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Pyrrhotite from
Maclennan Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
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 Maclennan Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:695051
Long-form Identifier:1:3:695051:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘNickel Rim Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘVictor Deep Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘBlue Lake Victor Mine, Sudbury area, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘVictor Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘCapre Lake Mine, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
10.2km (6.3 miles) ⓘEast Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘFalconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
12.5km (7.7 miles) ⓘWhistle Mine, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘGarson Mine, Garson Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘScadding Gold Mine, Scadding Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
B.O.Dressler, 1982,OGS Publication #R213, Geology of the Wanapitei Lake Area, District of Sudbury
Ames, D.E., Kjarsgaard, I.M., Douma, S.L. (2003) Sudbury Ni-Cu-PGE Ore Mineralogy Compilation: Sudbury Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI) Open File 1787. Geological Survey of Canada
 
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