Sopcheite

Sopcheite, etc.

Lukkulaisvaara ultrabasic Massif, Olanga River, Oulanka plutonic complex, Loukhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia

Sopcheite, etc.

Lukkulaisvaara ultrabasic Massif, Olanga River, Oulanka plutonic complex, Loukhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia

Sopcheite, etc.

Lukkulaisvaara ultrabasic Massif, Olanga River, Oulanka plutonic complex, Loukhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia

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Anisotropism:

Color effects yellowish-red to bluish

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R
440nm	39.6%
460nm	40.3%
480nm	41.6%
500nm	42.4%
520nm	42.8%
540nm	43.0%
560nm	43.5%
580nm	44.4%
600nm	45.2%
620nm	45.8%
640nm	46.6%
660nm	47.3%
680nm	48.0%
700nm	48.5%
720nm	48.5%
740nm	48.3%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 48.5%.

Colour in reflected light:

Light gray with brown tint

Internal Reflections:

None

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Reference List:

Year ⬇Author Title Publisher

(n.d.)

Cabri, L.J., Laflamme, J.H.G. (1976) The mineralogy of the platinum-group elements from some copper-nickel deposits of the Sudbury area, Ontario. Economic Geology: 71(7): 1159-1195.

Orsoev, D.A., Rezhenova, S.A., Bodanova, A.N. (1982) Sopcheite, Ag4Pd3Te4, a new mineral from copper-nickel ores of the Monchegorsk pluton. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 111(1): 114-117.

Orsoev, D.A., Rezhenova, S.A., Bodanova, A.N. (1982) Sopcheite, Ag4Pd3Te4, a new mineral from copper-nickel ores of the Monchegorsk pluton. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 111(1): 114-117.

Dunn, Pete J., Fleischer, Michael, Burns, Roger G., Pabst, Adolf (1983) New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 68 (3-4) 471-475 p.472

Dunning, G.R., Laflamme, J.H.G., Criddle, A.J. (1984) Sopcheite: a second Canadian occurrence, from the Lac-des-Ises Complex, Ontario. The Canadian Mineralogist: 22: 233-237.

Vymazalová, Anna, Laufek, František, Kristavchuk, Alexandr V., Chareev, Dmitriy A., Drábek, Milan (2015) The system Ag–Pd–Te: phase relations and mineral assemblages. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (7) 1813-1832 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.7.11

Laufek, F., Vymazalova, A., Grokhovskaya, T.L., Plášil, J., Dušek, M., Orsoev, D.A., Kozlov, V.V. (2017) The crystal structure of sopcheite, Ag4Pd3Te4, from the Lukkulaisvaara intrusion, Karelia, Russia. European Journal of Mineralogy: 29: 603-612.

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Canada
British Columbia Liard Mining Division ⓘ Turnagain River area	Nixon, G. T., & Smyth, W. R. (1998). Ni–Cu sulfide mineralization in the Turnagain Alaskan-type complex: a unique magmatic environment. Geological Survey of British Columbia, Paper, 1.
New Brunswick Kings Co. Cardwell Parish ⓘ Mechanic Settlement Pluton	Canadian Mineralogist 45, 775 Grammatikopoulos, T.A., Hiebert, R.S., Barr, S.M. and Valeyev, O., (2006) Cu-Ni-PGM Mineralization In The Mechanic Settlement Pluton, Southern New Brunswick, Canada. in Geological Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts Volume 31
Ontario Greater Sudbury ⓘ Levack Township	Dunning, G.R., Laflamme, J.H.G., Criddle, A.J. (1984) Sopcheite: a second Canadian occurrence, from the Lac-des-Ises Complex, Ontario. The Canadian Mineralogist: 22: 233-237.
ⓘ McCreedy West Mine	Hoffman, E.L., Naldrett, A.J., Alcock, R.A., and Hancock, R.G.V. (1979) The noble metal content of ore in the Levack West and Little Stobie mines, Ontario. Canadian Mineralogist: 17: 437-452.
Wisner Township ⓘ Broken Hammer Deposit	Ames, D. E., McClenaghan, M. B., Averill, S., & Milkereit, B. (2007). Footwall-hosted Cu-PGE (Au, Ag), Sudbury Canada: towards a new exploration vector. Exploration 07, Exploration in the New Millennium, 1013-1017. Economic Geology 103 (2008) 1005-1028.
Thunder Bay District ⓘ Coldwell complex	Mulja & Mitchell (1990)
ⓘ Marathon deposit	Ames, D.E., Kjarsgaard, I.M., McDonald, A.M. & Good, D.J. (2017) Insights into the extreme PGE enrichment of the W Horizon, Marathon Cu-Pd deposit, Coldwell Alkaline Complex, Canada: Platinum-group mineralogy, compositions and genetic implications. Ore Geology Reviews 90:723-747.
Lac des Iles Area ⓘ Lac des Iles Complex	Dunning, G.R., Laflamme, J.H.G., Criddle, A.J. (1984) Sopcheite: a second Canadian occurrence, from the Lac-des-Ises Complex, Ontario. The Canadian Mineralogist: 22: 233-237.
O'Neill Township ⓘ Fleck occurrence (American Brass; Two Duck Lake)	Watkinson, D.H., Ohnenstetter, D. (1992) Hydrothermal origin of platinum-group mineralization in the Two Duck Lake Intrusion, Coldwell Complex, northwestern Ontario. The Canadian Mineralogist: 30: 121-136.
Seeley Lake Area ⓘ Ameranium prospect (Geordie Lake; Macrae)	Mulja, T. & Mitchell, R.H. (1990) Platinum-group minerals and tellurides from the Geordi Lake intrusion, Coldwell complex, Northwestern Ontario. Canadian Mineralogist 28, 489-501. Geological Association of Canada (2014) Abstracts Fredericton Vol 37
Québec Côte-Nord Sept-Rivières RCM ⓘ Montagnais Sill Complex	Smith, W. D. (2021). Petrology, geochemistry, and isotopic composition of magmatic sulphide occurrences in the Montagnais Sill Complex, northern Québec, Canada (Doctoral dissertation, Cardiff University).
Finland
Lapland Sodankylä Viiankiaapa mire area ⓘ Sakattilampi (Sakatti deposit)	Pelayo Barrón Francisco (2020) The lithogeochemistry of the Cu-rich disseminated ore and further geochemical characterization of the massive ore, Sakatti Cu-Ni-Co-PGE deposit, Central Lapland Greenstone Belt, Finland. Masters thesis, University of Helsinki
Greece
Central Macedonia Chalkidiki Aristotelis Kassandra mining district ⓘ Skouries Mine	McFall, K., Roberts, S., Teagle, D., Naden, J., Lusty, P., & Boyce, A. (2016). The origin and distribution of critical metals (Pd, Pt, Te and Se) within the Skouries Cu-Au porphyry deposit, Greece. Applied Earth Science, 125(2), 100-101. Katie A. McFall, Jonathan Naden, Stephen Roberts, Tim Baker, John Spratt, Iain McDonald (2018): Platinum-group minerals in the Skouries Cu-Au (Pd, Pt, Te) porphyry deposit. Ore Geology Reviews 99, 344-364.
Greenland
Sermersooq Skaergaard intrusion ⓘ Platinova reef	Holwell, D. A., Keays, R. R., McDonald, I., & Williams, M. R. (2015). Extreme enrichment of Se, Te, PGE and Au in Cu sulfide microdroplets: evidence from LA-ICP-MS analysis of sulfides in the Skaergaard Intrusion, east Greenland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 170(5-6), 1-26.
India
Karnataka Davanagere District Shimoga schist belt ⓘ Hanumalapur Complex	Ndhlovu, M. B. (2017). A Mineralogical and Geochemical study of Platinum-Group Minerals and Base-Metal Sulfides in the P1 and P2 units of the Platreef at the Akanani Project Area, Lonmin PLC. University of Johannesburg (South Africa).
Philippines
Luzon Cordillera Administrative Region Benguet Province Tuba ⓘ Philex-Padcal Mine	Piestrzyński, A., Schmidt, S.Th., Franco, H. (1994): Pd-minerals in the Sto. Tomas II, porphyry copper deposit, Tuba Benguet, Philippines. Mineralogia Polonica: 25(2): 21-31
Poland
Podlaskie Voivodeship Suwałki County ⓘ Suwałki Massif	Nejbert K. 2008: Mineralogy of sulphides in mafic rocks of the Suwałki Anorthosite Massif, NE Poland. Mineralogia - Special Papers, vol. 32, p. 116
Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast Kartalinsky District ⓘ Mikheevskoe Cu deposit	Plotinskaya, O. Y., Azovskova, O. B., Abramov, S. S., Groznova, E. O., Novoselov, K. A., Seltmann, R., & Spratt, J. (2018). Precious metals assemblages at the Mikheevskoe porphyry copper deposit (South Urals, Russia) as proxies of epithermal overprinting. Ore Geology Reviews, 94, 239-260.
Khabarovsk Krai ⓘ Malmyzh porphyry copper project	Буханова, Д. С. (2018). ТЕЛЛУРИДЫ В РУДАХ МАЛМЫЖСКОГО ЗОЛОТО-МЕДНОПОРФИРОВОГО МЕСТОРОЖДЕНИЯ, НИЖНЕЕ ПРИАМУРЬЕ. Сопредседатели оргкомитета, 91.
Krasnoyarsk Krai Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug Taimyr Peninsula Putoran Plateau ⓘ Noril'sk	(2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p320
Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit ⓘ Komsomol'skii Mine	Vymazalová, A., Laufek, F., Sluzhenikin, S.F., Stanley, C.J., Kozlov, V.V., Chareev, D.A., Lukashova, M.L. (2017): Kravtsovite, PdAg2S, a new mineral from the Noril’sk-Talnakh deposit, Krasnoyarskiy kray, Russia. European Journal of Mineralogy: 29: 597-602.
ⓘ Oktyabrsky Mine	Barkov, Andrei Y., Ivan I. Nikulin, Andrey A. Nikiforov, Boris M. Lobastov, Sergey A. Silyanov, and Robert F. Martin (2021) "Atypical Mineralization Involving Pd-Pt, Au-Ag, REE, Y, Zr, Th, U, and Cl-F in the Oktyabrsky Deposit, Norilsk Complex, Russia" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1193. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111193 Barkov, Andrei Y., Ivan I. Nikulin, Andrey A. Nikiforov, Boris M. Lobastov, Sergey A. Silyanov, and Robert F. Martin (2021) "Atypical Mineralization Involving Pd-Pt, Au-Ag, REE, Y, Zr, Th, U, and Cl-F in the Oktyabrsky Deposit, Norilsk Complex, Russia" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1193. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111193
Murmansk Oblast Fedorovo-Pansky massif (Pana layered complex) ⓘ Fedorova Tundra block	Groshev, N.Y. Rundkvist, T.V. Karykowski, B.T. Maier, W.D. Korchagin, A.U. Ivanov, A.N. Junge, M. (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9, 764.
ⓘ FT-1 reef	Groshev, N.Y. Rundkvist, T.V. Karykowski, B.T. Maier, W.D. Korchagin, A.U. Ivanov, A.N. Junge, M. (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9, 764.
ⓘ Kievey deposit	Groshev, N.Y. Rundkvist, T.V. Karykowski, B.T. Maier, W.D. Korchagin, A.U. Ivanov, A.N. Junge, M. (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9, 764.
ⓘ North Kamennik deposit	Groshev, N.Y. Rundkvist, T.V. Karykowski, B.T. Maier, W.D. Korchagin, A.U. Ivanov, A.N. Junge, M. (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9, 764. Ivanov, A. N., Chernyavsky, A. V., Groshev, N. Y., & Savchenko, E. E. (2020, July). PGM assemblages from the lower ore bodies of the North Kamennik palladium deposit, Kola Region, Russia. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 539, No. 1, p. 012151). IOP Publishing.
ⓘ Southern PGE Reef	Groshev, N.Y. Rundkvist, T.V. Karykowski, B.T. Maier, W.D. Korchagin, A.U. Ivanov, A.N. Junge, M. (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9, 764.
Monche tundra intrusion ⓘ Monchetundra deposit	Grokhovskaya, T. L., Lapina, M. I., & Mokhov, A. V. (2009). Assemblages and genesis of platinum-group minerals in low-sulfide ores of the Monchetundra deposit, Kola peninsula, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 51(6), 467-485.
ⓘ Monchegorsk	Yury L. Voytekhovsky, Yury N. Neradovsky (2008) The Cu-Ni-PGE and Cr deposits of the Monchegorsk area, the Kola Peninsula, Russia. 33 IGC excursion No 48, August 15 – 21, 2008
Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit ⓘ Sopcha Mt (TL)	Orsoev, D.A., Rezhenova, S.A., Bodanova, A.N. (1982) Sopcheite, Ag4Pd3Te4, a new mineral from copper-nickel ores of the Monchegorsk pluton. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 111(1): 114-117. Anthony, John Williams, Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts. Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson, Arizona. Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp. (2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p88.
ⓘ Pechengsky District	Chashchin, V. V., & Petrov, S. V. (2013). Low-sulfide PGE ore in the Volchetundra gabbro-anorthosite pluton, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 55(5), 357-382.
ⓘ Volchetundra massif	Chashchin, V. V., & Petrov, S. V. (2013). Low-sulfide PGE ore in the Volchetundra gabbro-anorthosite pluton, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 55(5), 357-382.
Republic of Karelia ⓘ Burakovskii Layered Complex	Grokhovskaya, T. L., Lapina, M. I., Ganin, V. A., & Grinevich, N. G. (2005). PGE mineralization in the Burakovsk Layered Complex, Southern Karelia, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits C/C of Geologiia Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii, 47(4), 283.
ⓘ Shalozerskoe (Kuk Ruchei) deposit	Grishaenko, M. V. P., & Federation, R. (2007). Independent Report on the Shalozerskoe (Burakovsky), Lukkulaisvaara and Tsipringa Platinum, Palladium, Copper, Nickel Deposits in the Autonomous Republic of Karelia Russian Federation
Loukhsky District Oulanka plutonic complex Olanga River (Oulanka River) ⓘ Lukkulaisvaara ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara pluton; Lukkulaisvaara layered intrusion)	Grishaenko, M. V. P., & Federation, R. (2007). Independent Report on the Shalozerskoe (Burakovsky), Lukkulaisvaara and Tsipringa Platinum, Palladium, Copper, Nickel Deposits in the Autonomous Republic of Karelia Russian Federation
ⓘ Vostok deposit	Barkov, A., Alapieti, T.T., Laajoki, K., Peura, R. (1996) Osmian hollingworthite and rhodian cobaltite-gersdorffite from the Lukkulaisvaara layered intrusion, Russian Karelia. Mineralogical Magazine: 60(6): 973–978. Barkov, A., Alapieti, T., Laajoki, K., & Peura, R. (1996). Osmian hollingworthite and rhodian cobaltite-gersdorffite from the Lukkulaisvaara layered intrusion, Russian Karelia. Mineralogical Magazine, 60(403), 973-978.
Tuva ⓘ Tannu-Ola mountains	(2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p92
ⓘ Tsagaan Shuvuut	(2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p92
South Africa
Limpopo Capricorn District Municipality Blouberg Local Municipality ⓘ Aurora project	McFall, K., McDonald, I., Tanner, D., & Harmer, R. J. (2019). Aurora Ni (nickel) Cu (copper) PGE (platinum-group elements) deposit data (NERC Grants NE/M010848/1, NE/M011615/1)
Waterberg project ⓘ F-Zone	McCreesh, M. J., Yudovskaya, M. A., Kinnaird, J. A., & Reinke, C. (2018). Platinum-group minerals of the F and T zones, Waterberg Project, far northern Bushveld Complex: implication for the formation of the PGE mineralization. Mineralogical Magazine, 82(3), 539-575.
Tanzania
Kigoma Region ⓘ Kapalagulu Intrusion	Wilhelmij, H.R. and Cabri, L.J. (2016) Platinum mineralization in the Kapalagulu Intrusion, western Tanzania. Mineralium Deposita, 51(3), 343-367.
USA
Alaska Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area Ketchikan Mining District Prince of Wales Island Kasaan Peninsula ⓘ Salt Chuck Mine (Stevens; Liebrant; Goodro; Joker Mine)	Econ Geol(1992) 87:185-184 Goodall, G. N. (2001). PROJECT REPORT on the SALT CHUCK COPPER-PALLADIUM PROSPECT PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, ALASKA. (2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey
Colorado La Plata County La Plata Mining District (California Mining District) La Plata ⓘ Copper Hill Mine (Gold Eagle; Delaware Claims)	Summerlin, E. (2014). PGE mineralization at the Allard stock: Implications for the porphyry to epithermal transition, La Plata Mountains, Colorado (Auburn University MS thesis).