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Albite from
Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:986085
Long-form Identifier:1:3:986085:8
GUID (UUID V4):86f0c8b4-ec1b-4c76-9b4f-2aba4d74a279
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘScadding Gold Mine, Scadding Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
13.6km (8.4 miles) ⓘCapre Lake Mine, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
15.2km (9.5 miles) ⓘAmy Lake zone, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘWanapitei Group, Scadding Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘWisner South Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
31.8km (19.7 miles) ⓘCobalt Hill, Mackelcan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
42.9km (26.6 miles) ⓘFraser Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
43.3km (26.9 miles) ⓘNemag Lake Occurrence, Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
45.3km (28.2 miles) ⓘStrathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
47.1km (29.2 miles) ⓘVermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
within the thermal aureole of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada: Isotopic, geochronological and geochemical...2 11747 91st Ave., Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1B1, Canada (Received January 27, 2004; accepted in revised...these catastrophic processes. The Falconbridge and Drury Township (Twp) intrusions were emplaced at the...edges of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), within its thermal contact aureole. The Falconbridge Twp intrusion...consistent with a Palaeoproterozoic origin for the Falconbridge Twp intrusion, and support inclusion in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Element Deposition, Sudbury Igneous Complex Contact, Onaping-Levack area, Ontario Catharine E. G. F a...Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada With 5 Figures Received September 17, 1991;...Onaping-Levack area of the North Range of the Sudbury Structure. Two significant alteration assemblages...Cu-rich veins in the Deep Copper Zone of Strathcona mine and the nearby Barnet property, and amphibole (actinolite...pentlandite + pyrite _ quartz + magnetite in the Fraser mine Epidote Zone. The concentrically zoned Epidote Zone
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... (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...are common in Paleozoic limestones throughout Ontario. A large crinoid reef extended along presentday
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...exist,where epidote,amphibole,chlorite,calcite,and albite octhe originof the transparentmineralsis equivocal...and during undergroundmapping. Miller Centre,Sudbury,Ontario,CanadaP3E 6B5. at temperatures>250ĂžC were important
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NORANDA, QUEBEC, CANADA C. D. A. COMB^, Texasgulf Inc., P.O. Box 1140, Timmins, Ontario, P4N 7H9 H. L...L. GIBSON, AND A. LICHTBLAU Corporation Falconbridge Copper, P.O. Box 2000, Noranda, Quebec,]9X 5B4 Introduction...drilling any single one is 10 m. With chastel Township, 2 km southeastof the O and the exception of the...the syeniteplug, in the vicinity of the Aldermac mine (copper-zinc),riebeckite occurson fracture planesin...to have come from lot 52, range II, Mont.bray Township (L. Baldwin, pers. com- Galena. mun.). The possibility
Report (issue)
Publications Committee 270 Brock Street Peterborough, Ontario K9H 2P9 Editorial committee: Michael Peterman,...Standen Cover photo: Mountain Lake and the Nephton mine, October 1951. Photo by Archie Cameron. I remember...almost a household name. Everyone at the Nephton mine knew he had been the spark that drew attention to...large deposit of nepheline syenite in Methuen Township, a few miles north of the east end of Stoney Lake...Lakefield. Ultimately, some of the profits of the mine were to be reinvested in more than a half dozen
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... © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1991 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intrusions in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: origin of the Sudbury impact melt sheet and its associated...intrusions in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: origin of the Sudbury impact melt sheet and its associated...intrusions in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: origin of the Sudbury impact melt sheet and its associated...Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada Abstract The majority of the mafic intrusions...intrusions and volcanic rocks in the footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), which is believed to have
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...to a depth of ,5 cm from the Greater Sudbury area (towns of Falconbridge, Copper Cliff, and Coniston)...Fe-hydroxides. A comparison with previous studies on the Sudbury soils shows that the average Cu# [Cu/(Cu ĂŸ Ni)]
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization, and Emplacement of the Foy Offset Dike, Sudbury Impact Structure* M. G. TUCHSCHERER AND J. G. SPRAY†...Bailey Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada Abstract The Foy offset dike is the longest of...known radial dikes associated with the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex. The Foy dike extends for at least...Archean and Proterozoic footwall rocks of the Sudbury impact structure. The dike ranges in width from...from 400 m, where it connects to the Sudbury Igneous Complex, to 50 m at its most distal known exposure
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)
Strathcona Mine and Its Bearing on the Origin of the Nickel-Copper Ores of the Sudbury District, Ontario by A...lies at the base of the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive along the north rim of the Sudbury basin. In the vicinity...455 REVIEW OF THE SUDBURY LITERATURE 456 General geologic setting The Sudbury Nickel Irruptive Marginal...GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE STRATHCONA MINE ROCK UNITS NEAR THE STRATHCONA MINE Rock units of the Nickel Irruptive...sulfides and young marginal intrusions at many other Sudbury deposits. It is possible that both sulfides and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE SUDBURY BRECCIA HOSTING FOOTWALL Cu–Ni–PGE MINERALIZATION AT THE FRASER MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA...of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada ABSTRACT An assemblage of hydrous, Cl-bearing...hosted by the Sudbury Breccia at the Fraser Copper zone, Fraser mine, Onaping–Levack area, Ontario. The pyroxene...hornblende hornfels contact-metamorphic aureole of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) contains less than 15 modal...minerals of the albite–epidote hornfels facies is present in the matrix of the Sudbury Breccia; it contains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Batholith, northern flank of the Sudbury Structure, Ontario, Canada A. Meldrum a,, A . - F . M . A b...University, 3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A 7 b Department of Geology, American University...Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa Ontario, Ontario, Canada K1A OE8 Received 15 March...Batholith, exposed about 50 km northwest of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, is a late Archean K-rich granitic batholith...it forms the footwall of the North Range of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. The Cartier Batholith, dominantly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Breccia within the Strathcona Embayment of the Sudbury Structure KELLI A. MCCORMICK,†,* Mineral Exploration...933 Ramsey Lake Rd, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 6B5 JOHN S. FEDOROWICH, Falconbridge Ltd., P.O. Box 40...40, Falconbridge, Ontario, Canada P0M 1S0 ANDREW M. MCDONALD, AND RICHARD S. JAMES Mineral Exploration...Laurentian University, 933 Ramsey Lake Rd, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 6B5 Abstract The footwall breccia...the main Ni-Cu-(PGE) ore-hosting units of the Sudbury camp. This polymict, matrix-supported, contact-metamorphosed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada P3E 2C6 Department of Materials Science and...smelters and roast yards of the Greater Sudbury area, Ontario, Canada and contain information about the...were collected from various locations within the Sudbury area and are characterized with scanning electron...chemical weathering rate of exposed rocks in the Sudbury area. Non-stoichiometric dissolution of the silicate...1985; Minitti et al., 2007; Schindler et al., 2010), mine tailings (Schindler et al., 2009d; Durocher and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Structure: Implications for Ni-Cu-PGE Exploration at Sudbury* M. BOAST AND J. G. SPRAY† Planetary and Space...Bailey Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada Abstract A ~2.0-km-wide metamorphic aureole has...margin of the 2.5-km-thick Sudbury Igneous Complex of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury impact structure. The aureole...petrography and electron microscopy reveal four zones: albite-epidote (1,000 m wide), hornblende (900 m), and...previously undetected thrust faults between the Sudbury Igneous Complex and the Archean footwall. We demonstrate
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 57 Cobalt – Belleterre – Timmins Ontario and Quebec Ann...Ann P. Sabina 2000 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 57 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR...Timmins Ontario and Quebec Ann P. Sabina 2000 ©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2000 Catalogue...Available in Canada from Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8 3303-33rd...for reference in selected public libraries across Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en français
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DEVELOPMENT THE MarbridgeMine is situatedin La Motte township,range5, lot 9, about 15 miles north of the town...massivesulfidesexposed as a resultof a log skiddingoperation. The mine subsequently developed by Marchant Mining Companyand...Canadianproductionfigures. The greater significanceof this first nickel mine in Quebec is that it may foreshadowa...clearing the woodswithin a few hundred feet of the mine buildings,sufficientrock has been exposedto permit...abundantin the mine area. These fine-grained,light buff- to '"‱ ‱ ..(3 "‱ GEOLOGY OFMARBRIIX‱ MINE ‱, [
Corporate Document
Management P.O. Box 40, Commerce Court West Toronto, Ontario M5L 1B4 MARSH A. COOPER Executive Office President...Vice-President 365 Bloor Street East Suite 200 Toronto, Ontario M4W 1H7 R. LAVERTU Senior Vice-President, Minerals...MARSH A. COOPER President & Managing Director Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited G.E. DALE Vice-President...Vice-President, Finance T*W.E. CURRY Waterloo, Ontario Chairman, Department of Business Sir Wilfrid Laurier University...R. ROBERTSON Secretary Group Vice-President Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited N.H. WITHERELL F. DONALD
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Ontario, Canada MATTHEW D. GRAY,†,* AND RICHARD W. HUTCHINSON...accompanied by Cu-Au-(Mo) mineralization at the Dome mine, where a conformable quartzfeldspar porphyry intrusion...vein systems form the bulk of the ore at the Dome mine and are similar to the most economically significant...porphyries similar to those exposed at the Dome mine. This association has led to considerable speculation...porphyry emplacement, most of the Au at the Dome mine was emplaced significantly later than the porphyries
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sinuous rilles in the Cape Smith Belt, New QuĂ©bec, Canada David A. Williams & Ross C. Kerr & C. Michael Lesher...Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada e-mail: mlesher@laurentian.ca turbulently...Komatiite . Magmatic sulfides . Thermal erosion . Canada . QuĂ©bec Introduction Komatiite-associated Ni–Cu–(platinum...the location of the Cape Smith Belt,b New QuĂ©bec, Canada (upper left), with blowouts (upper right and bottom)...parts) that is overlain by regionally metamorphosed (albite–epidote zone: St-Onge and Lucas 1993) sulfidic–
Report (edition)
Mines limited (SGM) Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada limited (TANCO) Manitoba Department of Economic....... 5 : Cross-section of a typical underground mine ...... ... ... . .. . . ....... ... ... ..........and Plant, Inco Metals Company. Pipe 2 Underground Mine Headframe in Background . 6 12 13 14 15 34 49 50...story of mining in Manitoba, as in the rest of Canada, is that of a people who not only searched for...of Canada and Canadians. Thus, it can be claimed with some justification and pride that if Canada needed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Large Igneous and Metallogenic Province in the Sudbury Area of the Canadian Shield R. S. JAMES,† Department...Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada R. M. EASTON, Precambrian Geoscience Section, Ontario Geological...Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 6B5, Canada D. C. PECK, Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd., Suite...Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1G8, Canada AND J. L. HROMINCHUK Department of Earth Sciences...Laurentian University, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada Abstract The 2.49 to 2.475 Ga intrusions
 
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