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Magnesite from
Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Magnesite
Formula:MgCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1009537
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1009537:1
GUID (UUID V4):777986b7-d645-4ad1-b433-38269eb78163
Localities for Magnesite in this Region
Harbour Lights Gold Mine (Leonora Central), Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Magnesite
1.3km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Harbour Lights Gold Mine (Leonora Central), Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
55.3km (34.4 miles) ā“˜Murrin Murrin Ni-Co Mine (Anaconda Nickel mine), Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
68.7km (42.7 miles) ā“˜Marshall Pool deposit, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
82.1km (51.0 miles) ā“˜Eucalyptus Chrysoprase Mine, Yundamindera Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
85.6km (53.2 miles) ā“˜Yerilla Chrysoprase Mine, Yerilla Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia
92.8km (57.7 miles) ā“˜South Windarra deposit, Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery gossan; Poseidon deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
93.6km (58.2 miles) ā“˜Boyce Creek Ni prospect, Yerilla Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia
99.0km (61.5 miles) ā“˜Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery gossan; Poseidon deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
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Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...calcretes in the southern Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Implications for mineral exploration a a...of Canberra , PO Box 1, Belconnen, ACT, 2616, Australia b Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Evolution...and Mining , Private Bag, Wembley, WA, 6014, Australia Published online: 09 May 2007. To cite this article:...calcretes in the southern Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Implications for mineral exploration, Australian
Report (issue)
OOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 TALC, PYROPHYLLITE AND MAGNESITE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE:...Talc Asia Pacific GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 16 by P. B. Abeysinghe...R. Perry DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Pietro Guj Copy editor: J. F. Johnston The...1996, Talc, pyrophyllite and magnesite in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral...Mineral Resources Bulletin 16. National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 7309 6547 3. Abeysinghe
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Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...VC 2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin
Report (edition)
maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist...et al. The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response...formal inception of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) in 1896. In this second joint publication
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Deposits,Western Australia M. J. DONALDSON *ā€¢ Department of Geology,Universityof Western Australia, Nedlands...Nedlands,Western Australia 6009, Australia ANDG. J. BROMLEY CRA Exploration Pry. Ltd., P.O. Box 467, Kalgoorlie...Kalgoorlie,Western Australia 6480, Australia Abstract The Honeymoon Well Ni-Fe sulfidedeposits occurin...Nickel Operations,Kambalda,WesternAustralia6442, Australia the knownnickeldeposits in WesternAustralia(e... Gneiss .BETHENO ā€¢ v d:ā€¢' ā€¢ Granite + . WESTERN I 2 + MTKEITH + + HOMESTEAO PE ā€¢IDOTITE &
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210 J. A. Thomsonā€”Rocks of Western Australia. L O M E (J.). "Fossile Mollusken von Curacao, Aruba und...V . ā€” T H E CLASSIFICATION OP THE ROCKS OP THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOLDMELDS. By J. ALLAN THOMSON, B.A...conglomerates at Norseman.3 It is in the north-western goldfields the sedimentary series are best developed...1017/S0016756800114372 J. A. Thomsonā€”Rocks of Western Australia. 211 schistose rocks of the auriferous series...1017/S0016756800114372 212 J. A. Thomsonā€”Rocks of Wetter n Australia. Basic Dykes.ā€”Dykes of basic rocks are of frequent
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Talc-Carbonate Alteration of Some Archcan Dunites, Western Australia M. J. DONALDSONĆø Department of Geolog{I,Universit{Iof...WesternAustralia,Nedlands,WesternAustralia6009, Australia Abstract Serpentinization of barrenand weakly...magnetiteq- heazlewoodite q- CO2 q- S = antigoriteq- magnesite+ magnetiteq- Ni sulfide + water + CompleteCO2metasomatism...MOSTworkersaccept the fact that the majority of Western AustralianArchcan Ni sulfidedepositswere formed...severelyhampered,particularlyasmostviableNi deposits in Western Australiaoccur in amphibolitefaciesmetamorphic
Journal (issue)
southern Africa. Siberia. and rcccntlv in Western Australia. The Koctong garnets arc the onlv indication...83 Rockhampton: 83 Wolfram Camp: 4 1 South Australia Arkaroola: 29 Billcroo H ut: 29 Crocker Well:...Bali Lo Mine: 69 Ji mbcrlana: 84 Kalgoorlie: 26 Leonora: 70 M t . Martin: 94 Port Hedland: 1 00 Whim Creek:...Lithiophorite 26 Lollingite 73 Loveringite 84 Magnesite 29 Magnetite 37 Malachite 5, 2 1 , 29, 69. 77...extended over areas of the Kimbcrleys region in Western Australia for up to t"o years with one or the larger
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Zone-Hosted Bamboo Creek Deposit, Pilbara, Western Australia T. E. ZEGERS,ā€  Faculty of Earth Sciences,...Geophysics, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia AND S. H. WHITE Faculty...province of Canada and the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia (e.g., Groves et al., 1998; McCuaig and Kerrich...mineralogy consists of talc, chlorite, dolomite, magnesite, and albite. The groundmass is formed by a talc-chlorite...have a core of dolomite and a rim of Fe-rich magnesite. The following alteration zones are limited to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
YAKABINDIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA A.J. N A L D R E T T * and A.R. T U R N E R CSIRO, Perth, W.A. (Australia) Anaconda...Anaconda Australia Inc., Kalgoorlie, W.A. (Australia) (Received March 11, 1976; revision accepted November...nickel sulfide mineralization at Yakabindie, Western Australia. Precambrian Res., 3: 43--103. T w o major...Lawlers--Mt Keith area of the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. The Upper Greenstones, which contain zones...the centre of the Lawlers--Mt Keith belt, Western Australia, the nickel sulfide mineralization occurs
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revise) Ā© 1976, 1985, 1992 Readerā€™s Digest (Australia) Pty Limited Ā© 1992 Readerā€™s Digest (New Zealand)...& Geophysics. Published by Readerā€™s Digest (Australia) Pty Limited 26-32 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills...identification Prospecting for gold Gemstone areas of Australia The collector's gear Polishing and cutting Fossicking...minerals are widely distributed over the surface of Australia, but some areas, because of different geological...water-soluble chlorides, nitrates or phosphates. In Australia sedimentary sandstones, in certain areas and under
Report (issue)
NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA An oblique aerial view, from the south-southwest, ofthe...the Surveyor General, Western Australia. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN...BULLETIN 14 NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R. J. MARSTON PERTH, 1984 Issued under...L.C., Minister for Mines National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-publication entry: Marston, R.J...(Rodney John), 1943-. Nickel mineralization in Western Australia. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rauhaugites of the Mt Weld Carbonatite Complex of Western Australia Eric Middlemost Department of Geology and...and Geophysics, University of Sydney, Australia With 6 Figures Received August 25, 1989; accepted November...circa 2.06 Ga Mt Weld carbonatite complex of Western Australia intrudes an Archean greenstone sequence dominated...approximately 34 kin, southeast of Laverton, Western Australia. It intrudes a north-south trending Archean...amounts of REE from the rauhauoites, Mt Weld, Western Australia Ca Ba La Ce Pr Nd Sm Eu 1 2 3 1.23 33
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the Fisher East nickel sulphide prospects, Western Australia, using hyperspectral and pXRF data Lauren...the Fisher East nickel sulphide prospects, Western Australia, using hyperspectral and pXRF data, Ore Geology...the Fisher East nickel sulphide prospects, Western Australia, using hyperspectral and pXRF data Lauren...Marco L. Fiorentinic a Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, 6004 b Mineral...to Crust Fluid Systems, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009 *Corresponding
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in gold exploration success: Yilgarn Craton, Australia G.N. Phillips, J.R. Vearncombe, R.R. Anand, C...in gold exploration success: Yilgarn Craton, Australia, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...in gold exploration success: Yilgarn Craton, Australia G.N. Phillipsa,b,c,*,neil@phillipsgold.com.au...of Melbourne, Australia cDepartment dSJS P/L, Box 3 Central Park Victoria 3145 Australia of Earth Sciences...Bridge 6153 WA Australia eCSIRO fDGO Mineral Resources, Box 1130, WA 6102 Australia Gold Ltd, Box
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granitoid-hosted lode-gold deposits, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Deposit characteristics, crustal architecture...Geophysics, The Uniƕersity of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia Received 2 April 1997 Abstract...lode-gold deposits in the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia. They share a number of common characteristics...granite-hosted; gold mineralisation; Yilgarn Craton; Western Australia; ore genesis ) Corresponding author. Present...Geological Survey Organisation, Canberra 2601, ACT, Australia. e-mail: kcassidy@agso.gov.au 0169-1368r98r$19
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Deposits, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia Received: September 29, 1992/...on information from the Yilgarn Block of Western Australia. It emphasises comparisons between ore fluids...antigorite; Chl = chlorite; Dol = dolomite; Mgs=magnesite; Ms = muscovite; Qtz = quartz; T/c = talc granulite...granulite facies deposits (e.g. Marvel Loch, Western Australia: Mueller 1991; Renco, Zimbabwe). The constraints...Deposits, Geology Department, The University of Western Australia, Perth, 59 pp. (unpublished) Barnicoat, A
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Volcanic-Type Iron-Nickel Sulfide Ores from Western Australia D. I. Gā€¢ovEs,F. M. B^ā€¢ETz, R. A. Bā€¢-Ns, ^NDK...spinels in Archcan Fe-Ni sulfide ores from Western Australia must be revised in view of widespreadmetamorphiceffects...Irvine, 1965, 1967; Jackson,1969) and from Western Australia occur in amphibolitefacies in metamorphicsituations...sulfidesin igneousrocks, where immiscibilitybe- Western Australia, namely those occurring in extweensilicateand...assemblagesof pyrrhotite-pentlanditeBlock of Western Australia (Ewers and Hudson, chalcopyrite+ pyrite -----spinels
Report (issue)
Level 3, 15-31 Pelham Street, Carlton Victoria Australia 3053 iii Ā© The Australasian Institute of Mining...knowledge and understanding of the mineral wealth of Australia and Papua New Guinea. v vi Committees MONOGRAPH...New South Wales Department of Mineral Resources Western Australian Department of Minerals and Energy David...Gold NL WMC Resources Limited Outokumpu Mining Australia Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting...597 and 598 609, 610 and 611 Battle Mountain (Australia) Inc 686 and 687 MIM Holdings Limited 702 and
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Geological Survey of Western Australia. ~. ~NTRODUCTI01~. THS goldfields of W e s t e r n Australia may be conveniently...Maitland, Director of the Geological Survey of Western Australia. Kalgoorlie appears to be more complex than...Coolgardie, Y ilgarn, & ]Kurchison Goldfields, Western Australia' Trans. Inst. Min. Eng. voh xiv (1897-98)...(1897-98) pp. 289-311. 3 'Kalgoorlie (Western Australia) & its Surroundings' Trans. Am. Inst. M. E. vol. xxviii...Serpentines,talc-magnesite- Serpentine. schists, magnesite - rocks, fuchsite-magnesite rocks. B. Pyroxenites
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Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03) 9723 5041...Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 2, Number 1 June...diffraction. This is the first known occurrence in Australia of the species. common on the north-east bench...Walker, K. R. 1961: The Precambrian Belt of north-western Queensland. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology...boulders of the basalt dumped beside the road on the western side of Australian Journal of Mineralogy The
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characterisation of airborne inorganic particulate matter in western Derby Colin A Baker The Holocene 8200 BP event:...from the Late Triassic Arden Sandstone Formation, Western Park, Leicester 55 Albert Horton The occurrence...geology excursions both in Britain and abroad to the Western United States and Hawaii. These overseas trips... making this the largest unworked coalļ¬eld in Western Europe (Mann, 1980; Vale of Belvoir Inquiry Report:...metalliferous mineral wealth Tim Colman Abstract: Australia is a continent with substantial metalliferous
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Regolith geology of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: implications for exploration R. R. ANAND*...Avenue, Technology Park, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia. CONTENTS Abstract Introduction Weathering Regolith...incised during the final stages of rifting between Australia and Antarctica during the Earlyā€“Middle Tertiary...in the humid region of the Darling Range of the western Yilgarn, ferruginous duricrusts of various morphologies...history and the nature of the bedrock. In parts of Australia, Africa, India and South America the regolith
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Mumme explores the mineral wonders of Central Australia 36 A GOLDEN ADRENALIN RUSH Back on the northern...clubs, societies and associations throughout Australia 68 TAILINGS Some interesting snippets 69 BACK...Springs from September 6-15, 2002. We are from Western Australia and the trip was planned around our annual... And this was supposed to be the 'Tucson' of Australia? Ha ha ha! Inquiring where the camping facilities...rewarding and we will be going back to Central Australia in the near future. Trevor and Rosie Baensch WA
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Geological Surveyof Western Australia, 100PlainStreet,EastPerth,Western Australia 6004,Australia J. T. KNIGHT...BHPMinerals-Exploration, 3 PlainStreet,EastPerth,Western Australia6004,Australia ANDE. J. MIKUCKI Center for Strategic...MineralDeposits, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009,Australia Abstract Golddeposits...EasternGoldfields superterrane, Yilgarneraton, Western Australia (Witt,1991,1993a;Knightet RECENT developments...alternative to the continuum modeland Western Australia6005, Australia. conventional metamorphic devolatilization
 
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