Pioneer JH prospect, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Pioneer JH prospect | Prospect (Inactive) |
| Norseman | Town |
| Dundas Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 58' 29'' South , 121° 38' 35'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Prospect (Inactive) - last checked 2021
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Norseman | 982 (2012) | 27.9km |
Located 27 kilometres north north-west of Norseman, on the eastern flank of the Pioneer Dome.
Explored by Newmont/NGM joint venture from 1968-1971.
Ni-Cu sulphides at the base of serpentinized ultramafics, with basal metadunite, overlain by serpenitinized peridotite, then metapyroxenite. Foliated hornblende-plagioclase amphibolite up to 500 metres thick, lenticular ultramafic units up to 200 metres thick, pelitic schist, actinolite-chlorite schist is mentioned in another source
There is a northern and southern prospect. The northern prospect is called JH, at or near the basal contact. It contains two lenses, the first is 115 metres long, up to 6 metres thick, dipping 40 degrees east. The second is 60 metres long, and 1.6 metres thick. They are intruded by quartz-feldspar pegmatites.
The southern prospect is called BB (what the acronyms stand for is open to speculation), with irregular lenses, veins and stringers of marcasite after pyrrhotite, violarite after pentlandite, chalcopyrite as supergene mineralisation. Oxidation reaches 40 metres below the surface. Nickel grade is 1.1% Ni. The prospects are 1.5 kilometres apart, north-south.
The area has been explored for rare earths in pegmatites.
Location is near the Twenty Five Mile Rocks, in close proximity to the Norseman-Coolgardie Highway.
See also Sinclair Caesium deposit.
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11 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| β Actinolite Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 Reference: Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
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| β Andalusite Formula: Al2(SiO4)O Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β 'Chlorite Group' Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β Enstatite Formula: Mg2Si2O6 Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β 'Feldspar Group' Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β 'Hornblende' Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β 'Limonite' Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β 'Manganese Oxides' Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β Marcasite Formula: FeS2 Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β Pentlandite Formula: (NixFey)Ξ£9S8 Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β 'Plagioclase' Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 Reference: Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
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| β Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β Sillimanite Formula: Al2(SiO4)O Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β Tremolite Formula: ◻{Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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| β Violarite Formula: Fe2+Ni3+2S4 Reference: Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical soil surveys in exploration for nickel-copper sulphides at Pioneer, near Norseman, Western Australia, Special Publication No.2, 5th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium Vancouver BC Canada 1-4 April 1974 p.437.
Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
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Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| β | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| β | Pentlandite | 2.BB.15 | (NixFey)Ξ£9S8 |
| β | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| β | Violarite | 2.DA.05 | Fe2+Ni3+2S4 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Actinolite | 9.DE.10 | β»Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| β | Andalusite | 9.AF.10 | Al2(SiO4)O |
| β | Enstatite | 9.DA.05 | Mg2Si2O6 |
| β | Sillimanite | 9.AF.05 | Al2(SiO4)O |
| β | Tremolite | 9.DE.10 | β»{Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| β | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
| β | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
| β | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| β | 'Hornblende' | - | |
| β | 'Limonite' | - | |
| β | 'Manganese Oxides' | - | |
| β | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| H | β Tremolite | ◻{Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| O | β Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| O | β Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| O | β Andalusite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| O | β Enstatite | Mg2Si2O6 |
| O | β Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| O | β Tremolite | ◻{Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | β Enstatite | Mg2Si2O6 |
| Mg | β Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Mg | β Tremolite | ◻{Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Al | β Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Al | β Andalusite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Si | β Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| Si | β Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Si | β Andalusite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Si | β Enstatite | Mg2Si2O6 |
| Si | β Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Si | β Tremolite | ◻{Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Pentlandite | (NixFey)Ξ£9S8 |
| S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | β Marcasite | FeS2 |
| S | β Violarite | Fe2+Ni23+S4 |
| S | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Ca | β Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Ca | β Tremolite | ◻{Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Pentlandite | (NixFey)Ξ£9S8 |
| Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | β Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | β Violarite | Fe2+Ni23+S4 |
| Fe | β Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Fe | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | β Pentlandite | (NixFey)Ξ£9S8 |
| Ni | β Violarite | Fe2+Ni23+S4 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.Β
Cox, R. (1974) Geochemical Soil Surveys in Exploration for Nickel-Copper Sulphides at Pioneer Near Norseman Western Australia, (Placer Prospecting Australia Pty Ltd), The Fifth International Geochemical Exploration Symposium, Vancouver B.C. Canada, 01-04 April 1974.
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