Mertieite

Mertieite, etc.

Mount Filipp, Sobolevsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Mertieite

Chudnoe Pd-Au deposit, Maldynyrd range, Kozhim River Basin, Komi Republic, Russia

Mertieite, etc.

Mount Filipp, Sobolevsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Mertieite

Chudnoe Pd-Au deposit, Maldynyrd range, Kozhim River Basin, Komi Republic, Russia

Mertieite, etc.

Mount Filipp, Sobolevsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Mertieite

Chudnoe Pd-Au deposit, Maldynyrd range, Kozhim River Basin, Komi Republic, Russia

About MertieiteHide

John Beaver Mertie jr.

Formula:

Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5

Colour:

Brassy yellow

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

6

Specific Gravity:

11.2 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Name:

For John Beaver Mertie, Jr. (22 January 1888, Baltimore, Maryland, USA - 7 December 1980, Rockville, Maryland, USA), was geologist with the United States Geological Survey. He spent 30 years geologically mapping Alaska. For many years it was named mertieite-II; it was renamed to mertieite in 2022.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Fox Gulch, Salmon River - Red Mountain District, Goodnews Bay, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA

Isotypic with synthetic Pd₈Sb₃.

Isostructural with vadlazarenkovite and may be understood as its (SbAs)-analogue.

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Anisotropism:

Distinct, dark blue-gray to dark brown.

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R
420nm	45.0%
440nm	44.4%
460nm	44.7%
480nm	45.6%
500nm	47.0%
520nm	48.7%
540nm	50.1%
560nm	51.3%
580nm	52.3%
600nm	53.2%
620nm	54.0%
640nm	54.9%
660nm	55.7%
680nm	56.5%
700nm	57.6%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 57.6%.

Colour in reflected light:

Brassy yellow.

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0009331	Mertieite	Marsh R E (1994) The centrosymmetric - noncentrosymmetric ambiguity: some more examples Acta Crystallographica A50 450-455		1994		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Mertieite-II' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Marsh R E' _journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica, Section A' _journal_volume 50 _journal_year 1994 _journal_page_first 450 _journal_page_last 455 _publ_section_title ; The centrosymmetric - noncentrosymmetric ambiguity: some more examples ; _database_code_amcsd 0009331 _chemical_formula_sum 'Pd8 Sb3' _cell_length_a 7.6152 _cell_length_b 7.6152 _cell_length_c 43.032 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 120 _cell_volume 2161.149 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 11.218 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'R -3 c' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '2/3+x,1/3+y,1/3+z' '1/3+x,2/3+y,2/3+z' 'x,x-y,1/2+z' '2/3+x,1/3+x-y,5/6+z' '1/3+x,2/3+x-y,1/6+z' 'y,x,1/2-z' '2/3+y,1/3+x,5/6-z' '1/3+y,2/3+x,1/6-z' '-x+y,y,1/2+z' '2/3-x+y,1/3+y,5/6+z' '1/3-x+y,2/3+y,1/6+z' '-x,-x+y,1/2-z' '2/3-x,1/3-x+y,5/6-z' '1/3-x,2/3-x+y,1/6-z' '-y,-x,1/2+z' '2/3-y,1/3-x,5/6+z' '1/3-y,2/3-x,1/6+z' 'x-y,-y,1/2-z' '2/3+x-y,1/3-y,5/6-z' '1/3+x-y,2/3-y,1/6-z' 'y,-x+y,-z' '2/3+y,1/3-x+y,1/3-z' '1/3+y,2/3-x+y,2/3-z' '-x+y,-x,z' '2/3-x+y,1/3-x,1/3+z' '1/3-x+y,2/3-x,2/3+z' '-x,-y,-z' '2/3-x,1/3-y,1/3-z' '1/3-x,2/3-y,2/3-z' '-y,x-y,z' '2/3-y,1/3+x-y,1/3+z' '1/3-y,2/3+x-y,2/3+z' 'x-y,x,-z' '2/3+x-y,1/3+x,1/3-z' '1/3+x-y,2/3+x,2/3-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Pd1 0.33210 0.40280 0.05220 0.02170 Pd2 0.34040 0.03100 0.01750 0.02080 Pd3 0.00000 0.00000 0.21880 0.02720 Pd4 0.00000 0.00000 0.06200 0.02280 Sbl -0.31890 0.00000 0.25000 0.01820 Sb2 0.00000 0.00000 0.15700 0.01910 Sb3 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.01980 loop_ _atom_site_aniso_label _atom_site_aniso_U_11 _atom_site_aniso_U_22 _atom_site_aniso_U_33 _atom_site_aniso_U_12 _atom_site_aniso_U_13 _atom_site_aniso_U_23 Pd1 0.01720 0.02300 0.02070 0.00690 0.00170 -0.00210 Pd2 0.01200 0.02280 0.02620 0.00770 0.00360 0.00220 Pd3 0.02820 0.02820 0.02510 0.01410 0.00000 0.00000 Pd4 0.02260 0.02260 0.02310 0.01130 0.00000 0.00000 Sbl 0.01900 0.01810 0.01720 0.00910 0.00000 0.00000 Sb2 0.01740 0.01740 0.02250 0.00870 0.00000 0.00000 Sb3 0.01810 0.01810 0.02320 0.00900 0.00000 0.00000

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Reference List:

Year ⬇Author Title Publisher

Desborough, G.A., Finney, J.J., Leonard, B.F. (1973) Mertieite, a new palladium mineral from Goodnews Bay, Alaska. American Mineralogist: 58: 1-10.

Cabri, L.J., Laflamme, J.H.G., Stewart, J.M., Rowland, J.F., Chen, T.T. (1975) New data on some palladium arsenides and antimonides. The Canadian Mineralogist: 13: 321-335.

Cabri, L.J., Chen, T.T. (1976) Stibiopalladinite from the type locality. American Mineralogist: 61: 1249-1254.

Clark, A. M., Criddle, A. J. (1982) Palladium minerals from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon. Mineralogical Magazine, 46 (340) 371-377 doi:10.1180/minmag.1982.046.340.13

Karimova, O.V., Zoloratev, A.A, . Evstigneeva, T.L., B. S. (2018): Mertieite-II, Pd8Sb2.5As0.5, crystal structure refinement and formula revision. Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S247–S257.

Miyawaki, R., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., and Mills, S.J. (2022) Nomenclature and classification proposals approved in August 2022. IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 69. European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 463–468.

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Austria
Styria Leoben District ⓘ Kraubath an der Mur	Malitch, K.N., Melcher, F., Mühlhans , H. (2001) Palladium and gold mineralization in podiform chromitite at Kraubath, Austria. Mineralogy and Petrology: 73: 247-277. K. N. Malitch. (2001) Unusual PGE-, REE-, Au- and U-rich Mineral Assemblage in Mantle-derived Chromitites from the Eastern Alps, Austria: a Combined Multl-disciplinary Study . Mitt.österr.miner.ges. 146:183-185
Sankt Stefan ob Leoben Mitterberg ⓘ Unnamed chromite pit	Malitch, K. N., & Knauf, V. V. (2002). Diversity of PGM assemblages at Kraubath: a case study of mantle-derived chromitites from the Eastern Alps, Austria. In 9th International Platinum Symposium (Abstracts).
Brazil
Goiás Cavalcante ⓘ Buraco do Ouro mine	Menez, J. Botelho, N. F. (2017): Ore characterization and textural relationships among gold, selenides, platinum-group minerals and uraninite at the granite-related Buraco do Ouro gold mine, Cavalcante, Central Brazil. Mineralogical Magazine 81, 463-476.
Minas Gerais Barão de Cocais ⓘ Gongo Soco mine	MinMag 65:169-179 Cabral, A. R. (2006). Palladiferous gold mineralisation (ouro preto) in Brazil: Gongo Soco, Itabira and Serra Pelada. Sonderhefte Reihe D - Geol. Jahrb., Heft 8
Itabira ⓘ Conceição mine ?	Economic Geology January 2001 v. 96 no. 1 p. 61-74
Pará Curionópolis ⓘ Elefante prospect	Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 40, pp. 1451-1463
ⓘ Serra Pelada claims	Berni, G. V., Heinrich, C. A., Lobato, L. M., Wall, V. J., Rosiere, C. A., Freitas, M. A. (2014) The Serra Pelada Au-Pd-Pt Deposit, Carajas, Brazil: Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Zoning of Hydrothermal Alteration. Economic Geology, 109 (7). 1883-1899 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.7.1883 Berni, Gabriel V., Heinrich, Christoph A., Lobato, Lydia M., Wall, Vic (2016) Ore mineralogy of the Serra Pelada Au-Pd-Pt deposit, Carajás, Brazil and implications for ore-forming processes. Mineralium Deposita, 51 (6). 781-795 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0635-7
Bulgaria
Blagoevgrad Province Blagoevgrad Municipality ⓘ Blagoevgrad placer deposits	Цинцов, З. (1998). Състав, разпространение и транспорт на минералите на елементите от групата на платината в алувиалните седименти на Благоевградския грабен. Сп. БГД, 59(2), 59-65.
Canada
British Columbia Kamloops Mining Division Kamloops ⓘ Afton Mine	Garagan, M. J. (2014). Textural and spatial relationship between platinum-group elements and alteration assemblages in the Afton porphyry system, Kamloops, British Columbia. BS Thesis St. Marys University, Halifax Robb, S. (2020). Distribution of platinum group elements in the New Afton alkalic Cu-Au porphyry deposit, Kamloops, British Columbia (Masters dissertation, Carleton University).
Manitoba ⓘ Bird River Sill	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.
Nunavut Kivalliq Region ⓘ Ferguson Lake deposit	Campos-Alvarez, N. O., Samson, I. M., & Fryer, B. J. (2012). The roles of magmatic and hydrothermal processes in PGE mineralization, Ferguson Lake deposit, Nunavut, Canada. Mineralium Deposita, 47(4), 441-465.
Ontario Greater Sudbury Creighton-Davies Township ⓘ Creighton Mine	Ames, D.E., Kjarsgaard, I.M., and Douma, S.L., 2003, Sudbury Ni-Cu-PGE Ore Mineralogy Compilation: Sudbury Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI): Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1787
Maclennan Township ⓘ Victor Deep Mine	Ames, D.E., Kjarsgaard, I.M., and Douma, S.L., (2003), Sudbury Ni-Cu-PGE Ore Mineralogy Compilation: Sudbury Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI): Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1787
Kenora District Ring of Fire BMA527861 Area ⓘ Black Label deposit	Musa Karkus (2010)
Sudbury District ⓘ Sudbury Complex	157-158. Grice, Joel D. (1989) Sudbury: Nickel Capital of the World. In: Famous mineral localities of Canada. Published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited & the National Museum of Natural Sciences, 190 pages: 79-84
Thunder Bay District ⓘ Coldwell complex	Watkinson & Ohnenstetter (1992)
ⓘ Marathon deposit	Mcdonald, A.M., Cabri, L.J., Stanley, C.J., Good, D.J., Redpath, J., Lane, G., Spratt, J. & Ames, D.E. (2015) Coldwellite, Pd3Ag2S, a new mineral species from the Marathon deposit, Coldwell complex, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist 53, 1-13.
ⓘ W horizon	Good, D. J., Cabri, L. J., & Ames, D. E. (2017). PGM facies variations for Cu-PGE deposits in the Coldwell Alkaline Complex, Ontario, Canada. Ore Geology Reviews, 90, 748-771.
O'Neill Township ⓘ Fleck occurrence (American Brass; Two Duck Lake)	5th International Platinum Symposium Bulletin of The Geological Society of Finland Number 61, Part 1: 1989: 1-64. Ohnenstetter, D., Watkinson, D.H., Dahl, R. (1991) Zoned hollingworthite from the Two Duck Lake intrusion, Coldwell complex, Ontario. American Mineralogist: 76(9-10): 1694-1700. Watkinson, D.H., Ohnenstetter, D. (1992) Hydrothermal origin of platinum-group mineralization in the Two Duck Lake Intrusion, Coldwell Complex, northwestern Ontario. The Canadian Mineralogist: 30: 121-136.
Seeley Lake Area ⓘ Ameranium prospect (Geordie Lake; Macrae)	Good, D. J., Cabri, L. J., & Ames, D. E. (2017). PGM facies variations for Cu-PGE deposits in the Coldwell Alkaline Complex, Ontario, Canada. Ore Geology Reviews, 90, 748-771.
ⓘ Anaconda occurrence (Stillwater Marathon project)	EcoMetrix Reort for Stillwater Canada Inc, Marathon Project (2012) Table 4.1-3
ⓘ Area 41 deposit	Good, D. J., Cabri, L. J., & Ames, D. E. (2017). PGM facies variations for Cu-PGE deposits in the Coldwell Alkaline Complex, Ontario, Canada. Ore Geology Reviews, 90, 748-771.
Timiskaming District Boston Township ⓘ Boston Creek Flow deposit	CM 30, 109 STONE, W.E., FLEET, M.E.,CROCKET, J.H. & KINGSTON, D.M. (1992) Platinum group minerals in pyroxenite from the Boston Creek Flow basaltic komatite, Abitibi greenstone belt, Ontario. Canadian Mineralogist 30, 109-119. Econ Geol (1993) 88:817-836
Saskatchewan Beaverlodge Lake area Black Bay Uranium Mines ⓘ Fish Hook Bay property ?	Can Min Vol. 29, pp. 4ll-4l8 (1991)
Yukon Whitehorse mining district Kluane District ⓘ Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE deposit	5th International Platinum Symposium Bulletin of The Geological Society of Finland Number 61, Part 1,1989,1-64 Barkov, A.Y., Laflamme, J.H.G., Cabri, L.J., and Martin, R.F. (2002) Platinum-group minerals from the Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE deposit, Yukon, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist: 40: 651-669.
China
Yunnan Dali Midu County ⓘ Jinbaoshan Pt-Pd-Ni-Cu deposit (Jingbaoshan Pt-Pd-Ni-Cu deposit)	Huanbin Song, Mingqin He, Shangzhong Zhang, and Fenghuang Yi (2008): Chinese Journal of Geochemistry 27, 104-108.
Finland
ⓘ Lapland	Törnroos Ragnar, Johanson Bo, Kojonen Kari, 1998. Alluvial nuggets of platinum group minerals and alloys from Finnish Lapland. Geological survey of Finland, Special Paper
Enontekiö ⓘ Miessijoki River	Kojonen, K. K., Tarkian, M., Roberts, A. C., Törnroos, R., & Heidrich, S. (2007). Miessiite, Pd11Te2Se2, a new mineral species from Miessijoki, Finnish Lapland, Finland. The Canadian Mineralogist, 45(5), 1221-1227. 33rd International Geological Congress (2008) session MPM-04 Platinum-group mineralogy: Pt-Pd selenides from river placers, northern Finland Kari K. Kojonen, Andrew M. McDonald, Chris J. Stanley, and Bo Johanson (2011) Törnroosite, Pd11As2Te2, A New Mineral Species Related to Isomertieite from Miessijoki, Finnish Lapland, Finland. Can Mineral 49:1643-1651
Inari Ivalojoki ⓘ Palsinoja	Kari Kojonen (2012) PGE ore potential in the southwestern granulite belt of Northern Finland. Geological Survey of Finland, Report of Investigation 207 pp 64-67
Penikat complex ⓘ Sompujärvi Reef	Econ Geol (1986) 81:1126-1136
Portimo complex ⓘ Konttijärvi deposit	Papunen, H. (1986) Platinum-group elements in Svecokarelian nickel-copper deposits, Finland. Economic Geology: 81(5): 1236–1241.
Sodankylä ⓘ Keivitsa intrusion	Gervilla, F., Kojonen, K. and Merkle, R.K.W., 2005. Platinum-group minerals in the Proterozoic Keivitsa mafic-ultramafic intrusion, Sodankylä, northern Finland. Extended Abstract, 10th International Platinum Symposium, Abstract volume
Kevitsansarvi (Keivitsansarvi) ⓘ Kevitsa Ni-Cu-PGE mine	Mutanen, T. (1997) Geology and ore petrology of Akanvaara and Koitelainen mafic layered intrusions and the Keivitsa-Satovaara layered complex, Northern Finland. Geological Survey of Finland, Bulletin 395. 233s.
Germany
Lower Saxony Goslar District Braunlage St Andreasberg ⓘ Roter Bär Mine	Cabral, A.R., Ließmann, W., Lehmann, B. (2015): Gold and palladium minerals (including empirical PdCuBiSe3) from the former Roter Bär mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Germany: a result of low-temperature, oxidising fluid overprint. Mineralogy and Petrology 109, 649-657.
Thuringia Nordhausen District Ellrich Sülzhayn ⓘ Iron mines	Heider, K.-J., R. Gruschwitz & R. Junker (2022). Über ein neues Selenid- und Goldvorkommen bei Sülzhayn im Südharz. Aufschluss, 73 (4), 196-212.
India
Karnataka Davanagere District Shimoga schist belt ⓘ Hanumalapur Complex	Alapieti, T.T., Devaraju, T.C., Kaukonen, R.J. (2005) SEM-EDS Study of the Platinum-group Minerals in the PGE mineralized Hanumalapura Segment of the Layeredmafic-ultramafic Complex of Channagiri, Davangere District, Karnataka. Journal of the Geological Society of India: 65: 745-752.
Odisha Keonjhar District ⓘ Baula Complex	Canadian Mineralogist 40:277-309
ⓘ Bangur gabbro	Augé, T., Bailly, L., Cocherie, A., Genna, A., Guerrot, C., Lerouge, C., ... & Patra, R. N. (2002, July). Magmatic and Hydrothermal Platinum-Group Element Mineralization in the Baula Area, Orissa, India. In Proceedings of the 9th International Platinum Symposium (pp. 21-24).
Ivory Coast
Montagnes Tonkpi Biankouma Department ⓘ Samapleu mafic-ultramafic intrusion	Gouedji, F., Picard, C., Coulibaly, Y., Audet, M. A., Auge, T., Goncalves, P., ... & Ouattara, N. (2014). The Samapleu mafic-ultramafic intrusion and its Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization: an Eburnean (2.09 Ga) feeder dyke to the Yacouba layered complex (Man Archean craton, western Ivory Coast). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 185(6), 393-411.
Japan
Hokkaidō Prefecture Rumoi Subprefecture Tomamae District Tomamae ⓘ Tomamae coast	NISHIO–HAMANE, D., & Saito, K. (2022). Platinum–group minerals in the placer deposit in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan: description of a new mineral, tomamaeite. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 117(1), 220309.
Norway
Troms og Finnmark Porsanger ⓘ Karenhaugen PGE Deposit	Nilsson, Lars Petter, Larsen, Rune B. (1998) Edle mineraler i mafiske og ultramafiske bergarter- en oppsummering av platinagruppe mineraler (PGM) funnet i Norge i de senere år. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift, 14. 40-49
Philippines
Luzon Cordillera Administrative Region Benguet Province Tuba ⓘ Philex-Padcal Mine	Piestrzyński, A., Schmidt, S.Th., Franco, H. (1994): Pd-minerals in the Sto. Tomas II, porphyry copper deposit, Tuba Benguet, Philippines. Mineralogia Polonica: 25(2): 21-31
Russia
Buryatia Severo-Baykalsky District Dovyren Highlands ⓘ Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif	Rudashevskiy N.S., Krecer D.A., Orsoev D.A., Kislov E.V. (2003) Palladium-platinum mineralization in vein Cu-Ni-ores of Yoko-Dovyrenskiy laiered massif, - DAN, 391(4), p. 519-522 (in Rus.) Ariskin, A. A., Kislov, E. V., Danyushevsky, L. V., Nikolaev, G. S., Fiorentini, M. L., Gilbert, S., ... & Malyshev, A. (2016). Cu–Ni–PGE fertility of the Yoko-Dovyren layered massif (northern Transbaikalia, Russia): thermodynamic modeling of sulfide compositions in low mineralized dunite based on quantitative sulfide mineralogy. Mineralium Deposita, 51(8), 993-1011. Spiridonov, E. M., Orsoev, D. A., Ariskin, A. A., Kislov, E. V., Korotaeva, N. N., Nikolaev, G. S., & Yapaskurt, V. O. (2019). Germanium-Rich Palladium Minerals Palladogermanide Pd 2 Ge, Paolovite Pd 2 (Sn, Ge), and Zvyagintsevite in Sulfide-Bearing Anorthosites of the Yoko-Dovyren Pluton, Baikal Area. Geochemistry International, 57(5), 600-603.
ⓘ Main Reef	Kislov, E.V. Khudyakova, L.I. (2020) Yoko–Dovyren Layered Massif: Composition, Mineralization, Overburden and Dump Rock Utilization. Minerals 10, 682.
Irkutsk Oblast Uda–Biryusa district ⓘ Ognit complex	Ognitite, NiBiTe, a new mineral species, and cobaltian maucherite from the Ognit ultramafic complex, Eastern Sayans, Russia (electronic preprint) Shvedov, G. I., & Barkov, A. Y. (2017). Primary and alteration assemblages of platinum-group minerals from the Ognit complex, Irkutskaya oblast, Eastern Sayans, Russia. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie-Abhandlungen: Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 194(1), 35-48.
Kamchatka Krai Koryak Okrug Olyutorsky district Itchayvayam complex ⓘ Barany occurrence	Palyanova, Galina, Anton Kutyrev, Tatiana Beliaeva, Vladimir Shilovskikh, Pavel Zhegunov, Elena Zhitova, and Yurii Seryotkin. (2023) "Pd,Hg-Rich Gold and Compounds of the Au-Pd-Hg System at the Itchayvayam Mafic-Ultramafic Complex (Kamchatka, Russia) and Other Localities" Minerals 13, no. 4: 549. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13040549
Sobolevsky District ⓘ Maior River (Brook)	Sidorov, E. G., Tolstykh, N. D., Podlipsky, M. Y., & Pakhomov, I. O. (2004). Placer PGE minerals from the Filippa clinopyroxenite-dunite massif (Kamchatka). Russian Geology and Geophysics, 45(9), 1128-1144.
ⓘ Mount Filipp	Tony Nikischer specimen and analysis Sidorov, E. G., Tolstykh, N. D., Podlipsky, M. Y., & Pakhomov, I. O. (2004). Placer PGE minerals from the Filippa clinopyroxenite-dunite massif (Kamchatka). Geologiya i Geofizika (Russian Geology and Geophysics), 45(9), 1128-1144.
Khabarovsk Krai Ayan-Maya district ⓘ Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif	Shcheka G.G., Lehmann B., Gierth E., Gomann K., Wallianos A. (2004) Macrocrystals of Pt-Fe alloy from the Kondyor PGE placer deposit, Khabarovskiy kray, Russia: trace-element content, mineral inclusions and reaction assemblages, - Canadian Mineralogist, v.42, N2, pp. 601-617.
ⓘ Anomal’niy Cu-PGE deposit	Barkov, A.Y., Shvedov, G.I., Polonyankin, A.A., Martin, R.F. (2016): New and unusual Pd-Tl-bearing mineralization in the Anomal'nyi deposit, Kondyor concentrically zoned complex, northern Khabarovskiy kray, Russia. Mineralogical Magazine: 80: (in press) (2016)
Komi Republic Kozhim River Basin Maldynyrd range (Maldy-nyrd range) ⓘ Chudnoe Pd-Au deposit	P.M. Kartashov data Moralev, G. V., Borisov, A. V., Surenkov, S. V., Nagaeva, S. P., Tarbaev, M. B., Kuznetsov, S. K., ... & Soboleva, A. A. (2005). Distribution and modes of occurrence of REE at the Chudnoe and Nesterovskoe occurrences of Au-Pd-REE ore mineralization in the Maldynyrd Range, Nether-Polar Urals. Geochemistry International, 43(11), 1078-1097.
Krasnoyarsk Krai ⓘ Kingash	Alexander V. Dedeev et al (2002) The PGE-Bearing Sulphide Ores of the Kingash Mafic-Ultramafic Differentiated Intrusion and Ore Processing Characteristics, East Sajan, Russia. 9th annual platinum symposium
Lysanskiy dunite-peridotite-gabbro complex ⓘ Sisim Placer Zone	Barkov, A., Shvedov, G., & Martin, R. (2018). PGE–(REE–Ti)-rich micrometer-sized inclusions, mineral associations, compositional variations, and a potential lode source of platinum-group minerals in the Sisim Placer Zone, Eastern Sayans, Russia. Minerals, 8(5), 181.
Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug Taimyr Peninsula Putoran Plateau ⓘ Noril'sk	Econ Geol (1986) 81:1203-1212
ⓘ Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit	Gritsenko, Y. D., Kondrikova, A. P., Gilbricht, S., Schoneveld, L., Barnes, S. J., Godel, B. M., ... & Yudovskaya, M. A. (2022). Quantitative assessment of the relative roles of sulfide liquid collection, magmatic degassing and fluid-mediated concentration of PGE in low-sulfide ores of the Norilsk intrusions. Ore Geology Reviews, 105042.
ⓘ Oktyabrsky Mine	Anthony, John Williams, Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts. Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson, Arizona. Sluzhenikin, S. F., Krivolutskaya, N. A., Rad'ko, V. A., Malitch, K. N., Distler, V. V., & Fedorenko, V. A. (2014). Ultramafic-mafic intrusions, volcanic rocks and PGE-Cu-Ni sulfide deposits of the Noril'sk Province, Polar Siberia. Field trip guidebook. Spiridonov, E. M., Belyakov, S. N., Korotaeva, N. N., Egorov, K. V., Ivanova, Y. A., Naumov, D. I., & Serova, A. A. (2020). Menshikovite Pd 3 Ni 2 As 3 and Associating Minerals of Sulfide Ores at the Eastern Flank of the Oktyabrsky Deposit (Norilsk Ore Field). Moscow University Geology Bulletin, 75(5), 472-480. Barkov, Andrei Y., Ivan I. Nikulin, Andrey A. Nikiforov, Boris M. Lobastov, Sergey A. Silyanov, and Robert F. Martin (2021) "Atypical Mineralization Involving Pd-Pt, Au-Ag, REE, Y, Zr, Th, U, and Cl-F in the Oktyabrsky Deposit, Norilsk Complex, Russia" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1193. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111193
ⓘ Kharaelakh lode	2014 Ultramafic-mafic intrusions, volcanic rocks and PGE-Cu-Ni sulfide deposits of the Noril’sk Province, Polar Siberia . 12th International Platinum Symposium
ⓘ Skalisty mine	Tolstykh, Nadezhda, Valeriya Brovchenko, Viktor Rad’ko, Maria Shapovalova, Vera Abramova, and Jonathan Garcia. (2022) "Rh, Ir, and Ru Partitioning in the Cu-Poor IPGE Massive Ores, Talnakh Intrusion, Skalisty Mine, Russia" Minerals 12, no. 1: 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12010018
ⓘ Southern-2 orebody	Kalugin, Valery, Viktor Gusev, Nadezhda Tolstykh, Andrey Lavrenchuk, and Elena Nigmatulina. (2021) "Origin of the Pd-Rich Pentlandite in the Massive Sulfide Ores of the Talnakh Deposit, Norilsk Region, Russia" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111258
Murmansk Oblast Fedorovo-Pansky massif (Pana layered complex) ⓘ Fedorova Tundra block	Groshev, N.Y. Rundkvist, T.V. Karykowski, B.T. Maier, W.D. Korchagin, A.U. Ivanov, A.N. Junge, M. (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9, 764.
ⓘ Kievey deposit	Groshev, N.Y. Rundkvist, T.V. Karykowski, B.T. Maier, W.D. Korchagin, A.U. Ivanov, A.N. Junge, M. (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9, 764.
ⓘ North Kamennik deposit	Groshev, N.Y. Rundkvist, T.V. Karykowski, B.T. Maier, W.D. Korchagin, A.U. Ivanov, A.N. Junge, M. (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9, 764. Ivanov, A. N., Chernyavsky, A. V., Groshev, N. Y., & Savchenko, E. E. (2020, July). PGM assemblages from the lower ore bodies of the North Kamennik palladium deposit, Kola Region, Russia. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 539, No. 1, p. 012151). IOP Publishing.
ⓘ Southern PGE Reef	Groshev, N.Y. Rundkvist, T.V. Karykowski, B.T. Maier, W.D. Korchagin, A.U. Ivanov, A.N. Junge, M. (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9, 764.
Monche tundra intrusion ⓘ Monchetundra deposit	Grokhovskaya, T. L., Lapina, M. I., & Mokhov, A. V. (2009). Assemblages and genesis of platinum-group minerals in low-sulfide ores of the Monchetundra deposit, Kola peninsula, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 51(6), 467-485.
Monchegorsk ⓘ Vuruchuaivench prospect	33 IGC excursion No 48, August 15 – 21, 2008
Republic of Karelia Kondopozhsky District ⓘ Vikshozero deposit	(2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p63
Loukhsky District Oulanka plutonic complex Olanga River (Oulanka River) ⓘ Lukkulaisvaara ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara pluton; Lukkulaisvaara layered intrusion)	Eur. J. Mineral. , 1993, 5, pp. 1227-1233.
ⓘ Vostok deposit	Barkov, A., Alapieti, T., Laajoki, K., & Peura, R. (1996). Osmian hollingworthite and rhodian cobaltite-gersdorffite from the Lukkulaisvaara layered intrusion, Russian Karelia. Mineralogical Magazine, 60(403), 973-978.
ⓘ Sakha	[World of Stones 12:49]
Aldan ⓘ Inagli Massif	geo.web.ru (2007) http://geo.web.ru/druza/l-Inagli.htm
ⓘ Darya River sediments	Shcheka, G.G., Solianik, A.N., Lehmann, B., Bieniok, A., Amthauer, G., Topa, D., Laflamme, J.H.G. (2004): Euhedral crystals of ferroan platinum, cooperite and mertieite-II from alluvial sediments of the Darya river, Aldan Shield, Russia.Mineralogical Magazine 68 (6): 871-885.
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Labytnangi ⓘ Ozernoe Occurrence	Murzin, Valery, Galina Palyanova, Татiana Mayorova, and Tatiana Beliaeva. (2022) "The Gold–Palladium Ozernoe Occurrence (Polar Urals, Russia): Mineralogy, Conditions of Formation, Sources of Ore Matter and Fluid" Minerals 12, no. 6: 765. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12060765
Zabaykalsky Krai Chiney massif ⓘ Chineyskoye Fe-Ti-V deposit ?	Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Tolstykh, N.D., Krivenko, A.P. (2002) Menshikovite, Pd3Ni2As3, a new platinum-group mineral species from two layered complexes, Russia. The Canadian Mineralogist: 40(2): 679-692.
Sierra Leone
Western Area ⓘ Freetown layered complex	Cabri, L. J., Oberthür, T., & Keays, R. R. (2022). Origin and depositional history of platinum-group minerals in placers–A critical review of facts and fiction. Ore Geology Reviews, 144, 104733.
Slovakia
Košice Region Košice-okolie District Jasov ⓘ Serpentinite outcrops	Radvanec, M., & Uher, P. (2016). Platinum-group minerals in metapyroxenite from Jasov, Meliatic Unit, Slovakia. Acta Geol. Slov., 8, 2, 195, 201.
South Africa
ⓘ Bushveld Complex	www.bgr.de/b423/oberthuer_ptconf_pgm_bushveld.pdf.
Limpopo Mopani District Municipality Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality Phalaborwa ⓘ Palabora Mine	Nikolay Rudashevsky et al (2001) Efficient Technology of Ore Minerals Investigation of PGE-Bearing Deposits – Case Study in (2001) European Union of Geosciences Conference XI (OS6)
Sekhukhune District Municipality Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality Burgersfort ⓘ Maandagshoek farm	Melcher, F., Oberthür, T., Lodziak, J. (2005) Modification of detrital platinum-group minerals from the eastern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 43(5), 1711-1734.
Steelpoort ⓘ Onverwacht Mine	II, Platarsite, a new sulfarsenide of platinum. The Canadian Mineralogist, 15(3), 385-388. Cabri, L. J., Laflamme, J. G., & Stewart, J. M. (1977). Platinum-group minerals from Onverwacht Oberthür, T., Melcher, F., Goldmann, S., & Fröhlich, F. (2021). High grade ores of the Onverwacht platinum pipe, eastern Bushveld, South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 59(6), 1397-1435.
Waterberg District Municipality Mogalakwena Local Municipality Mogalakwena ⓘ Mokopane	Hutchinson, D., & Kinnaird, J. A. (2005). Complex multistage genesis for the Ni–Cu–PGE mineralisation in the southern region of the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Applied Earth Science, 114(4), 208-224. Yudovskaya, M., Kinnaird, J., Naldrett, A. J., Mokhov, A. V., McDonald, I., & Reinke, C. (2011). Facies variation in PGE mineralization in the central Platreef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49(6), 1349-1384.
ⓘ Sandsloot mine	Armitage, P. E. B., McDonald, I., Edwards, S. J., & Manby, G. M. (2002). Platinum-group element mineralization in the Platreef and calc-silicate footwall at Sandsloot, Potgietersrus District, South Africa. Applied Earth Science: Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy: Section B, 111(1), 36-45. Holwell, D. A., McDonald, I., & Armitage, P. E. B. (2006). Platinum-group mineral assemblages in the Platreef at the Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 70(1), 83-101. HOLWELL D.A., MCDONALD I. & ARMITAGE, P.E.B. (2006). Platinum-group mineral assemblages in the Platreef at the South Central Pit, Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 70, 83-101.
ⓘ Turfspruit farm	Hutchinson, D., & Kinnaird, J. A. (2005). Complex multistage genesis for the Ni–Cu–PGE mineralisation in the southern region of the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Applied Earth Science, 114(4), 208-224.
ⓘ Tweefontein Farm	Cabri, L. J. & Chen, T.T. (1976) : Stibiopalladinite from the type locality. American Mineralogist. 61, 1249-1254
UK
England Devon Torbay Torquay ⓘ Hope's Nose	Mineralogical Magazine 1982 46 : 371-377 Stanley, C. J., Criddle, A. J., Lloyd, D. (1990) Precious and base metal selenide mineralization at Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon. Mineralogical Magazine, 54 (376) 485-493 doi:10.1180/minmag.1990.054.376.13
Scotland Highland Fort William and Ardnamurchan ⓘ Sron Gharbh (Sron Garbh)	Graham, S.D., Holwell, D.A., McDonald, I., Jenkin, G.R.T., Hill, N.J., Boyce, A.J., Smith, J., Sangster, C. (2017) Magmatic Cu-Ni-PGE-Au sulfide mineralisation in alkaline igneous systems: An example from the Sron Garbh intrusion, Tyndrum, Scotland. Ore Geology Reviews: 80: 961-984.
Shetland Islands Unst ⓘ Cliff Quarry	Prichard, H. M., & Tarkian, M. (1988). Platinum and palladium minerals from two PGE-rich localities in the Shetland ophiolite complex. The Canadian Mineralogist, 26(4), 979-990.
ⓘ Harold's Grave Quarry	Prichard, H. M., & Tarkian, M. (1988). Platinum and palladium minerals from two PGE-rich localities in the Shetland ophiolite complex. The Canadian Mineralogist, 26(4), 979-990.
USA (TL)
Alaska Bethel Census Area Goodnews Bay Salmon River - Red Mountain District ⓘ Fox Gulch (TL)	Desborough, G.A., Finney, J.J., Leonard, B.F. (1973) Mertieite, a new palladium mineral from Goodnews Bay, Alaska. American Mineralogist: 58: 1-10.
Montana ⓘ Stillwater Complex	Canadian Mineralogist Vol.24, pp. 329-346 (1986)
Stillwater County ⓘ Stillwater Mine	Gobla, M.J. (2012) Montana mineral locality index. Rocks & Minerals, 87, #3, 208-240.