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Pentlandite from
Samuels Lake intrusive, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada


Classification
Species:Pentlandite
Formula:(NixFey)Σ9S8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pentlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Samuels Lake intrusive, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:788713
Long-form Identifier:1:3:788713:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pentlandite
88.1km (54.7 miles) ⓘNipigon Reefs Project, Seagull Lake complex, Seagull Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
92.8km (57.7 miles) ⓘSpruce Road Prospect (Spruce Mine; INCO Prospect; INCO Mine; Ely Nickel Copper Deposit; Spruce Road Deposit), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
94.2km (58.5 miles) ⓘSouth Filson Creek Prospect (Filson Creek), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
97.5km (60.6 miles) ⓘNokomis deposit, Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
99.0km (61.5 miles) ⓘBirch Lake Deposit, Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
References
N. T. Pettigrew, K. H. Hattori, and J. A. Percival. (2000) Samuels Lake intrusion: a Late Archean Cu-Ni-PGE-bearing mafic-ultramafic complex in the western Quetico Subprovince, northwestern Ontario. GSC Current Research 2000 C20
Pettigrew, Neil T., Hattori, Kéiko H. (2006) The Quetico Intrusions of Western Superior Province: Neo-Archean examples of Alaskan/Ural-type mafic–ultramafic intrusions. Precambrian Research, 149 (1) 21-42 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2006.06.004
 
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