Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (original) (raw)

Acanthite

Formula: Ag2S

Localities:

Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Norman Property, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
McCreedy West Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Wisner South Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Actinolite

Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.

'Actinolite-Tremolite Series'

Aguilarite

Formula: Ag4SeS

Akaganeite

Formula: (Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25 · nH2O

'Alaskaite'

Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Albite var. Oligoclase

Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]

Allanite-(Ce)

Formula: (CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

'Allanite Group'

Formula: (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Almandine

Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth mine, Dill Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Wanup Quarry, Dill Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Lake Wanapitei area, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Sudbury area, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Altaite

Formula: PbTe

Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region.

'Amphibole Supergroup'

Formula: A B2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

'Amphibole Supergroup var. Uralite'

Formula: AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2

Andalusite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Anhydrite

Formula: CaSO4

Ankerite

Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2

Localities:

Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Scadding Gold Mine, Scadding Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Cobalt Hill, Mackelcan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Annabergite

Formula: Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O

Localities:

Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Worthington Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Gersdorffite mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Totten No. 2 Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Annite

Formula: KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Anthophyllite

Formula: ◻{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2

Antlerite

Formula: Cu3(SO4)(OH)4

'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

Localities:

Fraser Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Amy Lake zone, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Argentopentlandite

Formula: Ag(Fe,Ni)8S8

Localities: Reported from at least 19 localities in this region.

Argentopyrite

Formula: AgFe2S3

Arsenohauchecornite (TL)

Formula: Ni18Bi3AsS16

Type Locality:

Arsenolite

Formula: As2O3

Arsenopyrite

Formula: FeAsS

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Arsenopyrite var. Danaite

Formula: (Fe0.90Co0.10)AsS - (Fe0.65Co0.35)AsS

Bastnäsite-(Ce)

Formula: Ce(CO3)F

Berryite

Formula: Cu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16

'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Localities: Reported from at least 19 localities in this region.

Bismoclite

Formula: BiOCl

Bismuth

Formula: Bi

Localities:

Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Totten Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Copper Cliff North Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Lindsley Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Bismuthinite

Formula: Bi2S3

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Bohdanowiczite

Formula: AgBiSe2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

References:

Ames, D. E., McClenaghan, M. B., Averill, S., & Milkereit, B. (2007). Footwall-hosted Cu-PGE (Au, Ag), Sudbury Canada: towards a new exploration vector. Exploration 07, Exploration in the New Millennium, 1013-1017.

Bornite

Formula: Cu5FeS4

Localities: Reported from at least 19 localities in this region.

Breithauptite

Formula: NiSb

Brucite

Formula: Mg(OH)2

Butlerite

Formula: Fe3+(SO4)(OH) · 2H2O

Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.

Description: Occurs in the Sudbury nickel irruptive.

Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Cervelleite

Formula: Ag4TeS

Chalcanthite

Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O

Chalcocite

Formula: Cu2S

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 66 localities in this region.

'Chlorite Group'

Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region.

Chloritoid

Formula: (Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2(SiO4)O(OH)2

Chromite

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4

Localities:

Worthington Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Clausthalite

Formula: PbSe

Localities:

Broken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Norman Property, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Podolsky Mine, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Wisner West Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

References:

Ames, D. E., McClenaghan, M. B., Averill, S., & Milkereit, B. (2007). Footwall-hosted Cu-PGE (Au, Ag), Sudbury Canada: towards a new exploration vector. Exploration 07, Exploration in the New Millennium, 1013-1017.

Clinochlore

Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8

'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

Cobaltite

Formula: CoAsS

Localities: Reported from at least 22 localities in this region.

Coloradoite

Formula: HgTe

'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'

Copper

Formula: Cu

Localities:

Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Copper Cliff Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Copper Cliff North Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Cotunnite

Formula: PbCl2

Covellite

Formula: CuS

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Crerarite

Formula: Pt2-x(Bi,Pb)11(S,Se)11

References:

Ames, D. E., McClenaghan, M. B., Averill, S., & Milkereit, B. (2007). Footwall-hosted Cu-PGE (Au, Ag), Sudbury Canada: towards a new exploration vector. Exploration 07, Exploration in the New Millennium, 1013-1017.

Cubanite

Formula: CuFe2S3

Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region.

Description: Large twinned crystals to 4.0 cm

Cummingtonite

Formula: ◻{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2

Cuprite

Formula: Cu2O

Digenite

Formula: Cu9S5

Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite

Formula: Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2

Dyscrasite

Formula: Ag3Sb

Emplectite

Formula: CuBiS2

Empressite

Formula: AgTe

Localities:

Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Victor Deep Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Wisner South Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region.

Erythrite

Formula: Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O

Euxenite-(Y)

Formula: (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6

Fayalite

Formula: Fe2+2SiO4

'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

'Feldspar Group'

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Ferro-actinolite

Formula: ◻Ca2Fe2+5(Si8O22)(OH)2

Ferro-hornblende

Formula: ◻Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2

Ferro-tschermakite

Formula: ◻{Ca2}{Fe2+3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2

Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

Forsterite

Formula: Mg2SiO4

Froodite (TL)

Formula: α-PdBi2

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

Gadolinite-(Y)

Formula: Y2Fe2+Be2Si2O10

Galena

Formula: PbS

Localities: Reported from at least 39 localities in this region.

Description: Occurs in the Sudbury nickel irruptive.

Galenobismutite

Formula: PbBi2S4

'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Northern Kyanite, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
High Falls Road occurrences, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Gedrite

Formula: ◻{Mg2}{Mg3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2

Geffroyite

Formula: (Cu,Fe,Ag)9(Se,S)8

Description: Sulfur rich

Gersdorffite

Formula: NiAsS

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Gersdorffite var. Cobalt-bearing Gersdorffite

Formula: (Ni,Co)AsS with Os,Ir,Ru,Rh

Geversite

Formula: PtSb2

Glaucodot

Formula: (Co0.50Fe0.50)AsS

Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Gold

Formula: Au

Localities: Reported from at least 25 localities in this region.

Gold var. Electrum

Formula: (Au,Ag)

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Goldichite

Formula: KFe(SO4)2 · 4H2O

Graphite

Formula: C

Grunerite

Formula: ◻{Fe2+2}{Fe2+5}(Si8O22)(OH)2

Guildite

Formula: CuFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 4H2O

Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Gypsum var. Selenite

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Hastingsite

Formula: NaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2

Hauchecornite

Formula: Ni9BiSbS8

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Hawleyite

Formula: CdS

Localities:

Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Deep Copper Zone, Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
McCreedy East Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Heazlewoodite

Formula: Ni3S2

Hedleyite

Formula: Bi7Te3

Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Hematite var. Specularite

Formula: Fe2O3

Hessite

Formula: Ag2Te

Localities: Reported from at least 21 localities in this region.

Hibbingite

Formula: Fe2+2(OH)3Cl

Hollingworthite

Formula: (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

References:

Dare, S. A. S., Barnes, S.-J., Prichard, H. M., Fisher, P. C. (2010) The Timing and Formation of Platinum-Group Minerals from the Creighton Ni-Cu-Platinum-Group Element Sulfide Deposit, Sudbury, Canada: Early Crystallization of PGE-Rich Sulfarsenides. Economic Geology, 105 (6) 1071-1096 doi:10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1071

'Hornblende Root Name Group'

Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2

Localities:

Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Moose Mountain Mine, Hutton Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Capre Lake Mine, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Amy Lake zone, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Broken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Hydromagnesite

Formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O

Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Localities: Reported from at least 34 localities in this region.

Description: Occurs in the Sudbury nickel irruptive.

Insizwaite

Formula: Pt(Bi,Sb)2

Localities:

Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Creighton Mine, Creighton-Davies Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Coleman Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Lindsley Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
McCreedy East Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Description: From ontariominerals.com: "submicroscopic grains, Strathcona Deposit, Sudbury; CM V31#1,pp.31-44"

Irarsite

Formula: (Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

References:

Dare, S. A. S., Barnes, S.-J., Prichard, H. M., Fisher, P. C. (2010) The Timing and Formation of Platinum-Group Minerals from the Creighton Ni-Cu-Platinum-Group Element Sulfide Deposit, Sudbury, Canada: Early Crystallization of PGE-Rich Sulfarsenides. Economic Geology, 105 (6) 1071-1096 doi:10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1071

Jarosite

Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

Joséite-B

Formula: Bi4Te2S

Kawazulite

Formula: Bi2Te2Se

References:

Ames, D. E., McClenaghan, M. B., Averill, S., & Milkereit, B. (2007). Footwall-hosted Cu-PGE (Au, Ag), Sudbury Canada: towards a new exploration vector. Exploration 07, Exploration in the New Millennium, 1013-1017.

Keithconnite

Formula: Pd20Te7

'K Feldspar'

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Kotulskite

Formula: Pd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

References:

Hulbert, L. J., Duke, J. M., Eckstrand, O. R., Lydon, J. W., Scoates, R. F. J., Cabri, L. J., & Irvine, T. N. (1998) Geological Environments of Platinum Group elements. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1440. Natural Resources Canada.

Kyanite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Lawrencite

Formula: (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2

'Leucoxene'

'Limonite'

Linnaeite

Formula: Co2+Co3+2S4

Lisiguangite

Formula: PtCuBiS3

Mackinawite

Formula: FeS

Localities:

Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Lindsley Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Deep Copper Zone, Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Morrison deposit, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Magnesio-hornblende

Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2

Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Localities: Reported from at least 47 localities in this region.

Description: Occurs in the Sudbury nickel irruptive.

Magnetite var. Mushketovite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4

Malachite

Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

Malyshevite

Formula: PdCuBiS3

Localities:

Broken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Wisner West Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Wisner South Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Description: Described in 2008 as unnamed PdCuBiS3 (analyses were done prior to the approval of malyshevite).

Marcasite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region.

Description: Occur in the Sudbury nickel irruptive.

Maslovite

Formula: PtBiTe

Localities:

Creighton Mine, Creighton-Davies Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Coleman Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
McCreedy East Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
McCreedy West Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Matildite

Formula: AgBiS2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Description: originally described as schapbachite

Maucherite

Formula: Ni11As8

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Mawsonite

Formula: Cu6Fe2SnS8

Melonite

Formula: NiTe2

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

References:

Ames, D. E., McClenaghan, M. B., Averill, S., & Milkereit, B. (2007). Footwall-hosted Cu-PGE (Au, Ag), Sudbury Canada: towards a new exploration vector. Exploration 07, Exploration in the New Millennium, 1013-1017.

Mereiterite

Formula: K2Fe(SO4)2 · 4H2O

Merenskyite

Formula: PdTe2

Localities: Reported from at least 24 localities in this region.

References:

Hulbert, L. J., Duke, J. M., Eckstrand, O. R., Lydon, J. W., Scoates, R. F. J., Cabri, L. J., & Irvine, T. N. (1998) Geological Environments of Platinum Group elements. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1440. Natural Resources Canada.

Mertieite

Formula: Pd8Sb2.5As0.5

Michenerite (TL)

Formula: PdBiTe

Localities: Reported from at least 26 localities in this region.

Microcline

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Millerite

Formula: NiS

Localities: Reported from at least 31 localities in this region.

Molybdenite

Formula: MoS2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

'Monazite'

Formula: REE(PO4)

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: Ce(PO4)

Moncheite

Formula: Pt(Te,Bi)2

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

References:

Ames, D. E., McClenaghan, M. B., Averill, S., & Milkereit, B. (2007). Footwall-hosted Cu-PGE (Au, Ag), Sudbury Canada: towards a new exploration vector. Exploration 07, Exploration in the New Millennium, 1013-1017.

Montmorillonite

Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

Morenosite

Formula: NiSO4 · 7H2O

Localities:

Worthington Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Gersdorffite mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Muscovite var. Fuchsite

Formula: K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2

Muscovite var. Sericite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities:

Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Dolmac Mine, Rathbun Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Naldrettite

Formula: Pd2Sb

Naumannite

Formula: Ag2Se

Localities:

Broken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Barnet Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Norman Property, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Podolsky Mine, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Wisner West Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

References:

Ames, D. E., McClenaghan, M. B., Averill, S., & Milkereit, B. (2007). Footwall-hosted Cu-PGE (Au, Ag), Sudbury Canada: towards a new exploration vector. Exploration 07, Exploration in the New Millennium, 1013-1017.

Nickelhexahydrite

Formula: Ni(SO4) · 6H2O

Nickeline

Formula: NiAs

Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region.

Niggliite

Formula: PtSn

Localities:

Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Coleman Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Victor Deep Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
McCreedy East Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Deep Copper Zone, Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Nimite

Formula: (Ni,Mg,Al)6((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)8

Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Orthogersdorffite

Formula: NiAsS

'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'

Padmaite

Formula: PdBiSe

Paolovite

Formula: Pd2Sn

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Parkerite (TL)

Formula: Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

References:

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

Pentlandite

Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8

Localities: Reported from at least 55 localities in this region.

Periclase

Formula: MgO

Description: "Periclase" is extremely susceptible to hydration when exposed to normal atmosphere and readily forms a brucite pseudomorph.

Petzite

Formula: Ag3AuTe2

Phlogopite

Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Pilsenite

Formula: Bi4Te3

Localities:

Totten Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Totten No. 2 Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Garson Mine, Garson Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada ? (more information)

'Plagioclase'

Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8

Localities:

Whistle Mine, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Wanup Quarry, Dill Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Morrison deposit, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Podolsky Mine, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

'Platinum-Group Elements'

Polarite

Formula: Pd(Bi,Pb)

Polydymite

Formula: Ni2+Ni3+2S4

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Potassic-chloro-hastingsite

Formula: KCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22Cl2

Prehnite

Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2

Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 58 localities in this region.

Pyrite var. Bravoite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)S2

Localities:

Lindsley Mine, Blezard Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
McCreedy West Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Pyrite var. Nickel-bearing Pyrite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)S2

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

'Pyrobitumen'

'Pyrochlore Group'

Formula: A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z

Pyrosmalite-(Fe)

Formula: Fe2+8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10

Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Localities: Reported from at least 60 localities in this region.

'Pyrrhotite-5C'

Formula: Fe9S10

Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 41 localities in this region.

Description: Occurs in the Sudbury nickel irruptive.

Retgersite

Formula: NiSO4 · 6H2O

Rheniite

Formula: ReS2

Ruarsite

Formula: (Ru,Os)AsS

Rutile

Formula: TiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Selenium

Formula: Se

Sepiolite

Formula: Mg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O

Siegenite

Formula: CoNi2S4

Sillimanite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Silver

Formula: Ag

Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.

Sobolevskite

Formula: PdBi

Localities:

Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Victor Deep Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
McCreedy East Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Wisner South Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Sopcheite

Formula: Ag4Pd3Te4

Localities:

Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Broken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
McCreedy West Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Sperrylite (TL)

Formula: PtAs2

Localities: Reported from at least 24 localities in this region.

Spessartine

Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3

Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Localities: Reported from at least 43 localities in this region.

Spinel

Formula: MgAl2O4

Stannite

Formula: Cu2FeSnS4

Localities:

Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Totten Mine, Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Victor Deep Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
McCreedy East Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
McCreedy West Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Stannopalladinite

Formula: (Pd,Cu)3Sn

Staurolite

Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)

Stibiopalladinite

Formula: Pd5Sb2

Stibnite

Formula: Sb2S3

Stilpnomelane

Formula: (K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O

Stützite

Formula: Ag5-xTe3, x = 0.24-0.36

Localities:

Onaping Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Creighton Mine, Creighton-Davies Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Victor Deep Mine, Maclennan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Sudburyite

Formula: PdSb

Localities:

Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Worthington Offset Dike, Worthington area, Drury Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Copper Cliff North Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Sulphur

Formula: S8

Synchysite-(Ce)

Formula: CaCe(CO3)2F

Talc

Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

Localities:

Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Falcon Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Podolsky Mine, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Talnakhite

Formula: Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16

Tarkianite

Formula: (Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)4S8

Tellurite

Formula: TeO2

Tellurium

Formula: Te

Tellurobismuthite

Formula: Bi2Te3

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Tellurohauchecornite (TL)

Formula: Ni9Bi(Te,Bi)S8

Type Locality:

Telluropalladinite

Formula: Pd9Te4

Temagamite

Formula: Pd3HgTe3

References:

Hulbert, L. J., Duke, J. M., Eckstrand, O. R., Lydon, J. W., Scoates, R. F. J., Cabri, L. J., & Irvine, T. N. (1998) Geological Environments of Platinum Group elements. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1440. Natural Resources Canada.

'Tennantite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S

'Tennantite Subgroup var. Annivite'

Formula: Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2](As,Bi)4S13

Tetradymite

Formula: Bi2Te2S

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S

Tin

Formula: Sn

Titanite

Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Tremolite

Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

Localities:

Fraser Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Amy Lake zone, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Trevorite

Formula: Ni2+Fe3+2O4

Tsumoite

Formula: BiTe

Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region.

'UM1989-05-ClOH:FeMn'

Formula: (Fe,Mn)(OH)Cl ?

'UM1993-03-Cl:BiHOPd'

Formula: ~Pd5Bi4(Cl,OH)5 · 7H2O

Ungavaite

Formula: Pd4Sb3

'Unnamed (Re-Pb-Bi Sulphide)'

Formula: Re, Pb, Bi, S

Valleriite

Formula: (Fe2+,Cu)4(Mg,Al)3S4(OH,O)6

Violarite (TL)

Formula: Fe2+Ni3+2S4

Localities: Reported from at least 24 localities in this region.

Volynskite

Formula: AgBiTe2

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

'Wehrlite (of Huot)'

'Wehrlite (of Kobell)'

'Whartonite'

Wittichenite

Formula: Cu3BiS3

References:

Ames, D. E., McClenaghan, M. B., Averill, S., & Milkereit, B. (2007). Footwall-hosted Cu-PGE (Au, Ag), Sudbury Canada: towards a new exploration vector. Exploration 07, Exploration in the New Millennium, 1013-1017.

Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Localities:

Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Frood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth mine, Dill Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Amy Lake zone, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada