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Tourmaline from
West Tree Mine, MacMurchy Township, Unorganized North Sudbury District, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Tree Mine, MacMurchy Township, Unorganized North Sudbury District, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:874768
Long-form Identifier:1:3:874768:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘSaville-McVittie Mine, MacMurchy Township, Unorganized North Sudbury District, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
52.1km (32.4 miles) ⓘStancorp Cu-Au deposit, Bannockburn Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
53.3km (33.1 miles) ⓘYoung-Davidson Mine, Powell Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
54.3km (33.7 miles) ⓘMatachewan Consolidated mines, Powell Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘCôté Gold Project, Chester Township, Unorganized North Sudbury District, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
69.5km (43.2 miles) ⓘNamex prospect, Huffman Township, Unorganized North Sudbury District, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
78.8km (49.0 miles) ⓘJerome mine, Osway Township, Unorganized North Sudbury District, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
87.3km (54.2 miles) ⓘCarshaw mine (Carshaw Porcupine; Shaw Porcupine), Shaw Township, Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
91.0km (56.6 miles) ⓘTimmins mine (Timmins West; McAuley-Brydge; Orpit; Piccadilly Porcupine; Holmer), Bristol Township, Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
91.9km (57.1 miles) ⓘKenilworth Mine (Haybob), Ogden Township, Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
References
Sabina, Ann P. (2000) Rocks and minerals for the collector: Cobalt-Belleterre-Timmins, Ontario and Quebec. Miscellaneous Report 57. Geological Survey of Canada 266 pp.
 
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