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Pyrrhotite from
Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:763989
Long-form Identifier:1:3:763989:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrrhotite in this Region
David Bell Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Golden Giant Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Williams Mine (Page Williams Mine), Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘGolden Giant Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘWilliams Mine (Page Williams Mine), Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘDavid Bell Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘFearless-Python property, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘWhite River property (White River gold occurrence), Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘBig Lake deposit, Marathon area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘMarathon deposit, Coldwell complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
31.7km (19.7 miles) ⓘAnaconda occurrence (Stillwater Marathon project), Seeley Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘFleck occurrence (American Brass; Two Duck Lake), O'Neill Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
35.0km (21.8 miles) ⓘFour Dams deposit, Coldwell complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
References
Harris (1989)
Tomkins, A. G., Pattison, D. R. M., Zaleski, E. (2004) The Hemlo Gold Deposit, Ontario: An Example of Melting and Mobilization of a Precious Metal-Sulfosalt Assemblage during Amphibolite Facies Metamorphism and Deformation. Economic Geology, 99 (6) 1063-1084 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.6.1063
 
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