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Merenskyite from
Lac des Iles Complex, Lac des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Merenskyite
Formula:PdTe2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Merenskyite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lac des Iles Complex, Lac des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:75740
Long-form Identifier:1:3:75740:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Merenskyite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘLac des Iles Mine, Lac des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
64.2km (39.9 miles) ⓘEscape intrusion, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
78.4km (48.7 miles) ⓘShebandowan Mine, Hagey Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
References
Louis J. Cabri and J.H. Gilles Laflamme (1979) Mineralogy of Samples from the Lac Des Iles Area, Ontario. Canmet Report 79-27
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.
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.
 
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