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Melonite from
Lac des Iles Mine, Lac des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Melonite
Formula:NiTe2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lac des Iles Mine, Lac des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:809700
Long-form Identifier:1:3:809700:2
GUID (UUID V4):21624712-220b-4fac-9d87-402c0f3c9284
Nearest other occurrences of Melonite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘLac des Iles Complex, Lac des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
References
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Report (issue)
70.58 Total [100.0] 98.9 100.00 (1) Rustenburg mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, recalculated...Series: Mineral Group: Forms a series with melonite. Melonite group. Occurrence: A principal Pd–Pt-bearing...and enclosing silicates. Association: Moncheite, melonite, kotulskite, michenerite; sperrylite, laurite...South Africa, in Transvaal, from the Rustenburg mine, in the Merensky Reef, Bushveld complex [TL]; and...Akarem intrusion, Eastern Desert, Egypt. In Canada, in Ontario, at Werner Lake; Rathbun Lake; Temagami Island
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minerals from the McCreedy East deposit, Sudbury, Canada, and the origin of PGE in pyrite Sarah A. S. Dare...555 bld. de l’UniversitĂ©, Saguenay, PQ, G7H 2B1, Canada e-mail: sasdare@hotmail.com H. M. Prichard : P...ablation ICP-MS . Platinum-group minerals . Sudbury . Canada Introduction Previous studies have shown that...1992; Barnes et al. 2006), and from the Lac Des Iles deposit, Canada (Djon 2010) and (2) Ni–Cu– PGE deposits...deposits, such as the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada (Li et al. 1993; Huminicki et al. 2005; Dare et al
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Pd0.28 )Σ=0.88 (Te1.56 Bi0.44 )Σ=2.00 . (2) Impala mine, Transvaal, South Africa; by electron microprobe...97 Bi0.03 )Σ=2.00 . Mineral Group: Occurrence: Melonite group. Typically in small amounts in Pt–Pd-bearing...Cu–Ni sulfide deposits. Association: Merenskyite, melonite, sobolevskite, michenerite, kotulskite, froodite...Tundra, Kola Peninsula [TL]; and at the Oktyabr mine, Noril’sk region, western Siberia. In South Africa...Cu–Ni mine, Medicine Bow Mountains, east of Encampment, Albany Co., Wyoming; at the Key West mine, east
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67(1) Z = [1] X-ray Powder Pattern: Rustenburg mine, South Africa. 3.03 (100), 2.22 (90), 2.08 (70)...53 Total 101.9 99.4 101.1 100.00 (1) Thierry mine, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponds to (Pd0...to Pd1.00 (Te0.96 Bi0.08 )ÎŁ=1.04 . (3) Rustenburg mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponds...sobolevskite. Association: Sobolevskite, merenskyite, melonite, michenerite, moncheite, braggite, many other...Rustenburg platinum mine, in the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld complex; and in the Artonvilla mine, Messina, Transvaal
Book
ELEMENTS DEPOSITS Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course Series Volume 35 Edited by James...delivered on behalf of the Mineralogical Association of Canada in Oulu, Finland, 6-7 August 2005. ii TABLE...Refining the Classification Using McCreedy West Mine and Podolsky Project Case Studies 163-180 C.E.G...Characterization of the Nickel Rim South Deposit; Sudbury Ontario S.A. McLean, K.H. Straub, K.M. Stevens 359-368...359-368 17. Discovery and Geology of the Lac Des Iles Palladium Deposits M.J. Lavigne, M.J. Michaud, J. Rickard
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and the breccia zones of the Lac des Iles complex, Thunder Bay, Ontario (e.g., Watkinson et al. 2002)...Pd-rich ores of the Twilight and Roby Zones in the Lac des Isles deposits (e.g., Hinchey et al. 2005). Miner...boundaries). Inset is a cross section (section 3, Baula mine) of the ultramafic unit showing all rock types ...processes have locally affected all units in the area. In the breccia zone, the rock types most closely...zone gabbro b a B/S/16 S/21 Section-3 of Baula mine of Nuasahi massif NF12 SNK/e Section-3 Baula
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bld. de l’Université, Chicoutimi, PQ G7H 2B1, Canada 4 Instituto de Geociencias (UCM-CSIC), c/José...of abundance, of merenskyite (PdTe2), palladian melonite (NiTe2), michenerite (PdBiTe), moncheite (PtTe2)...LabMaTer, Université du Quebec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada, using LA-ICP-MS. The UQAC laser ablation system...proposed for pyrite in some Sudbury and Lac des Iles deposits in Canada (Dare et al., 2011; Djon & Barnes,...samples from the McCreedy East deposit in Sudbury, Canada. The zoning of these pyrites is very similar to
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bismuthotellurides (merenskyite-michenerite-moncheite-melonite) of variable composition and platinum arsenides...occur about 400 km to the northeast of the study area. Zusammenfassung Die Genese von Platingruppenmineralen...Aguilas rocks 87 Fig. 1. Location of the project area (in square box) and simpliÂźed regional geology of...Mogessie et al. Fig. 2. The geology of the study area in San Luis province and the location of the exposed...al. (1992) The Sierras Pampeanas of the San Luis area (Figs. 1, 2) consist of a crystalline basement of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Olivo & Theyer 2004), Lac des Iles (Djon & Barnes 2012), and Wellgreen in Canada (Barkov et al. 2002);...well as Ni in the form of the NiTe2 endmember melonite) have been reported in moncheite (Cabri & LaïŹ‚amme...moncheite, kotulskite/merenskyite/michenerite, and melonite (Vermaak & Hendriks 1976, Garuti & Rinaldi 1986)...some copper-nickel deposits of the Sudbury area, Ontario. Economic Geology 71, 1159–1195. CABRI, L.J...mineralization, Ferguson Lake deposit, Nunavut, Canada. Mineralium Deposita 47(4), 441–465. CAWTHORN,
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mines and exploration camps of Australia–Tasmania, Canada, the United States, Germany, Portugal, France,...than 100 employees. The economic interest in the area was only for small-scale production of chromite...belt, produced a few tons. I recently revisited the area, nearly after 50 years, to bring my knowledge up-to-date...born hills appear parallel to Mahagiri range due to mine-waste dumping. Unpaved roads serve the movement...The sky is gloomy throughout the day due to the mine and road dust. Social evils, crime, alcoholism,
Report (issue)
Platinum-Group Elements Edited by Louis J. Cabri Ottawa, Ontario Published for the Geological Society of CIM as...de Maisonneuve Boulevard West Montréal, Québec, Canada H3Z 3B8 ISBN 1-894475-27-5 Papers in this volume...Petroleum, Special Volume 54, p. 483-506. PRINTED IN CANADA by Marc Veilleux Imprimeur Inc. Preface Background...in countries like the Republic of South Africa, Canada, and Finland. Over the last five or so years, colleagues...to and immediately following my retirement from Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Resources (CANMET)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Blatchford Lake Intrusive Suite, Northwest Territories, Canada Kevin Neyedley, Jacob J. Hanley, Hendrik Falck...Blatchford Lake Intrusive Suite, Northwest Territories, Canada, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https:// doi...Blatchford Lake Intrusive Suite, Northwest Territories, Canada Kevin Neyedley a,+, Jacob J. Hanley a, Hendrik...University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3C3 b c Northwest Territories Geological...Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2 + kevinneyedley@gmail.com Keywords:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization, Ferguson Lake deposit, Nunavut, Canada Nelson O. Campos-Alvarez & Iain M. Samson & Brian...Ni–Cu–Co–platinum-group element (PGE) deposit in Nunavut, Canada, occurs near the structural hanging wall of a metamorphosed...Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada N9B-3P4 e-mail: campos.nelson@gmail.com Bi rich...dispersion of PGE. Keywords Ferguson Lake . Nunavut (Canada) . Hydrothermal remobilization . Magmatic sulfides...information. Geology of the Ferguson Lake area The Ferguson Lake area lies at the NE tip and toward the NW
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in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (Canada): Amy Lake PGE zone, East Range Györgyi Tuba &...coincides with an impactrelated major fracture zone (Bay Fault zone). Detailed hydrothermal alteration mapping...Ames Geological Survey of Canada, 750-601 Booth Street, K1A 0E8 Ottawa, Canada A. Péntek Wallbridge Mining...Company Ltd, 129 Fielding Road, P3Y 1L7 Lively, Canada D. H. Watkinson : P. C. Jones Department of Earth...University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, K1S 5B6 Ottawa, Canada and typified with high Ni/Cu and PGE/S ratios
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2013). 3. Sakatti Cu-Ni-PGE deposit The Sakatti area is largely unexposed and therefore its geology is...found in the deposit as moncheite-merenskyite-melonite (PtTe2-PdTe2-NiTe2) series tellurides occurring...other Ni-Cu sulphide deposits, including Voisey’s Bay, where chalcopyrite, pentlandite, pyrrhotite and...Ma younger than the 1333 Ma age of the Voisey’s Bay magmatic system, but comparable to the regional Grenville...Sm-Nd method at 2056 ± 25 Ma in the Jeesiörova area (Hanski et al., 2001). Huhma et al. (2018) used
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EGP–Co–Ni. La minĂ©ralisation se caractĂ©rise par des teneurs trĂšs basses en Os, Ir et Ru (respectivement...polyphasĂ© impliquant une prĂ©concentration des EGP dans des sulfures de Ni–Cu–Co dissĂ©minĂ©s, liĂ©s Ă  un...magma, et qui empĂȘchent la cristallisation prĂ©coce des sulfures, alors que les EGP (principalement Pd) vont...Cette minĂ©ralisation en EGP diffĂšre sensiblement des minĂ©ralisations hydrothermales en EGP en contexte...de Baula–Nuasahi, en Inde, alors quÊŒelle prĂ©sente des similaritĂ©s frappantes avec les minĂ©ralisations en
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sphalerite, selenide-clausthalite, telluride-melonite, and occasionally tennantite–tetrahedrite. Massive...the highly transformed ore at the Eretria (Othrys) area may indicate that the magmatic features have been...Services Analytical Laboratories Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada. The samples were dissolved using sodium peroxide...the Perivoli (Tsoumes–Kondro) (Tsoumes–Kondro) area area(modified (modifiedafter after[22,24]). [22,24])...chalcopyrite, bornite, and in lesser amounts abandoned mine, at the Kondro Hill, very close to the village of
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deposits (Lightfoot et al. 1990) in Russia, Sudbury in Canada (Lightfoot and Farrow 2002), and Jinchuan in China...mineralization in the Limoeiro intrusion (Fig. 2). The Retiro area has a more continuous, less faulted and less deformed...deformed structure, compared with the Piçarra area in which the distinction between igneous stratigraphic...deposit Samples were analyzed from the western Retiro area, the most primitive part of the intrusion to be...be sampled, and from the eastern Piçarra area, which consists of more fractionated sulfides. PGM were identified
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Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Saguenay, Québec, Canada a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Accepted...sinistral strike-slip ductile strain regime in the area between the Cherneca and Aguablanca shear zones...of abundance, of merenskyite (PdTe2), palladian melonite (NiTe2), michenerite (PdBiTe), moncheite (PtTe2)...(LA-ICP-MS) at Université du Quebec a Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada. The following isotopes were monitored 29 Si, 33S...Complex, Holwell and McDonald, 2007; and Creighton Mine, Sudbury, Dare et al. 2010a). Unlike Re, IPGE and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(2007) Footwall hosted Cu-PGE (Au, Ag), Sudbury Canada: Towards a new exploration vector. In B. Milkereit...platinum-group mineral from the Buraco do Ouro gold mine, Cavalcante, Goiás State, Brazil. Mineralogical...Twilight, and High Grade Zones of the Lac des Iles Complex, Ontario, Canada” by MLN Djon and SJ Barnes. Mineralium...Mesamax Northwest deposit, Ungava region, Quebec, Canada. Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 89–97. Coghill, B...Garuti, G., and Rinaldi, R. (1986) Mineralogy of melonite-group and other tellurides from the Ivrea-Verbano
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tellurides (telargpalite, sopcheite, keithconnite, melonite, hessite), paolovite, and Pt–Fe alloy have been...metallogenic epoch are known only in the Lovnozero ore district in the central part of the Lapland Granulite Belt...Pechenga–Allarechka ore district. The Monchegorsk Ni–Cu–Cr–PGE ore district is located in the central...ore resource potential of the Monchegorsk ore district is determined largely by the deposits related...complex (Fig. 1b). The Fedorov Pana Ni–Cu–PGE ore district is located in the southeastern part of the Pechenga–Var
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Sukinda areas of Orissa state and in the Jojohatu area of Bihar state (Fig. 1B). The chromite deposits...similar to that of the Robie Zone of the Lac des Iles complex in Canada (e.g. Watkinson et al., 2002) or the...rocks of the IOG supracrustal suite from the Nuasahi area. 2. Geological background 2.1. The Singhbhum Craton...closely associated gabbroic suite from the Nuasahi area yielded U–Pb zircon ages of 3123 ± 7 and 3119 ±...sperrylite, merenskyite along with Pd-bearing melonite) and are commonly found in the matrix assemblages
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Differentiating dilution and retention processes in mine effluent remediation within a natural wetland on...Casas, Joan de Pablo, and Jordi Bruno 1284 Acid mine drainage in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Odiel river...sulphide exploration in the Vihanti-PyhĂ€salmi district—M.D. Roberts, N.H.S. Oliver, and R. Lahtinen ...mĂ©lange of the “Kurosegawa belt” in the Isumi-Tomochi area, Kumamoto Prefecture, central Kyushu —Makoto Saito...segment of the Paleoproterozoic Trans-Hudson orogen, Canada— Kevin M. Ansdell Correlation Chart of the evolution
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dipping Fazenda Mirabela intrusion covers a surface area of ~7 km2 and consists primarily of a lower ultramafic...respectively. Sampling was completed with the aid of mine assay data to identify samples with the highest...magnifications of up to 15,000× are possible. Commercial mine assay data were obtained from 1-m composite intervals...diamond drill core by ALS Chemex Ltd., Vancouver, Canada. Fire assay was used to determine Au, Pt, and Pd...are merenskyite (PdTe2), moncheite, (PtTe2), and melonite (NiTe2). The proportions of Pt/Pd/Ni Table 2
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bismuthotellurides (i.e., merenskyite– moncheite–melonite solid solution series), which break down more...dominance of saline groundwaters in the Limoeiro area. Keywords: platinum-group minerals, weathering...identiïŹed a PGE-Cu-Ni-rich gossan within a 1 km-wide area containing several ultramaïŹc rock outcrops. This...(Fig. 2). SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL METHODS The area of study and the location of the Limoeiro deposit...elements were carried out at ALS Chemex, Toronto, Canada, using an inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission
 
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