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Biotite from
Golden Giant Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Golden Giant Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:552522
Long-form Identifier:1:3:552522:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘWilliams Mine (Page Williams Mine), Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘBig Lake deposit, Marathon area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
32.1km (19.9 miles) ⓘMarathon deposit, Coldwell complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘFleck occurrence (American Brass; Two Duck Lake), O'Neill Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
44.7km (27.8 miles) ⓘAmeranium prospect (Geordie Lake; Macrae), Seeley Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
48.4km (30.1 miles) ⓘArea 41 deposit, Seeley Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
51.9km (32.2 miles) ⓘGeco Mine, Gemmell Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
70.6km (43.8 miles) ⓘPrairie Lake carbonatite, Killala Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
References
Proceedings 30th Intl Geol Cong Vol 16 pp 97-108.
Patterson, G.C. (1984) Ontario Geological Survey miscellaneous paper 118.
Kuhns, Roger J., Sawkins, F. J., Ito, Emi (1994) Magmatism, metamorphism and deformation at Hemlo, Ontario, and the timing of Au-Mo mineralization in the Golden Giant Mine. Economic Geology, 89 (4) 720-756 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.89.4.720
 
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