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Parkerite from
Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Parkerite
Formula:Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Parkerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:65649
Long-form Identifier:1:3:65649:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Parkerite
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘLindsley Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘCopper Cliff North Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘCopper Cliff South Mine, Snider Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘCreighton Mine, Creighton-Davies Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘVictor Deep Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘDeep Copper Zone, Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘColeman Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
30.7km (19.1 miles) ⓘVermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘStrathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘMcCreedy West Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
SCHOLZ, D.L. (1937): The magmatic nickeliferous ore deposits of East Griqualand and Pondoland I. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 39, 83-212.
MICHENER, C.E. (1940): Minerals Associated with Large Sulphide Bodies of the Sudbury Type. Ph.D. thesis, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Michener, C. E., Peacock, M. A. (1943) Parkerite (Ni3Bi2S2) from Sudbury, Ontario: Redefinition of the species. American Mineralogist, 28 (6) 343-355
Petruk, W., Harris, D. C., Stewart, J. M. (1969) Langisite, a new mineral, and the rare minerals cobalt pentlandite, siegenite, parkerite, and bravoite from the Langis mine, Cobalt-Gowganda area, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist, 9 (5) 597-616
Fleet, Michael E. (1973) The crystal structure of parkerite (Ni3Bi2S2) American Mineralogist, 58 (5-6) 435-439
 
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