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Magnetite from
Copper Cliff Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Cliff Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:813396
Long-form Identifier:1:3:813396:0
GUID (UUID V4):8b4495f8-91f5-4747-b886-c342b13cb332
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘCopper Cliff North Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘCopper Cliff South Mine, Snider Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘClarabelle Mine, Snider Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘSudbury area, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘMurray Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘKelley Lake, Broder Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘBlezard Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
8.0km (4.9 miles) ⓘFrood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘLittle Stobie Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
8.9km (5.6 miles) ⓘStobie Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide Ore in the 800 and 810 Orebodies, Copper Cliff South Mine, and P-T-X Conditions during the Formation...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...the Copper Cliff offset dike and metapelite of the McKim Formation. The Copper Cliff South mine is one...platinum-group elements (PGE) deposits in the Copper Cliff offset dike. The ore is composed of variable
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...and Scenery, North Shore of Lake Huron Region; Ontario Geological Survey, Geological Guide Book 4, 224p...670-5691 Toll-Free: 1-888-415-9845, ext. 5691 (inside Canada, United States) Pubsales.ndm@ontario.ca The Purchase...670-5691 Toll-Free: 1-888-415-9845, ext. 5691 (inside Canada, United States) Pubsales.ndm@ontario.ca Crown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Giant Sudbury Polymetallic Mining Camp, Ontario, Canada D. E. AMES,† Geological Survey of Canada, 601...Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada A. DAVIDSON, 3259 Margaret Rd., Regina, SK S4V 1B2, Canada AND N. WODICKA ... Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada Introduction Geologic Setting...Canada’s most prolific mining camp, the world-class Sudbury structure with total past production and current...preserved impact craters. The new map of the Ni-Cu-PGE Sudbury district (after Ames et al., 2005) is included
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
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 (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...pentlandite very pale mauve; chalcopyrite yellow; magnetite grey; silicate gangue minerals medium to dark... (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)
Cu-Ni-Platinum-Group Element Deposits, Copper Cliff North Area, Sudbury, Canada KRISZTIÁN SZENTPÉTERI,† Department...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...sublayer Lady Violet deposit) in the Copper Cliff North mine area, Sudbury, were sampled with the aim of defining...the 100, 120, and Lady Violet deposits in the Sudbury South Range. Formation of primary PGE-bearing sulfarsenides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ni-Cu-Platinum-Group Element Sulfide Deposit, Sudbury, Canada: Early Crystallization of PGE-Rich Sulfarsenides...Chicoutimi, 555 Bld. de l’Université, Saguenay, Québec, 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
Report (issue)
COLLECTOR Ann P. Sabina Sudbury to Winnipeg I.I Energy, Mines and Resources Canada E:nergie, Mines et...et Ressourees Canada Canada THE ENERGY OF OUR RESOURCES THE POWER OF OUR IDEAS COVER Left: Amethyst...Amethyst - Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specimen measures 4.5 cm across the base. National Mineral Collection specimen... Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 49 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Sudbury to Winnipeg... Š Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1991 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
64 I. INTI~0I)UCTI0~. town of Sudbury is situated in Northern Ontario, 442 miles from Montreal on the...constructed some eight or ten years ago, the name Sudbury was given to a small slation which was afterwards...to work them. Thus it was that Copper Cliff Mine was opened up for copper, although along with the ehalcopyrite... as it was not known to contain nickel till the mine had been in operation for some little time, and...descriptions of the country in the immediate vicinity of Sudbury were published by Selwyn in 1884. In 1888 Bonney
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND GENESIS OF PYRRHOTITE IN THE COPPER CLIFF OFFSET, SUDBURY, ONTARIO SARAH C. GORDON§ AND ANDREW M...Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd., Ontario, Canada, P3E 2C6 ABSTRACT Pyrrhotite (Po) from five...890, and 100 OB) in the Copper Cliff Offset Dike (CCOD) at Sudbury, Ontario was studied using powder...ilmenite in the 830, 865, 880, and 890 OB, whereas magnetite dominates in the 100 OB. Mineralization occurs...monoclinic pyrrhotite, hexagonal pyrrhotite, Copper Cliff offset dike, Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposit, Rietveld
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
increasing basicity, the T h /U ratios are considerably greater than those compiled by Jeffreys and are in better...this limita­ tion is compensated by the somewhat greater accuracy of the former for low radium values. A................. Obsidian Cliff...................................... Sudbury micropegmatite................................... ........... Overhanging Cliff........................ ........... Hawaiian basalt........................ Sudbury olivine diabase......................... Sudbury olivine diabase......
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
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_________________________________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Grenville front tectonic zone east of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada F. Corfu a,b,) , R.M. Easton c a c Jack...Satterly Laboratory, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6 b Mineralogical–Geological...Geoscience Section, Ontario Geological SurÕey, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 6B5 Abstract...apatite, allanite, and rutile from Street Township east of Sudbury that help unravel two main facets of the...Introduction The Grenville Front Tectonic Zone ŽGFTZ. in Ontario is a complex geological boundary delimiting )
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd., Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada MICHAEL F. HOCHELLA, JR. Department...ABSTRACT Contaminated soils in the Greater Sudbury area (Ontario, Canada) exhibit elevated Cu and Ni concentrations...mineral surface coatings of the soils in the Greater Sudbury area is not. Coatings on mineral surfaces play...depth of ,5 cm from the Greater Sudbury area (towns of Falconbridge, Copper Cliff, and Coniston) have been...Fe-hydroxides. A comparison with previous studies on the Sudbury soils shows that the average Cu# [Cu/(Cu Ăž Ni)]
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PGE ore deposits in South Africa, Botswana, and Canada was examined in detail in terms of pyrrhotite association...± 0.10 wt % Ni) in this study were found to be greater than in 4C pyrrhotite (0.43 ± 0.10 wt % Ni), but...operations, as well as in the production of acid mine drainage (Johnson et al., 2000). There is some evidence...South Africa (Liebenberg, 1970) or Voisey’s Bay, Canada (Naldrett et al., 2000). 4C pyrrhotite The original...However, for more Fe-rich bulk compositions with greater than 48 at. percent Fe, troilite and NC pyrrhotite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
volcanic nature. T. L. WATSON. " Copper-bearing Rocks of Virgilina Copper District, Virginia and North Carolina...353-76. Watson describes the copper-bearing rocks of the Virgilina copper district of Virginia and North...occurring along the Atlantic coast region from eastern Canada to Georgia, and from Alabama to the Lake Superior...Laurentian peneplain of the great pre-Cambrian shield of Canada and adjacent portions of the United States. 'Ihe...the periphery of the great pre-Cambrian area of Canada, with a slope inclined to the great peneplain of
Book
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES CANADA DEPARTMENT OF MINES HON. LOUIS CODERRE, MlNISTEK;...OTTAWA GOVERNMENT PRINTING BUREAU 1915 No. 344 CANADA DEPARTMENT OF MINES HON. LOUIS CODERRE, MINISTER;...in Electric iron smelting in Commercial Sweden Canada 6 8 efficiency of the Elektrometall furnace ...Mines Branch publications 35 37 40 42 Hagfors Canada 47 51 58 59 61 VI ILLUSTRATIONS. Photographs...establishing an electric iron-smelting industry in Canada. Sweden during June and July 1914 and inspected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COMPOSITION OF SOME BRINES FROM THE PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD OF CANADA ROBERT H. M c N U T T I, S H A U N K. F R A...Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. L8S 4MI (Canada) 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University of...of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. N 2 L 3G1 (Canada) (Received October 18, 1983; revised and accepted March 21...composition of some brines from the Precambrian Shield of Canada. Isot. Geosci., 2: 205--215. Twenty-four groundwater...seven operating mines at Sudbury, Yellowknife and T h o m p s o n (Ontario, North West Territories and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the McCreedy East Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Sudbury, Canada): Implications for the Behavior of Platinum...555 bld. de l’Université, Saguenay, PQ, G7H 2B1, Canada of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University...Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom Abstract Copper-rich massive sulfides are an important source of...element ore deposits. At the McCreedy East deposit, Sudbury, they constitute a classic magmatic assemblage...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)
thePlatinum-Group ElementsfromSome Copper-NickelDepositsof the SudburyArea,Ontario Lou•s J. CABRIANDJ. H. Abstract...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 ...COP•R CUFI sUDBURY CONISTON ß •j transition •] micropegmotite RAMSEY< .AKE ICOPPER CLIFF [•] gronite...gronite SOUTH MINE zone NORTH GERTRUDE W CHICAGO X%\-•N• KELLEY LAKE HILL - 7/ eVER•IUON /•'MclNTYRE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Corresponding patterns may be found in the layering of the Sudbury, Bushveld, and Great Dyke intrusions. The lopoliths...lopolith Great Dyke Sudbury intrusion Sudbury lopolith and the Sudbury breccia . . . . Sudbury breccia Granite...Bay intrusion in Tanganyika, and the Sudbury intrusion in Canada have shown that the intrusions have many...Great Dyke 295 8. The Sudbury lopolith 296 9. Columnar sections of the Sudbury lopolith 297 10. Diagrammatic...Diagrammatic cross section of the Sudbury lopolith from Levack to Gertrude... 297 as the Bushveld and Insizwa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magnetic sorting of Ni–Cu ore at Whistle mine, Sudbury, Canada M. T. Vatcha, L. B. Cochrane and D. H. Rousell...industry. During the early development of the Sudbury Ni–Cu deposits in the late 1800s and early 1900s...install a magnetic separator at the Whistle open-pit mine,3 a relatively low-grade (0.98% Ni and 0.34% Cu)...deposit located approximately 40 km northeast of Sudbury (Fig. 1). Mining operations The Whistle deposit...In 1987 the deposit was reassessed; an open-pit mine was designed with twelve 10-m benches. Mining began
 
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