areas. Rusty pieces of rock on the mine dumps are a guide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz xls, tiny xl masses of brassy yellow chalcopyrite, green crusts of malachite, all on brownish...ph—phosphoresces "It came from one of the silver mines in Acton, Maine."—on label. The specimen consists of tiny...muscovite flakes, white albite, and smoky quartz. Acton, in western York County, is in S/W Maine. MINNESOTA—"I...MINNESOTA—"I am sending you a specimen from the Jessie Mine near here. What does it consist of?"—asks Fred E...northern Minnesota. NEW HAMPSHIRE—"Recently while at a mine in Westmoreland, N. H., a friend and I found some
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W o r l d News on Mineral Occurrences CANADA V A N D A L L T. KING Ward's Natural Science Establishment...isograds. CHECK LIST OF MAINE MINERALS acanthite—Acton, Franklin, Gouldsboro, Hancock, Newfield, Sullivan...k, Stoneham, Topsham bismutite—Topsham bornite—Acton, Auburn(?), Bingham, Blue Hill, Concord, Norridgewock(...chalcocite—Blue Hill, Brooksville, Warren, Woolwich chalcopyrite—many locations chiastolite—see andalusite childrenite—no...Newry, Paris, Poland, Rumford ((copiapite)) copper—Acton, Blue Hill, Cherryfield, Penobscot, Sorrento, Sullivan
Book (volume)
......................... 183 Reports from the Acton Silver Mines and Other Districts .................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...Museums of Science and Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Department of Geology, Colby College, Waterville...Mineralogy, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Mineralogy, Yale Universiity, New
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartzand feldspar,with subordinatecalcite,barite, chalcopyrite mately75 metrictonsgradingseveralpercentcopper...curin veins seminatedmillimeter-scale rite, chalcopyrite, and barite. Bedded centimeterandasbeddeddisseminations...NATER-FILLED OPEN •.- '-t I .., I / / / •CHALCOPYRITE- t BORNITE I ZONE CHALCOPYRITEBORNITE ZONE...DRUMMONDVILLE ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS 1Okra ACTON LORDAYLMER 30' WATERLOO 72' ß 45' F•c. 1 (cont...sill- ' ceousmudstonefragmentsin a matrix of chalcopyrite,bornitc, and calcite. Manyof the fragments
Book
Africa Hatch, Canada Xstrata Nikkelverk, Norway Consultant Sherritt International, Canada CSIRO, Australia...Australia CSIRO, Australia Vale, Canada McGill University Tohoku University, Japan Anglo American Platinum...A. Sabin West, U.S.A. Stillwater Mining, U.S.A. Vale, Wales Chambishi Metals, Zambia BHP Billiton, Australia...Australia Umicore, Belgium Umicore, Germany Vale, Canada (Continued) xi xii Acknowledgments Name...Martin Wells Martyn Fox Debbie Erasmus Xstrata, Canada PEL Consult, Democratic Republic of Congo Haldor
Book
enOLOGIOAT SURVEY OF CANADA. AALFRED R C.SELWYN, C. M. G., LL.D. F.RS., Director GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...17 20 v1 GEOLOGICAL TABLE OF SURVEY OF CANADA. CONTENTS— Continued. OXYGEN saLTs—Continued...Specimensillustrating the distribution of chalcocite Chalcopyrite or copper pyrites... fe. ee Dae dae Specimens... TABLE METALS oe AND OF THEIR SURVEY OF CANADA. CONTENTS—Continued. ORES—Continued. . Tron...sory wb AS 113 SURVEY GEOLOGICAL MINERALS CANADA. CONTENTS—Continued. OF TABLE OF AND TO COMMON
Report (issue)
I N G TI IE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY ISSN 0308 - 2199 British Mining...SOCIETY was formed in 1960 as the Northern Cavern and Mine Research Society. its activities centred upon the...Joseph P., 2006. Cape Cornwall Mine. British Mining No 79. Northern Mine Research Society. Sheffield. pp...Geevor Tin Mine Heritage Centre, copied with their permission. CONTENTS Page The Mine by the Sea (At...RECONSTRUCTION: THE 1870s 63 INCORPORATION: ST JUST UNITED MINE 71 FINAL THOUGHTS 74 DESCRIPTION OF THE UNDERGROUND
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposit in northern Chile, the largest Cu-producing mine in the world. The Escondida deposit displays the...the western and southern parts of the Escondida mine and consists of porphyritic andesitic lava flows...units (Quiroz 2003). In the northern part of the mine, the Escondida stock is cut by a barren quartzrich...phenocrysts and volcanic groundmass. Bornite and chalcopyrite (~0.5 vol.%) represent Fig. 2 a Lithological...vol.%. Within the chloritesericite zone, the chalcopyrite/pyrite ratio is ca. 3/1, whereas in the quartz–sericite
Report (volume)
granite__________________________________________ Acton granite_________________________________________..._ _ _ 28. Laminated silts in Concord, near the Acton town line_______ Page. 3 9 10 10 11 12 17 22 22... and to a lesser degree in parts of Hudson and Acton (where the till cover is thicker) indicate preglacial...Fort Pond Brook, in its course eastward from South Acton, probably occupies a postglacial channel; a buried...valley appears to extend southwestward from South Acton, through Lower Village in Stow, toward Boons Pond
Report (edition)
ITINERARY I. Newcastle and Keele, Butterton Park and Acton 11. Newbold Astbury and Congleton Edge 111. Leek...ITINERARY I NEWCASTLE AND KEELE, BUTTERTON PARK AND ACTON Purpose: To examine parts of the type sequence of...dyke. and a se1.:tion of the Bunter Pebble Beds at Acton near Whit­ more. Maps: Ordnance Survey I :50,000...examine the Bunter Pebble Beds in the quarry at Acton before proceeding to an exposure of the Buttertun...the lane leading to Acton . On t h e right o f this lane is a road leading into Acton Quarries. These are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2601 Acton, ACT, Australia School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, 2601 Acton, ACT...Au and 0.2% and 1.5% Cu (AMC Mining Consultants (Canada) Ltd., 2011). The discordant veins are subdivided...AL. i ef st ri or t bu ma 0 1000m N Telfer Mine Grid North is 42° 52’ 28” west of True North Approximate...Rim Sandstone Malu Upper Vale Siltstone 11,000mN West Dome Gr TELFER MINE GRID NORTH s ult s Fa e...14,000mN D Median Sandstone Middle Vale Siltstone Middle Vale Reef 10,000mN Footwall Sandstone Upper
Book (volume)
Dick's deep concern for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest...interest in mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark....Angeles to Boston, as well as Toronto and Ottawa in Canada and Paris, France, proved to be invaluable sources...probably a greater variety of minerals in a single mine in Franklin, New Jersey, or Mont Saint-Hilaire,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FLON Cu--Zn DEPOSIT, MANITOBA A N D SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA, USING FACTOR-VECTOR ANALYSIS OF ORE GEOCHEMISTRY... University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. (Canada) (Received January 10, 1975; revised and accepted...Flon Cu--Zn deposit, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, using factor-vector analysis of ore geochemistry...sphalerite, galena, tetrahedrite and electrum over chalcopyrite toward the stratigraphic hanging wall. Mn and...metamorphism. The second set of data consists of mine analyses taken as average grades of Au, Ag, Cu and
Report (edition)
Rhodesia • • • • Union of South Africa • • • • Canada .. •• • • • • Newfoundland • • • • • • British...place within the British Empire, especially in Canada and the Union of South Africa. During 1913, Russia...quantities were produced in U.S.A., Canada and Australia. In 1934, howe,rer, Canada for the first time headed the...immediately saleable product. At the Kroondal-Klipfontein mine a combined method is adopted consisting of gravity...division. t METALLURGYf ~ On the Sudbury field in Canada, the niolrel-copper ore, after concentration and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
condensed phasesin the runs were determinedwith an Acton MS-64 electronmicroprobeusing 25 kV agatemortar...at 600øC. Tielines In samplesfrom the Vermilion mine, Ontario, Cabri et al. (1973) found micheneriteassociated...michenerite at the Frood mine, where it is associatedwith cubanite,chalcopyrite, hessire,altaite,nativebismuth...individual,microscopically tinct grains with chalcopyrite and pentlandite. and Rflst (1956) have reporteda...division recipient of a National Research Council of Canada on the composition scale represents0.1 mole of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exploration. Their copper mineralization comprises chalcopyrite (CuFeS2 ), bornite (Cu5 FeS4 ) and digenite...Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia. 2...Microscopy, The Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia. †These...skarn deposits29 . b, High-grade bornite (bn)–chalcopyrite (ccp)–anhydrite (anh) ore. c, Schematic for
Book
1939, 1945-6, 1962 F.B.A.W. . . .. .. 1946 SE Iron Acton G.A.K., F.B.A.W. 1945-6, 1957 78 NW Wickwar .. ...Winterbourne Marine Band at top, horizon of Ashton .. Vale Marine Band at base .. Millstone Grit Series (Naro1rrian)...---11-------1, , ___, ____ --+ � i,;.;.. ------� Acton --!ton SCALE 0 80 i----------1 i-----------...Winterbourne Marine Band at top Horizon of Ashton Vale Marine Band at base Lower and Middle Coal Measures...dipping at 28° to the south-east; east of the Iron Acton Fault its broad outcrop extends almost to Talbot's
 
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