Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

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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

BaFe

[(OH)

|(AsO

)

] · 5H

Reference:

[No reference listed]

Bismoclite

BiOCl

Reference:

[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.]

Bismuth

Reference:

[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.]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Bismuthinite

Reference:

[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.]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Bismutite

(BiO)

Reference:

[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.]

Chalcanthite

CuSO

·5H

Reference:

[Judy Rowe collection]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Chalcopyrite

CuFeS

Reference:

[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.]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Covellite

CuS

Reference:

[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.]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Dravite

[Na][Mg

][Al

][(OH)

|OH|(BO

)

|Si

]

Description:	Tourmaline - probably dravite, but not analysed(?).
Reference:	[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.]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Elsmoreite

·0.5H

Reference:

[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.]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Ferberite

FeWO

Reference:

[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.]

Goethite

α-Fe

O(OH)

Reference:

[Judy Rowe collection]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Gold

Reference:

[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.]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Kaolinite

(OH)

Reference:

[Uwe Kolitsch PXRD analysis]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Koechlinite

(BiO)

[MoO

]

Habit:	Crust
Colour:	Pale yellow
Reference:	[Australian Journal of Mineralogy: 7(2).]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Molybdenite

MoS

Reference:

[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.]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Natrojarosite

NaFe

[(OH)

|SO

]

Reference:

[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.]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Pharmacosiderite

KFe

[(OH)

|(AsO

)

] · 6-7H

Reference:

[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.]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
© Judy Rowe

Pittongite (TL)

0.22

(W,Fe

)(O,OH)

· 0.44H

Type Locality:	Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Reference:	[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. ]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Plumbogummite

PbAl

[(OH)

|(PO

)

] · H

Reference:

[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.]

Pyrite

FeS

Reference:

[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.]

Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Quartz

SiO

Reference:

[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.]

Russellite

(BiO)

[WO

]

Reference:

[Museum Victoria Mineralogy Collection]

Scheelite

Ca[WO

]

Reference:

[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.]

Silver

Reference:

[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.]

Sulphur

Reference:

[Natural History Museum Vienna collection]

Wolframite

(Fe

)WO

to (Mn

)WO

Reference:

[No reference listed]

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