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Pyrrhotite from
Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


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Pyrrhotite, etc.

Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
07271760017375875306546.jpg
Pyrrhotite, etc.

Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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Pyrrhotite, etc.

Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite5
Pentlandite4
Sperrylite3
Cubanite1
Cobaltite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:65642
Long-form Identifier:1:3:65642:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
0.2km (0.2 miles) ⓘFrood-Stobie Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘStobie Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘLittle Stobie Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘMount Nickel Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘLindsley Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘMcKim Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘBlezard Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘMurray Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘCopper Cliff North Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘClarabelle Mine, Snider Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Peacock, M. A. (1940) On maucherite (nickel-speiss, placodine, temiskamite). Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 25 (169). 557-572 doi:10.1180/minmag.1940.025.169.06
Hawley, J. E.; Stanton, R. L. (1962) The Sudbury ores, their mineralogy and origin; Part 2, The facts; The ores, their minerals, metals and distribution. The Canadian Mineralogist, 7 (1). 30-145
R. G. Arnold and O. P. Malik (1974) Violarite in some nickel ores from Lynn Lake and Thompson, Manitoba, and Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Can Mineral, 12:320-326
Ames, D.E., Kjarsgaard, I.M., Douma, S.L. (2003) Sudbury Ni-Cu-PGE Ore Mineralogy Compilation: Sudbury Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI) Open File 1787. Geological Survey of Canada
 
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