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Sperrylite from
Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sperrylite
Formula:PtAs2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sperrylite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:813140
Long-form Identifier:1:3:813140:9
GUID (UUID V4):a19c6ecb-4cbf-4dd9-8fe4-b3f93afd28fa
Nearest other occurrences of Sperrylite
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘMorrison deposit, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘMcCreedy West Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘMcCreedy East Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘColeman Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘLockerby Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘCrean Hill Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘCreighton Mine, Creighton-Davies Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘVermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘWorthington Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘTotten No. 2 Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the Broken Hammer Area, Wisner Township, North Range, Sudbury Structure ATTILA PÉNTEK,† FERENC MOLNÁR...Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract Footwall-type Cu-Ni-PGE (Platinum-group...are a major focus of recent exploration in the Sudbury mining camp, owing to their higher Cu and precious...orebodies situated along the lower contact of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. The most important footwall-type...footwall-type orebodies occur in the Onaping-Levack area of the North Range, but economic deposits are found along
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulfide minerals from the McCreedy East deposit, Sudbury, Canada, and the origin of PGE in pyrite Sarah A. S...investigated. The Ni– Cu–PGE ores from the South Range of Sudbury are unusual in that sulfarsenide PGM, rather than...rocks. In comparison, the North Range deposits of Sudbury, such as the McCreedy East deposit, have As-poor...555 bld. de l’UniversitĂ©, Saguenay, PQ, G7H 2B1, Canada e-mail: sasdare@hotmail.com H. M. Prichard : P...important in concentrating PGE in the North Range of Sudbury. Palladium is present in pentlandite and, together
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Ni-Cu-Platinum-Group Element Sulfide Deposit, Sudbury, Canada: Early Crystallization of PGE-Rich Sulfarsenides...Chicoutimi, 555 Bld. de l’UniversitĂ©, Saguenay, QuĂ©bec, Canada G7H 2B1 of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University...minerals (PGM) in Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits. At Sudbury, it appears that the majority of PGE are hosted...Creighton deposit located on the South Range of Sudbury. These predominantly pyrrhotite-rich sulfides,...collected in troughs and embayments at the base of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, and formed small pendants of ore
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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...mertieite II, michenerite,moncheite,niggliite, sperrylite, sudburyite,unnamed Pd(Te, Sb,Bi), unnamedPdsSba...nickeline; Rh was found in cobaltite-gersdorffite and sperrylite. The SouthRangeand Offset depositsare characterized...LONGVACK X"--‱ COLEMANIBIGLEVACK SHAFT ;APRE ‱ STRATHCONA VICTOR X X NICKEL RIM LE‱CK MACLENNAN
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...maficto felsic gneissesand migmatiteswith domiof the Levack Gneiss 1979). A magmaticoriginisnowwell established...fide by hydrothermalfluids with a includethe Strathcona strong crustal signature (Farrow et al., 1992a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the McCreedy East Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Sudbury, Canada): Implications for the Behavior of Platinum...555 bld. de l’UniversitĂ©, Saguenay, PQ, G7H 2B1, Canada of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University...element ore deposits. At the McCreedy East deposit, Sudbury, they constitute a classic magmatic assemblage...[(Pt,Pd)BiTe] and froodite [PdBi2], with minor sperrylite [PtAs2] and Sn-bearing platinum group minerals...galena. In contrast to much of the previous work at Sudbury, which has invoked the role of late-magmatic and/or
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Creighton Ni–Cu–PGE sulfide deposit, Sudbury, Canada, and the origin of palladium in pentlandite...Chicoutimi, 555 bld. de l’UniversitĂ©, Saguenay, PQ, Canada G7H 2B1 e-mail: sasdare@hotmail.com chalcopyrite...PGE-Ni-rich cobaltite (CoAsS), and subordinate sperrylite (PtAs2), all of which are hosted predominantly...group elements . Sulfides . Sulfarsenides . Sudbury . Canada . Laser ablation ICP-MS . Palladium enrichment...of the Creighton Ni–Cu–PGE sulfide deposit, Sudbury, Canada. The sulfide assemblage is dominated by pyrrhotite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (Canada): Amy Lake PGE zone, East Range Györgyi...footwall of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex occurring in a 100m-wide Sudbury Breccia belt that coincides...multi-source, multi-stage Sudbury-related hydrothermal system. The two major stages of syn-Sudbury hydrothermal activity...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the 800 and 810 Orebodies, Copper Cliff South Mine, and P-T-X Conditions during the Formation of Platinum-Group...University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada Abstract The 800 and 810 orebodies are...are two major deposits in the Copper Cliff South mine, located at opposite contacts between the quartz...metapelite of the McKim Formation. The Copper Cliff South mine is one of the richest Cu-Ni- platinum-group elements...platinum-group mineral (PGM) in the Copper Cliff South mine is sperrylite (PtAs2). It occurs in every textural type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide Ores Associated with the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada* Mitchell Kerr,1,† Jacob Hanley... Nova Scotia, Canada 2 TMAC 3 KGHM 4 Department Resources, Toronto, Ontario, Canada International...Ltd., Sudbury, Ontario, Canada of Earth Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Abstract...the North Range footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada. The deposits have been modified...hydrothermal events and are hosted mainly within Sudbury breccia, a contact metamorphosed and hydrothermally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy and Geology, Royal Ontario Museum, IOO Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6 AND DONALD C. HARRIS...HARRIS CANMET, 555 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, KIA oGI SUMMARY. Arsenohauchecornite, Ni9BiAsSs, and...tellurohauchecornite, Ni9BiTeS 8 from the Sudbury area, Ontario, are now recognized as distinct mineral...tellurium-rich h a u c h e c o r n i t e from the Sudbury area as arsenian a n d tellurian varieties of h...Arsenohauchecornite, Vermilion Mine, Lot 6, Con. IV, D e n i s o n Tp., S u d b u r y Dist., Ontario, TABLE I. Electron
Journal (issue)
with the printers ... Gem topaz from the Sakangyi mine, Myanmar; 5.1 cm high. M. Zinn collection. INTRODUCTION...in the big pocket in Sakangyi mine, Myanmar. New sperrylites from Canada Bradley S. WILSON INTRODUCTION...find of sperrylite crystals was made in 2011 at the Broken Hammer zone near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Fine...deposit, located in the Sudbury region, that is currently being considered for mine development by Wallbridge...camp as old and as heavily explored and mined as Sudbury, an important new mineral discovery can still be
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Rathbun Offset Dike of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (Ontario, Canada) Alexander Kawohl,1,† Wesley E... Toronto, Ontario M5C 1P1, Canada Bite Geological Ltd., 144 Kuusisto Rd., Sudbury, Ontario P3E 4N1, Canada...Canada Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa Abstract...dioritic impact melt dikes around the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex, locally referred to as offset...dikes proximal (<6 km) to the main mass of the Sudbury Complex are mineralized at an economic grade and
Report (issue)
Langis mine, Canada; by electron microprobe; corresponds to Ni3.64 Bi2.03 S2.00 . (2) Sudbury, Canada; corresponds...tetradymite, hessite, cubanite, maucherite, nickeline, sperrylite, gold, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite...Transvaal. In Canada, at the Strathcona mine, Sudbury, and from the Langis mine, Casey Township, Cobalt-Gowganda...Cobalt-Gowganda area, Ontario; in the Gaspe copper mine, Quebec; and at the Gros Cap area, near Great Slave Lake...Allarechensk region, Murmansk, Russia. At the Zinkwand mine, Schladminger, Styria, Austria. From Nebral, Málaga
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada; robert.martin@mcgill.ca Correspondence: ore-minerals@mail...are small (<0.1 mm) grains of PGM: michenerite, sperrylite, Bi-enriched members of the merenskyite– moncheite...ore veins sampled at the site of long-abandoned mine adits in the Monchepluton layered basic–ultrabasic...(10–15 kg each) of Ni–Cu–PGE ores collected at old mine adits (67 55 18.4 three samples (10–15 kg00 each)◩of...Bismuthotelluride species of Pd and(Figure Pt and sperrylite, present in thein one concentrates, are consistent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada ABSTRACT Progress in the understanding...been influenced by observations on the Sudbury area, in Ontario, which was by far the dominant Ni producer...producer. Discussion focused on the nature of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, and whether the ores were gravitational...aqueous fluids. During the 1960s, the concept that Sudbury is an astrobleme was first proposed, the discovery...progress was stimulated by the new thinking about Sudbury, and the very different environments of ore deposition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PROSPECT IN THE FLIN FLON GREENSTONE BELT, MANITOBA, CANADA GEMA RIBEIRO OLIVO§ Department of Geological Sciences...Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada PETER THEYER§ Manitoba Geological Survey...Avenue, Suite 360, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 3P2, Canada ABSTRACT The McBratney high-grade PGE–Au occurrence...94Ni0.01Fe0.01Hg0.03)0.99 (Sb0.95Te0.06)1.01], sperrylite [(Pt0.94Ag0.01Ni0.01Fe0.09)1.05As1.95], temagamite...94Ni0.01Fe0.01Hg0.03)0.99(Sb0.95Te0.06)1.01], sperrylite [(Pt 0.94 Ag 0.01 Ni 0.01 Fe 0.09 ) 1.05 As
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...Mines and Resources (EMR), Geological Survey of Canada; Gabriele I. C. Schneider, South African Department...August 1986, the development of a major new platinum mine was announced in South Africa (E.C.I. Hammerbeck
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Element Deposits, Copper Cliff North Area, Sudbury, Canada KRISZTIÁN SZENTPÉTERI,† Department of Mineralogy...Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6 FERENC MOLNÁR, Department of Mineralogy...Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6 Abstract Three deposits (the offset...Violet deposit) in the Copper Cliff North mine area, Sudbury, were sampled with the aim of defining the...accessory sulfarsenides, Bi-Te minerals, and sperrylite. Sulfarsenides, which are prominent accessory
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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)
Ni–Cu–(PGE) SULFIDE DEPOSIT, CAPE SMITH, QUEBEC, CANADA CHARLIE L. SEABROOK§ Department of Geosciences...Quebec. The most abundant PGM (in area %) is sperrylite, comprising a third of all the grains. Overall...Pt–Os–Ru-bearing Rh sulfarsenide, probably hollingworthite. Sperrylite is more abundant at Katiniq, and merenskyite...the occurrence of sudburyite and, more rarely, sperrylite within carbonate in secondary veins and in shear...during this low-temperature alteration, with sperrylite crystals losing their euhedral form where parts
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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)
Te]), with only very few grains of merenskyite, sperrylite, vysotskite-braggite, paolovite, cooperite, and...the various offsets associated with the Sudbury structure, Canada. A primary magmatic origin of the sulfides...lithological units. Such deposits are common around the Sudbury † Corresponding author: e-mail, J.C.Andersen@exeter...Cu-Fe-Ni sulfide ores of the Sudbury Complex, notable examples are found at Strathcona, Lindsley, Little Stobie...the basal deposits of the Sudbury Complex (e.g., at McCreedy West, Strathcona, and the Copper Cliff North
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
within talnakhite–galena-rich ores from the Oktyabr’ mine, Noril’sk Complex. Associated minerals include Ag–Au...alloy and minor amounts of froodite, paolovite, sperrylite and Pd(Bi,Pb). Varying Bi:Te values in sobolevskite...caractĂ©ristique de minerais riches en talnakhite–galĂšne Ă  la mine Oktyabr’, complexe de Noril’sk. Leurs sont associĂ©s...des quantitĂ©s moindres de froodite, paolovite, sperrylite et Pd(Bi,Pb). Le rapport Bi:Te variable de la...was collected from the –720 level of the Oktyabr’ mine, close to the upper contact of Cu–Ni–PGE-rich ore
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...merenskyite (PdTe2), mertieite II (Pd8[Sb,As]3), and sperrylite (PtAs2) and occur in variety of textural settings...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
 
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