Name/Title
The Sudbury Ores: Their Mineralogy and OriginEntry/Object ID
2022.141.01Tags
Mining History, Mining Industry, Sudbury, Ontario, District of Sudbury, Ore Deposits, Rocks and Minerals, GeologyScope and Content
Book discussing the history of the mineral deposits and ores in the Sudbury area.Context
The book was published by the Mineralogical Association of Canada's journal, The Canadian Mineralogist and it provides a concise history of the different types of minerals and ores found in the Sudbury area and the history of how they came to be.
Volume 7, part 1
The book is broken down into parts, they are as follows:
Part 1. The Geological Setting:
- Introduction and Acknowledgements
- Geology Problems and Premises:
1. General Statement
2. Features Outside the Nickel Irruptive: straitgraphy and intrusives, the granite problem, The Sudbury Breccias
3. Features within the Basin
4. The Nickel Irruptive
5. Post-Huronian and Late Precambrian features
Part 2. The Facts: The Ores, Their Minerals, Metals, and Distribution
- The Ore Deposits:
1. Classification of the Ore Deposits
2. Physical Types: disseminated ores, massive ores, immiscible-silicate-sluphide ore, Breccia ores, Vein and Stringer Ores
4. Genetic Classifications
- The Minerals (Descriptive Mineralogy)
1. Metallic Minerals: Major Metallic Minerals (Pyrrhotite, Pentlandite), properties and composition, cell edge of pentlandite, mode of occurrence
2. Chalcopyrite
3. Cubanite
- Minor Metallic Minerals
1. Magnetite
2. Ilmenite and Intergrowths with Magnetite
3. Pyrite: early pyrite, reaction pyrite, hypogene replacement pyrite, pink nickeloan pyrite, late types of pyrite (hypogene or supergene)
4. Nickel-Arsenic-Bearing Minerals: Gersdorffite, Niccolite, Maucherite
5. Heazlewoodite
6. Bornite
7. Valleriite
8. Sphalerite
9. Stannite
10. Violarite
11. Marcasite
12. Millerite
13. Hematite
- Minerals of Precious Metals:
1. Sperrylite
2. Palladium Bismuthides: Michereite, Froodite, and Mineral C
3. Native Gold (Electrum)
4. Native Silver
5. Hessite
6. Mineral B - Schapbachite
7. Galena
8. Parkerite
9. Tetradymite
10. Native Bismuth
11. Mineral A (Bismuthinite)
- Mineral Species Reported but Not Confirmed
1. Chalcocite
2. Molybdenite
3. Tetrahedrite
4. Smaltite
5. Native Copper
6. Graphite
7. Cassiterite
- Non-Metallic Minerals:
1. Gangue Minerals, Inclusions and Products of Wall Rock: alteration, quartz, carbonates, biotite, amphiboles, garnets, pyroxenes, chlorite
2. Secondary Supergene Minerals (non-metallic)
- Relationships of Ore Minerals to Rock Forming Minerals
- Distribution of Metals and Minerals in the Ores:
1. Copper-Nickel-Iron and their Mineral Ratios
2. Cobalt and Selenium
3. The Precious Metals: the platinum metals, gold and silver
4. Lead, Zinc, Tin, Bismuth, Antimony, and Tellurium
Part 3. Interpretations: The History and Origin of the Sudbury Ores:
- A History of Events and Classification Process Involved in Formation of the Ores (Summary)
1. Significant Pre-Ore Events
2. Intrusion of Sulphide-Bearing Irruptive and Formation of Magmatic Ores
3. Post-Magmatic Ore Effects: hypogene alterations and local remobilization by post-ore granite, "secondary hydrothermal" mineralization and alterations, remobilization by Keweenawan trap and diabase dykes, supergene alterations
- The Magmatic Ores:
1. Evidence of Ores Formed in SITU: disseminated ore in Norite and Quartz Diorite, disseminated silicates in sulphide
2. Evidence of Injected Ores
3. Theoretical Considerations and Comparisons
4. Evidence of the Textures and Paragenesis of the Magmatic Ores: the early minerals, the major minerals, pyrrhotite, pentlandite intergrowths, chalcopyrite and intergrowths, sphalerite (sphalerite-stannite)
5. The Late Minerals - Cu - Ni - As - Bi - Te - Pb and Precious Metals
6. Evidence of the Distribution of Metals and Zoning
- Post-Magmatic Ore Effects:
1. Hypogene Alterations and Local Remobilization by Post-Ore Granite: pseudo-eutectic intergrowths of Nickel Arsenides and Sulphides, remobilized Pentlandite-Pyrite Breccia Ore
2. "Secondary Hydrothermal" Mineralization and Alteration
3. Local Remobilization Effects Near Keweenawan Dykes
4. Supergene Alterations
- Summary and ConclusionsCollection
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsArchive Details
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Mineralogical Association of CanadaDate(s) of Creation
circa 1950Primary Language
EnglishArchive Items Details
Title
The Sudbury Ores: Their Mineralogy and OriginDescription
Book discussing the history of the mineral deposits and ores in the Sudbury area.Creator
J. E. HawleyDate(s) of Creation
1962Subjects
History, Mining, Mineral deposits, Minerals, RocksNotes
"Stock, G. R." written on the first pageEthnography
Cultural Region
City
Quebec City, QuebecState/Province
QuebecCountry
CanadaContinent
North AmericaOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)Other Number
1043Dimensions
Width
6-1/4 inLength
9-1/4 inLocation
Location
Wall
Mining History SectionRoom
Dale Wilson Reference LibraryBuilding
NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre* Untyped Location
Capreol, OntarioCategory
StorageDate
February 4, 2022Condition
Reason for Exam
At AcquisitionOverall Condition
Very GoodCondition Detail
Fading, StainsDate Examined
Feb 4, 2022Materials
paper, ink, leather, bindingNotes
Some small stains on the front coverProvenance
Provenance Detail
George R. StockOwner/Agent
George R. StockRole
Donor/authorPlace
City
Greater SudburyCountry
CanadaContinent
North AmericaState/Province
OntarioAcquisition Method
GiftProvenance Detail
Mineralogical Assocation of CanadaOwner/Agent
Mineralogical Association of CanadaRole
Owner/PublisherPlace
City
Quebec City, QuebecState/Province
QuebecCountry
CanadaContinent
North AmericaAcquisition Method
GiftGeneral Notes
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Cataloging NoteNote
Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on February 4, 2022 by Kat BezaireCreated By
normhclibrary@gmail.comCreate Date
February 4, 2022Updated By
normhclibrary@gmail.comUpdate Date
February 4, 2022