| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the low-sulfidation epithermal Emperor gold deposit, Vatukoula, Fiji D. W. Pals and P. G. Spry Department...The epithermal, low sulfidation Emperor gold telluride deposit in Fiji, hosted by Late Miocene-Early Pliocene...western flank of the Tavua Caldera. Gold is largely in the form of āāinvisibleāā gold in arsenian pyrite...pyrite but 10 to 50% of gold is in the form of precious metal tellurides. Gold mineralization occurs in steeply...calaverite, krennerite, petzite, hessite, coloradoite, melonite, native tellurium, and rare benleonardite, formed | | | Journal (issue) | 8(1):3-8 Secondary copper minerals of the Crusader mine, north-west Queensland. Sharpe, James L. and Williams...suite of secondary minerals from the Nifty copper mine, Western Australia. Downes, P.J., Shields, P. and...7(1 ): 19-26 ā¢ Kasolite from the British Empire mine, Arkaroola, South Australia. Plimer, Ian R., Besley...Marshall, Brian. 7(1):3-13 Minerals ofthe Vatukoula gold mines, Fiji. Lawrence, Laurie J., Sharpe, James L...Prince Lyell Mine, Mt Lyell, Queenstown 7(2):82-83W Red Lead Mine, Dundas 7(1}:37W Renison Mine 7(l):37W | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Wallārock alteration at the Emperor goldāsilver telluride deposit, Fiji a M. Ahmad & J. L. Walshe b...Wallārock alteration at the Emperor goldāsilver telluride deposit, Fiji, Australian Journal of Earth...Wall-rock alteration at the Emperor gold-silver telluride deposit, Fiji M. AHMAD1 AND J. L. WALSHE2 1...Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. In the Emperor mine area, widespread propylitic alteration was followed...alteration. INTRODUCTION The gold-silver telluride lodes at the Emperor mine are typical of epithermal deposits | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | assemblages............................... Conclusions Vatukoula PACE 1460 ....................................ite Coloradoite-calaverite-petzite Coloradoite-gold Sylvanite-hessite Petzite-sylvanite-hessite It...suchtelluridesas altaite,tetradymite,nagyagiteand melonite. (b) The requirementsof the Gibbs phaserule may...Tellurium-empressite Tellurium-sylvanite Calaverite-gold Empressite-hessite Hessite-silver Instead,one wouldexpectto...Sylvanite-hessite Sylvanite-empressite Petzite-hessite Gold-hessite Gold-petzite The close correlationbetween these | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | epithermal and orogenic gold deposits: application to the Emperor gold-telluride deposit, Fiji Andrew P. Fornadel...epithermal and orogenic gold deposits: application to the Emperor gold-telluride deposit, Fiji, Ore Geology Reviews...epithermal and orogenic gold deposits: application to the Emperor gold-telluride deposit, Fiji Andrew P. Fornadela...Tellurides; Native tellurium; Emperor deposit; Fiji; Epithermal gold deposits; orogenic gold deposits 1 ABSTRACT...the alkaline igneous rock-related Emperor gold telluride deposit, Fiji. Based on similarities in the geologic | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mineralogical and GeochemicalStudiesof the Emperor Gold Telluride Deposit, Fiji M. AHMAD, NorthernTerritoryGeological...Mba Volcanics,of Mioceneage,in the north of Viti Levu, Fiji. The veinsfilledfracturesthat developedmainlyin...are dominantly quartzwith minorpyrite,tellurides,gold,sphalerite,arsenopyrite,chalcopyrite,tetrahedrite...H2S,COa, and HaTe, with lossof H2Sthe main causeof gold deposition. Assuming only partialequilibriumin the...It is located at Vatukoula about 8 km inland from the northern coastof Viti Levu, Fiji (Fig. 1). THE | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Invisible Gold and Tellurium in Arsenic-Rich Pyrite from the Emperor Gold Deposit, Fiji: Implications...Implications for Gold Distribution and Deposition DAVID W. PALS, PAUL G. SPRY,ā Department of Geological and Atmospheric...Canada N6G 4X8 Abstract Gold is found in three different forms in the Emperor gold deposit: as āinvisibleā...submicrometer-size inclusions of gold in arsenian pyrite, as visible native gold and/or electrum, and as tellurides...mass spectroscopy (SIMS) show that pyrite from Emperor is among the most Au- (up to 11,057 ppm Au), Te- | | | Report (issue) | Melonite NiTe2 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group:...5.265 Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Robb-Montbray mine, Canada. 2.82 (100), 1.549 (60), 2.06 (50), 1.918...Stanislaus mine, California, USA; corresponding to (Ni0.99 Ag0.02 )Ī£=1.01 Te2.00 . (2) Strathcona mine, Canada;...Mineral Group: Forms a series with merenskyite. Melonite group. Occurrence: With other tellurium minerals...coloradoite, krennerite, tellurobismuthite, montbrayite, gold, pyrite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, pyrrhotite. | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | University] at 23:14 19 October 2014 Vindicator Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado I n terms...specimens of essentially massive gold tellurides associated with coarse native gold. Cripple Creek, on the other...that resemble cuneiform characters. Sylvanite is gold-silver telluride with the composition (Au,Ag)2Te4...published analyses commonly show minor variations in the gold and silver content, and the presence of such other...Sylvanite alters to loosely coherent pseudomorphs of gold. Sylvanite is almost unknown in the eastern United | | | Journal (issue) | . . . . 277 by D. London The Emperor mine, Vatukoula, Viti Levu, Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....sale of the book. The first print, entitled āThe Mine with the Iron Door,ā depicts a fantasy underground...underground collecting scene at the famous lost gold mine in the Catalina Mountains above Tucson. The print was...scene at the Old uma mine near Tucson (appropriate, inasmuch as he wrote the Old uma mine chapter in the book)...ārunnerā is someone who ārunsā with minerals from the mine or other exposure to dealers, to sell specimens | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the low-sulfidation epithermal Emperor gold deposit, Vatukoula, Fijiāā (2003) by D. W. Pals and P. G...paper on telluride mineralogy in the Emperor gold mine in Fiji, Pals and Spry (2003) referred several...distribution of individual tellurides in the Emperor mine, Pals and Spry (2003, pp 302ā304) noted that...that, in a general sense, I had found that the gold-rich assemblage calaverite-krennerite-sylvanite occurred...the silver-rich assemblage petzitehessite-native gold extended down to deeper levels. They then commented | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of native gold and electrum, the gold telluride calaverite may well be the most important gold ore mineral...development of all other Colorado gold districts. Unlike most gold deposits, weathering of those characterized...fine-grained and dull, mustard-colored secondary gold that is disbursed as tiny particles as the individual...most exciting gold occurrences are either dominated by or contain significant amounts of gold tellurides...tellurides. Sylvanite, another important gold telluride, was featured in a previous Connoisseurās Choice (Cook | | Sung, Y.-H., Ciobanu, C. L., Pring, A., BrĆ¼gger, J., Skinner, W., Cook, N. J., Nugus, M. (2007) Tellurides from Sunrise Dam gold deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: a new occurrence of nagyĆ”gite. Mineralogy and Petrology, 91 (3) 249-270 doi:10.1007/s00710-007-0199-z | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | in The Netherlands Tellurides from Sunrise Dam gold deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: a new...University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 5 Sunrise Dam Gold Mine, AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, Laverton, Australia 2...tellurantimony (and Bi-bearing tellurantimony), melonite, tetradymite and an unnamed Au(Ag)-As-telluride)...and post-D4 veinlets in the world-class orogenic gold deposit at Sunrise Dam, Eastern Goldfields Province...association of telluride assemblages and native gold is interpreted in terms of remobilization of ore | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MINERALOGY OF THE BELLEROPHON-NELSON TELLURIDE-BEARING GOLD DEPOSIT, ST. IVES CAMP, YILGARN CRATON, WESTERN...discovered Bellerophon-Nelson telluride-bearing gold deposit at the St. Ives camp, Western Australia...Stages II and III contain economic gold mineralization, and the gold grains are strongly associated with...surround the mineralized veins, and trace amounts of gold precipitated in these altered rocks. The albite...have similar occurrences to native gold. In addition to native gold, telluride and sulfosalt minerals | | | Report (issue) | 2 osmium 190.2 iridium 192.2 platinum 195.1 gold 197.0 mercury 200.5 thallium 204.4 lead 207.2............................. R6 Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Deposits............................................................................. R9 Orogenic Gold Deposits......................................................................... R11 Carlin-Type Gold Deposits..................................................................................... R15 Mine Waste Characteristics.......................... | | Voudouris, Panagiotis Christos, Melfos, Vasilios, Spry, Paul G., Moritz, Robert, Papavassiliou, Constantinos, Falalakis, George (2011) Mineralogy and geochemical environment of formation of the Perama Hill high-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag-Te-Se deposit, Petrota Graben, NE Greece. Mineralogy and Petrology, 103 (1) 79-100 doi:10.1007/s00710-011-0160-z | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece G. Falalakis Thracean Gold Mining S.A., 123 Democratias Ave., 68100 Alexandroupolis...kawazulite-tetradymite, goldfieldite, and native gold), followed by the formation of an intermediate-sulfidation-type...ferrian/zincian tennantite, tellurobismuthite, tetradymite, melonite, native tellurium, Au-Agtellurides (calaverite...fluids with time. The kawazulite/ tetradymitess-gold association at Perama Hill suggests that it formed...from native gold ore); and the telluride-enriched deposits (where some proportion of the gold may occur | | Plotinskaya, O. Yu., Kovalenker, V. A., Seltmann, R., Stanley, C. J. (2006) Te and Se mineralogy of the high-sulfidation Kochbulak and Kairagach epithermal gold telluride deposits (Kurama Ridge, Middle Tien Shan, Uzbekistan) Mineralogy and Petrology, 87 (3) 187-207 doi:10.1007/s00710-006-0130-z | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | high-sulfidation Kochbulak and Kairagach epithermal gold telluride deposits (Kurama Ridge, Middle Tien Shan...accompanied by an increase in the Ag content of native gold that correlates with a decrease in temperature,...pH. Introduction Most volcanic-hosted epithermal gold deposits (White and Hedenquist, 1990; Bonham, 1986;...epithermal AuāAgāTeāSe deposits (Fig. 1). The total gold resources of this region exceed 2000 tonnes (Islamov...al., 1999), which makes this region a worldclass gold province. The estimated reserves of the Kochbulak | | Grundler, P. V., Brugger, J., Meisser, N., Ansermet, S., Borg, S., Etschmann, B., Testemale, D., Bolin, T. (2008) Xocolatlite, Ca2Mn4+2Te2O12Ā·H2O, a new tellurate related to kuranakhite: Description and measurement of Te oxidation state by XANES spectroscopy. American Mineralogist, 93 (11) 1911-1920 doi:10.2138/am.2008.2870 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Cripple Creek, Colorado (Kelley et al. 1998), Emperor, Fiji (Pals and Spry 2003), and SÄcÄrĆ®mb, Romania...(Ciobanu et al. 2004), as well as in some āorogenicā gold deposits, including the giant Golden Mile deposit...Minerals, and oriGin The mineral occurs in the Bambolla mine (29Ā°41ā²N 109Ā°42ā²W, alt. 830 m), Moctezuma, Sonora...the weathering of an epithermal quartz-tellurium-gold vein system (Deen and Atkinson 1988). The main primary...tellurides including the elemental form (tellurium, melonite, and krennerite). Arrows indicate the approximate | | Tombros, S., St. Seymour, K., Williams-Jones, A. E., Spry, P. G. (2007) The Genesis of Epithermal Au-Ag-Te Mineralization, Panormos Bay, Tinos Island, Cyclades, Greece. Economic Geology, 102 (7) 1269-1294 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.102.7.1269 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | veins that extend for at least 500 m. In places, gold telluride mineralization occurs in hydraulic breccias...Cu)9Te2S3] characterize the early substage, whereas melonite, rickardite, vulcanite, weissite, and native tellurium...Spry and Scherbarth, 2006). Unexploited low-grade gold-silver telluride mineralization at Panormos Bay...Panormos Bay precious metal system and epithermal gold-silver telluride mineralization elsewhere that is...albite, ankerite, barite, galena, sphalerite, native gold, and native silver. The crustification bands and | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | his interpretation of telluride zoning in the Emperor deposit. Forsythe is indeed correct that we did...(2003), which included these minerals as well as melonite, altaite, and coloradoite. The āāsecond stageā...Forsythe (1971) reported petzite, hessite, native gold, coloradoite, altaite, and silver sulfosalts. This...the comment by D. L. Forsythe for the entire Emperor deposit including ore zones in the eastern part...reinforces those of Forsythe (1971) by showing that the gold-rich assemblage calaverite-krennerite-sylvanite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | minerals Article Types of Tellurium Mineralization of Gold Deposits of the Aldan Shield (Southern Yakutia,...mineralization of gold ore deposits of the Aldan Shield are systematized and generalized. The gold content is...occurred at the very late stages of the generation of gold mineralization of all existing types of metasomatic...Au-Ag-Te. Gold is not only in an invisible state in sulfides and in the form of native gold of different...calaverite, sylvanite, krennerite and petzite. In the gold deposits of the Aldan Shield, three mineral types | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | abundanceof gold and calaverite,and the presenceor absenceof native tellurium. Introduction gradesin gold-silvertelluridesin...Twemlow, 1984). In all reported occurrences,gold peror goldmine, Fiji; and Sacaramb(Nagyag),Ro- or electrum...Chile cd* Au, Te, cv, sv, pz, hs, kn*, Cu(?) Emperor, Fiji (1) -(2) cv-kn-sv-Temn-at-pz (3) Au-hs-pz-szcd-mn...Abbreviations:native elements:As = arsenic,Au -- gold-electrum,Bi -- bismuth,Te -- tellurium; tellurides:at...Porter and Ripley, ity. Hagen (1982) hassuggestedthat gold- and tel1985; Thompsonet al., 1985; Saundersand | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | series. This is consistent with the association of goldāsilverātellurides and bournonites identiļ¬ed at the...Introduction The Apuseni Mountains (AM) are well known for gold mining dating back more than two millennia. Based...which, without doubt, constitute the most productive gold area in Europe, comprising some of the classical...Ore Geology Reviews 72 (2016) 857ā873 1997); Emperor, Fiji (Pals and Spry, 2003); Acupan and Baguio, Philippines...contribution to overall balance of gold in the ore. Several genetic models for goldātelluride deposits are currently | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | alteration evidence for two gold mineralisation events at the New Celebration gold deposits in Western Australia...alteration evidence for two gold mineralisation events at the New Celebration gold deposits in Western Australia...alteration evidence for two gold mineralisation events at the New Celebration gold deposits in Western Australia...at 14:16 15 February 2015 2 The New Celebration gold deposits (2 Moz Au) are located within the Boulder...Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia. The gold deposits are hosted by ultramafic rocks (komatiite) | | Sung, Y.-H., Brugger, J., Ciobanu, C. L., Pring, A., Skinner, W., Nugus, M. (2009) Invisible gold in arsenian pyrite and arsenopyrite from a multistage Archaean gold deposit: Sunrise Dam, Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (7) 765-791 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0244-4 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ARTICLE Invisible gold in arsenian pyrite and arsenopyrite from a multistage Archaean gold deposit: Sunrise...Springer-Verlag 2009 Abstract The Sunrise Dam gold mine (11.1 Moz Au) is the largest deposit in the Archaean...whereas arsenopyrite contains up to 5,767 ppm (n=19). Gold in arsenopyrite (D4a stage) was coprecipitated and...brugger@adelaide.edu.au M. Nugus Sunrise Dam Gold Mine, AngloGold Ashanti Australia Ltd, Laverton, Western...Seoul 156-706, South Korea remained as āinvisible goldā (nanoparticles and/or latticebound) during subsequent |
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