The Sudbury Ores: Their Mineralogy and Origin

Name/Title

The Sudbury Ores: Their Mineralogy and Origin

Entry/Object ID

2022.141.01

Tags

Mining History, Mining Industry, Sudbury, Ontario, District of Sudbury, Ore Deposits, Rocks and Minerals, Geology

Scope 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 Conclusions

Collection

Mining History

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Mineralogical Association of Canada

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1950

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

The Sudbury Ores: Their Mineralogy and Origin

Description

Book discussing the history of the mineral deposits and ores in the Sudbury area.

Creator

J. E. Hawley

Date(s) of Creation

1962

Subjects

History, Mining, Mineral deposits, Minerals, Rocks

Notes

"Stock, G. R." written on the first page

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Quebec City, Quebec

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

1043

Dimensions

Width

6-1/4 in

Length

9-1/4 in

Location

Location

Wall

Mining History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 4, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Condition Detail

Fading, Stains

Date Examined

Feb 4, 2022

Materials

paper, ink, leather, binding

Notes

Some small stains on the front cover

Provenance

Provenance Detail

George R. Stock

Owner/Agent

George R. Stock

Role

Donor/author

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Acquisition Method

Gift

Provenance Detail

Mineralogical Assocation of Canada

Owner/Agent

Mineralogical Association of Canada

Role

Owner/Publisher

Place

City

Quebec City, Quebec

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on February 4, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 4, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 4, 2022