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Pyrite from
Dumbarton Mine, Bird River Sill, Bird River area, Manitoba, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dumbarton Mine, Bird River Sill, Bird River area, Manitoba, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:94894
Long-form Identifier:1:3:94894:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘMaskwa Open Pit, Bird River Sill, Bird River area, Manitoba, Canada
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘBird River Mines (Ore Fault group of claims; Ore Fault deposit), Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘTanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘChrome property, Bird River Sill, Bird River area, Manitoba, Canada
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘDyke 5 claim, Shatford Lake pegmatites, Shatford Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
10.4km (6.4 miles) ⓘShatford Lake pegmatites, Shatford Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘChrome Claim, Bird River Sill, Manitoba, Canada
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘHuron Claim pegmatite, Cat Lake - Winnipeg River pegmatite field, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘHuron No. 1 (GL-11) pegmatite, Greer Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘCleo pegmatite, Greer Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
References
in Report ofActivities 2005, Manitoba Industry, Economic Development and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 161–163.
Coats, C. J. A., Stockford, H. R., Buchan, R. (1979) Geology of the Maskwa West nickel deposit, Manitoba. The Canadian Mineralogist, 17 (2). 309-318
Coats, C.J.A., Buchan, R. (1979) Petrology of serpentinized metamorphic olivine, Bird River Sill, Manitoba. Canadian Mineralogist, 17(4), 847-855.
Stansell, A.E. and Theyer, P. (2005) Sulphide fragments in waste rock at the Maskwa open pit mine, southeastern Manitoba (NTS 52L6NW): investigations on petrogenesis, potential source rocks and mode of emplacement
 
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