Locality type: | Mine Zone |
Classification |
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Species: | Marcasite |
Formula: | FeS2 |
Comments: | All the Marcasite in this area of the mine pseudomorphed to pyrite |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Erroneously Reported |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Pyrite | ⓘ1 photo of Marcasite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Marcasite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Area 29 North, Main Level, Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 679920 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:679920:5 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 735ecbdf-caa3-476d-9b73-59401a098cc0 |
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite |
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0.0km (0.0 miles) | ⓘNanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada |
References |
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Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Journal (issue) | Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Meieran collection. Forsterite, 2 cm, from St. John’s Island, Egypt. Ray Hill collection; Michael Bainbridge...California, and some of them ultimately migrated north. In 1858, when gold was discovered along the Fraser...of the Haida tribe living on Queen Charlotte’s Island drove them off with hand-cast golden bullets (not...collecting has flourished throughout the Northwest region in recent decades; a history of the mineral discoveries |
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