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Chalcopyrite from
Weedon Mine, Weedon, Le Haut-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Weedon Mine, Weedon, Le Haut-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:797113
Long-form Identifier:1:3:797113:6
GUID (UUID V4):65b237a6-69e5-4325-a8b5-9a89f43f7195
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
9.0km (5.6 miles) Cupra mine, Stratford, Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
12.8km (8.0 miles) Solbec Mine, Stratford, Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
20.6km (12.8 miles) Lac Nicolet Antimony mine, Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, Arthabaska RCM, Centre-du-Québec, Québec, Canada
35.5km (22.1 miles) Normandie mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
36.3km (22.6 miles) Gayhurst/Dorset Molybdenum Deposit (Copperstream Frontenac-Zone Sud), Lac-Drolet, Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
45.4km (28.2 miles) Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
50.5km (31.4 miles) Aldermac Moulton Hill Mine, Sherbrooke TE, Estrie, Québec, Canada
56.7km (35.2 miles) Autoroute 55 roadcuts, Canton de Melbourne, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
59.7km (37.1 miles) Capelton mines (Capel mine; Albert mines; Wheal Betsy), Hatley, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
60.4km (37.5 miles) Eustis mine (Crown mine; Hartford mine; Lower Canada mine; Orford mine), Hatley, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MetallogenicEpochsand MetallogenicProvincesof the Estrie-Beauce Region,SouthernQuebecAppalachians* MICHEL...studies. 0361-0128/94/1611/1322-3954.00 1322 ESTRIE-BEAUCEREGION, QUEBEC:EPOCHS& PROVINCES The great...great variety of mineraldeposittypesin the Estrie-Beauceregion becameapparentto prospectorsin colonialtimesof...generaldeclinein mineral explorationthroughoutthe Estrie-Beauceregion. This decline was not due to the exhaustion...stimulateexplorationactivityandevaluatethe mineralpotentialof the Estrie-Beauce region, the MinistArede l'Energie et des
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 46 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Estrie and Gaspesie... © 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
..................................... The Mandy Mine ............................................ The...Northpines Pyrite Mine, Ontario ................................. The Eustis Mine, Quebec ....... : ...few examplesof ore bodiesof this generaltype in Canada were studied in the field and in the laboratory...classes. •. Thoseconsistingchieflyof pyrite, chalcopyrite,and sphalerite. 2. Those consistingchieflyof...the granitesof the region. THE MANDY MINE. The Mandy Mine is situatedon a narrow point on the west
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
John's,Newfoundland AIC 5T7, Canada AND R. I. THORPE GeologicalSurveyof Canada,601 BoothStreet,Ottawa, Ontario...Ontario KIA OES,Canada Abstract The NewfoundlandCentral mobilebelt recordsthe Early Paleozoicbirth,...SpringPond Formation.Massivesulfidedeposits:1, Victoria mine; 2, Jacks Pond; 3, Tulks East; 4, Tulks Hill; 5...continental. of conformablelensesof pyrite, chalcopyrite,and At present,there is no conclusiveevidenceregarding...of canism(Fig. 5). The relatively low-gradeEast mine 459 _ 18 m.y. (Rb/Sr whole rock) and 449 _ 20 depositconsists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphide minerals (predominantly pentlandite and chalcopyrite) are present but scarce (typically <<1 modal...ultramafic xenoliths (up to 20 m in diameter) (Fig. 2b; Weedon, 1961). The Peridotite Series is further cut by...chromitite layers are well exposed along Allt Beag (e.g. Weedon, 1965; Bell & Claydon, 1992). Sampling focused...Individual layers can be traced laterally for over 50 m (Weedon, 1965), although they commonly pinch (to under...Eucrite Series, commonly preserving the regional dip (Weedon, 1965). The chromite grains within the chromitites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rrlrsarrn, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. AssrnA.cr A spectrographic method has been developed...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...ore: -pitchblende, tiemannite, galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, niccolite and gold. As a matter of curiosity...discretemineral particles of these elements, as in chalcopyrite, pentlandite and arsenides. Samples analyzed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Energy,P.O.Box4750, St.John's,Newfoundland AIC 5T7, Canada AND JOHN F. SLACK U.S. GeologicalSurvey,National...DUCKTOWNOISTRICT t6 CUPRA-DøESTRIE, SOLBEC 2 CHESTATEE AND WEEDON DEPOSITS • HALLE 17HARBORSIDE $ ORE KNOB 1• BLAEK...systems(NoMORB),seeSunand andaccessory sphalerite,chalcopyrite, andmagnetite Nesbitt,1978; Wood et al., 1979]...schistsand gneisses metric tons) Ramundbergetdeposit, chalcopyrite(Vokes,1963, 1966; Saager,1967). The largestof...respectively. The spreadof the and at higher levels in the mine, the footwall is andRamundberget, data on plotsinvolvingNa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montrdal,Qudbec,CanadaH3C 3A7 Abstract The Huntingdon mine, situatedin the ophiolite belt of the Quebec Applachians...Devonian) Siluro-Devonlan Ascot and sediments Weedon Magog Group Formations (Middle (Lower-Middle...Tectonostratigraphic unitsof the region are local The Huntingdon mine is located in a narrow, highly tectonized zone consistingof...completeophiolitesequence(Figs.2 and 3). At the mine scale, the mineralization is contained within a...SEQUEBEC 1485 7 2* 00' 72*30' ORFORD HUNTINGDON MINE 4a Trousers 4a Lovering Lake Cliff South Bol
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland A1B 3X5, Canada G. Earls School of Biological, Earth and Environmental...Services, 202, 10 Sunray Street, Whitby, ON L1N 9B5, Canada R. Herrington Department of Earth Sciences, Natural...Dunnage Zone (‘Central Mobile Belt’) of Newfoundland, Canada, represents a tectonic collage of oceanic Miner...Piercey and Hinchey 2012; see Fig. 1b). In Québec, Canada, 11 VMS deposits have been discovered in peri-Laurentian...zone to a VMS deposit. Mineralization (pyrite–chalcopyrite–sphalerite–galena–barite) is confined to a central
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
succession isintrudedbyup The skarns in the Nevoria mine area are subdivided ac- to 450-m-thick, layered...highmagnegeologic mapof level3, Mainshaft,is basedon the mine amphibole-chlorite levelplan,onpetrographic samples...BIF 3 43.66 0.04 0.71 WeldBange silicate BIF Canada Algmna-type silicateBIF 4 5 49.76 0.01 0.26...silicate BIF frointheArchcan Superior province, Canada(Gross andMcLeod,1980) surface anda 200-to 250-mverticaldepth...BIF-3 bed duringlateMost metavolcanicrocksin the mine area are massive,but stagequartzveiningin skarn
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as a result of deposition of the associated chalcopyrite, pyrite, and galena is a likely mechanism for...associated with pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite. The main gangue minerals are quartz and calcite...Hill mine, footwall Martha Hill mine, WHD10/271.2 Martha Hill mine, WHD10/291.5 Martha Hill mine, WHD9/129...and petrography on 105 archival thin sections of mine samples, three alteration zones are recognized:...adularia, cc = calcite, chl = chlorite, cpy = chalcopyrite, el = electrum, ep = epidote, gn = galena, I/S
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zinc deposits, contains up to 5 wt% Cd. Galena, chalcopyrite, and pyrite, which are common minerals in zinc... 1995). The distribution of cadmium between chalcopyrite and sphalerite and between pyrite and sphalerite...Tetrahedrite 50-2,000 Stannite 30-2,000 Chalcopyrite 60-1,200 Metacinnabarite 100-1,000 Galena... 1 1 1 1 1 2 12 Azerbaijan Canada Canada Canada Canada Chile Chile Finland Finland India...Delbridge, Indian Mountain Lake, Poirier, Willecho, Weedon Geco, Kidd Creek, Norita Chiragidzor, Kedabek
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discovery of the concealed Moonlight vein in 1997 (Weedon, 1999, 2000). Continued exploration resulted in...andesite) (7.36 to 6.76 Ma K-Ar) Outline of Martha mine open pit Homunga Rhyolite (rhyolitic pyroclastic...ignimbrite cover. Those in outcropping andesite and mine workings are steeply dipping and have a northeasterly...predominantly pyrite with lesser galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and marcasite. Very fine grained electrum (1–2...(1σ). Two samples of vein adularia from the Martha mine yielded plateau dates of 6.20 ± 0.03 and 6.14 ±
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Average Distribution Coefficients of Mercury for Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, and Galena versus Sphalerite Average...Average Hg distribution coefficients Chalcopyrite/sphalerite Downloaded by [University of Limerick] at 19:16...sp) References VOLCEX, SEDEX, and MVT deposits (Canada, USA) 0.29 0.26 0.3 Jonasson and Sangster (1975)...concentration in chalcopyrite divided by Hg concentration in sphalerite. Abbreviations: cp = chalcopyrite; gl =...VOLCEX = volcanic-associated exhalative type. Chalcopyrite, galena, and pyrite, which are common minerals
Book (chapter)
grossular Idocrase Bornite Chalcosite Covellite Chalcopyrite Pyrite Blende Galena Chessylite Malachite *...has been criticized (Le Bas, 1959) and is not now recommended as a rock name (Le Maitre, 1989), it has...Torridonian sediments In the Gars Bheinn area, Weedon (1961) to the north and north-west (Hutchison and...earlier sequence of layered peridotites, eucrites by Weedon to alteration by the younger ultra- and allivalites...(Photo: C.H. Lmeleus. investigated by Carr (1952), Weedon (1961, 1965), Zinovieff (1958), Wager and Brown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals such as galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. The secondary uranium minerals are represented...minerals are mainly represented by galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite. They form thin veinlets, fracture...trench locations and the main levels of the El Atshan mine (after El Hazek, 1968). ANALYTICAL METHODS MINERAL...T4) and from an inclined shaft at the El Atshan mine (Fig. 3). The ore samples were scraped from their...St.C., Smith, K.L., Stevens, G.T., Watson, K.G., Weedon, D. and White, T.J. (1989) Titanite ceramics for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
application of chitosan as a selective depressant of chalcopyrite during the flotation of galena [22]. In this...investigate the attachment of thiosulfate to chalcopyrite and tennantite single mineral samples at pH...specific elements, for instance, Cu, Fe and S for chalcopyrite or bornite, Si and Mg for talc, Al and Si for... Intensity (Counts) 2000 Pyrite 4.4 wt.% Chalcopyrite 0.4 wt.% Quartz 88.4 wt.% Chlorite 4.5 wt.%...Gerson, A.R.; Smart, R.S.C.; Li, J.; Kawashima, N.; Weedon, D.; Triffett, B.; Bradshaw, D. Diagnosis of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fine scale with what looks like ulvospinel. Chalcopyrite, covellite, chalcocite and bornite occur in...Gabbro, Cuillin Hills, Skye. Analyst: E. A. Vincent. Weedon (1960) * Calculated as shown by Barth 1952, pp...Rhum (Wadsworth 1961). 9. Layered gabbro, Skye (Weedon 1960). 10. Eucrite, Ben Buie, Mull (Mem. Geol.... 444 R. R. HARDING ON THE MAJOR ULTRABASIC AND WEEDON, D. S., 1960. WYLLIE, P. J., 1959. "Basic Igneous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mining is restricted to a number of deposits in USA, Canada, Sweden and Norway, a number which has been steadily...and the U K (Johnstone and Gallagher, 1980a,b), Canada (McAllister et al., 1980; Sangster, 1980), United...lithologies in the Tetagouche rocks of New Brunswick, Canada. Mafic volcanites seem to be very minor in amount...the Sabetjok mine, Birtavarre, northern Norway. Schist and garnet clasts in chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite matrix...ofchalcopyrite in sphalerite in the a c s s . "Chalcopyrite disease" (see below, p. 104) is abundant in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as a Selective Depressor in the Separation of Chalcopyrite and Molybdenite Huiqing Peng 1 , Di Wu 1, *...collectors, the best flotation responses of chalcopyrite and molybdenite were obtained at pH = 8, and...by xanthate than by kerosene, while that of chalcopyrite showed the opposite. The optimum concentration...separation was 0.03 mol/L, which rejected 83% chalcopyrite and recovered 82% molybdenite in the single...clarified that the xanthate ion was adsorbed on chalcopyrite by forming cuprous xanthate and dixanthogen;
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...Zone B uranium-thorium-REE deposit, Saskatchewan, Canada: 3D GOCAD modeling to initiate a NI 43-101 inferred...conglomerate uranium mineralisation Simon Carrouée, Jean-François Moyen & Michel Cuney The synmetamorphic uranium...Zone, south central Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada ................................................Kiggavik–Andrew lake structural trend, Nunavut, Canada ..............................................
Report (issue)
RGH; EASON & SON, LTD., 40 '& 41, LOWER SACICVl,l..LE STREII-T, DUBLIN. • ~ • ' ro !,e • • :,is...Cu80 4.5H2 0 · 25·4 up to 5 Of these minerals chalcopyrite represents the chief primary ore from which...tends to give way. to the leaner primary 0!fes as mine s get deeper. It is importa,,n t to realize that...copper-nickel ore found in the Sudbury ,district of Canada,. Pure copper is not, therefo,r e., utilized in·...this increase was ma,i nly from the United States, Canada., Chile, Peru, Japan, Africa and Germa-n y. The
Report (issue)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
~ 1 Ga Grenville rocks of Ontario and Quebec, Canada (Hogarth 1961), and in a lunar granophyre (Meyer...abundant sulfide minerals such as pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. Zirconolite is a common accessory phase in...DM, Smart RSC, Smith KL, Stevens GT, Watson KG, Weedon D, White TJ (1989) Titanate ceramics for the stabilization
Report (issue)
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