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Violarite from
Dolmac Mine, Rathbun Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Violarite
Formula:Fe2+Ni23+S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Violarite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dolmac Mine, Rathbun Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:565783
Long-form Identifier:1:3:565783:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Violarite
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘScadding Gold Mine, Scadding Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘMaclennan Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘCapre Lake Mine, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
16.0km (10.0 miles) ⓘVictor Deep Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘNorman Property, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘWhistle Mine, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘGarson Mine, Garson Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
28.4km (17.6 miles) ⓘKirkwood Mine, Garson Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘBroken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
34.1km (21.2 miles) ⓘLindsley Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Econ Geol (1986) 81:1272-1277
Econ Geol (1988) 83:492-510
Hulbert, L. J., Duke, J. M., Eckstrand, O. R., Lydon, J. W., Scoates, R. F. J., Cabri, L. J., & Irvine, T. N. (1998) Geological Environments of Platinum Group elements. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1440. Natural Resources Canada.
Kawohl, Alexander, Whymark, Wesley E., Bite, Andrejs, Frimmel, Hartwig E. (2020) High-Grade Magmatic Platinum Group Element-Cu(-Ni) Sulfide Mineralization Associated with the Rathbun Offset Dike of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (Ontario, Canada). Economic Geology, 115 (3). 505-525 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4717
 
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