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Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Small (Bi-)W deposit mined from the 1860s to 1913, with a few dumps remaining.
Wolframite- and Bi-bearing quartz reefs trending N20°E and outcropping on a low ridge of weathered Ordovician metasedimentary rocks.
Located 6 km west of Linton and 35 km west of Ballarat, about 600 m N of the Ballarat-Skipton road.

Refs.:
- Australian Journal of Mineralogy: 7(2).
- Birch, W.D., Grey, I.E., Mills, S.J., Bougerol, C., Pring, A., Ansermet, S. (2007): Pittongite, a new secondary tungstate from Pittong, Victoria, Australia. Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 857-864.





Map Reference: 37°37'17"S , 143°30'24"E

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Mineral List:
Bariopharmacosiderite
Bismoclite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite
Covellite
Dravite
Elsmoreite
Ferberite
Goethite
Gold
Kaolinite
Koechlinite
Molybdenite
Natrojarosite
Pharmacosiderite
Pittongite (TL)
Plumbogummite
Pyrite
Quartz
Russellite
Scheelite
Silver
Sulphur
Wolframite


27 entries listed. 26 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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