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Pyrrhotite from
Balcooma Mine, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Balcooma Mine, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1263480
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1263480:0
GUID (UUID V4):862587d0-06ea-4f8a-9bdc-4657316279a2
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
59.7km (37.1 miles) Kidston mine, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia
References
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Tasmania, G.P.O. Box 252C, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia TERRYTAYLOR, Carpentaria ExplorationCompany,...ColinStreet,WestPerth,WesternAustralia6005,Australia JOHNFABRAY, Queensland MinesLimited,P.O. Box2142, Darwin...NorthernTerritory0801,Australia ANDDAVIDJ. PATYERSON MountIsaMinesLimited,MountIsa,Queensland 4825,Australia Abstract...Abstract The Balcooma andDry RiverSouthdeposits aretwo recentlydiscovered volcanic-hosted massive sulfidedeposits...volcanicsandhanging-wallmetagraywacke. At the Balcooma depositthe upperandlowersulfidelensesarezincrichwith
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volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposit, northern Queensland, Australia: an assessment of its usefulness in exploration...Tasmania, G.P.O. Box 252C, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia and David J. Patterson M.I.M. Exploration, ... G.P.O. Box 1042, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia (Received 1 July 1993; accepted in revised...volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposit in northern Queensland, Australia is enriched in ZnO (256.8%) only within...from the Dry River South VHMS deposit in Queensland, Australia have been systematically analyzed for comparison
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Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia Abstract The Camhro-Ordovician periodhasyieldedthe...volcanic-hosted massive sulfide(VHMS)deposits in Australia,resultingin about19•millionmetrictonsof containedmetal...MountReadVolcanics(Tasmania)andthe MountWindsorVolcanics(Queensland). The Archcan(4 millionmetrictons of metal)andthe...prospects (Table1). The sulfide(VHMS)deposits in Australia,rangingin age nineremainasundeveloped combined...Horn CrownLyell III CrownLyell OC Lyell Comstock Balcooma Mount Ararat Gossan Hill Mons Cupri Whundo
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structural setting of the Balcooma volcanogenic massive sulphide lenses, northern Queensland D. L. Huston To cite...structural setting of the Balcooma volcanogenic massive sulphide lenses, northern Queensland, Australian Journal...structural setting of the Balcooma volcanogenic massive sulphide lenses, northern Queensland D. L. HUSTON Downloaded...Tasmania, GPO Box 252C, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia. The Balcooma prospect is one of three volcanogenic massive...)Cambro-Ordovician Balcooma metamorphic belt in northern Queensland. The Balcooma metamorphic belt is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Balcooma Metamorphic Group, north-eastern Australia: a multidisciplinary approach...James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia (asghar.ali@upesh.edu.pk) ABSTRACT The sequential...from clockwise to anticlockwise with time for the Balcooma Metamorphic Group. Growth of garnet at 530 C...Palaeozoic Balcooma Metamorphic Group that borders the Precambrian of north-eastern Australia. REGIONAL...Greenvale Province, north Queensland, eastern Australia is divided into the Lynd, Balcooma, Lucky Creek, Paddys
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VolcanogenicMassiveSulfideProspect,North Queensland,Australia IAN R. MULHOLLAND 3 Whitney Crescent,Mr...Mr. Claremont,WesternAustralia 6010, Australia Abstract The Magpie volcanogenicmassivesulfideprospectis...Formationof the CambrianSeventyMile RangeGroup in North Queensland,Australia.An originalchlorite _ quartz _ sericite_...occurswithin the Trooper Creek Formation, since Queensland(Fig. 1), the Magpie prospectoccurs within the...New South Wales, and Balcooma, m of the mineralizedhorizon(Fig. 3). Queensland(W. P. Laing, pers. commun
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Archean Cu±Zn Gossan Hill VHMS deposit, Western Australia Received: 10 June 1999 / Accepted: 28 December...(VHMS) deposit in the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia. Massive sul®de and magnetite occur within a layered...of Tasmania, G.P.O. Box 252-79, Hobart, 7001 Australia e-mail: Robina.Sharpe@utas.edu.au Tel.: +61-0362-262472;...deposits in the Archean Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia. The Gossan Hill deposit is Cu±Zn-rich and consists...metal association, low abundance of Pb, common pyrrhotite and the absence of sulfate minerals (cf. Sangster
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia SOEY H. SIE, GARY F. SUTER, CSIRODivision of...Geoscience, P.O.Box136,NorthRyde,NewSouthWales2113,Australia DAVID R. COOKE, Centre for OreDeposit andExploration...Tasmania, G.P.O.Box252C,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia AND ROSS A. BOTH Department of Geology andGeophysics...University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SouthAustralia 5005,Australia Abstract Part I. Pyrite,chalcopyrite, and sphalerite...Dry RiverSouth,andBalcooma) deposits in eastern Australia wereanalyzed usinga protonmicroprobe to determine
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Cannington Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit, Cloncurry District,Queensland, Australia LucyH. CHAPMAN • ANDPATRICK J.WILLIAMS National...ofEarthSciences, James CookUniversity, Townsville Q4811, Australia Abstract TheCannington deposit (47.3millionmetrictonsat...Chapman, 1993; Richmond et al., (Fig.1) ofnorthwest Queensland. It isa verysignificant addi1996). Rocks with...pyroxmangite - magnetite uorite- galena- sphalerite- pyrrhotite F•. 3. Simplified geology ofsection 4800mNcompiled...sphalerite,mN(Figs.3 and4).Theupperzoneispoorly pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, Ag-richtetrahedrite
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....... 39 3.1.3 Baal Gammon, Northern Queensland, Australia ............................... .40 3.1...Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposits in Queensland and Tasmania, Eastern Australia ........................................ 67 3.2.9.1 Mount Chalmers, Central Queensland ........................................ 68 3...Agincourt, Northern Queensland .......................... 68 3.2.9.3 Dry River South and Balcooma, North Queensland.................. 100 3.5.3 Kirki (St. Phillippe) Mine, Thrace, Greece ...............................
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Australian NationalUniversity, Canberra,A.C.T. 0200,Australia AND GREGG W. MORRISON** Departnumt of EarthSciences...JamesCookUniversity of NorthQueensland, Townsville, Queensland 4811,Australia Abstract TheTasman foldbeltsystem whichmakes...focusof the firstgoldrushin fromthisprovince Australia in 1851.It liesbetweenthe goldandbasemetal- sightassome792t...Archcanterranesof the Australian craton,exploration 30001, Australia. and mining in the eastern one-third of the continent...Service, 7 MaryStreet,Townsville, Queensland4810, Australia. significant activity. Despitethemanynewtoolsandconcepts
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University of Tasmania, Hobart,Tasmania 7005,Australia Abstract The term "volcanogenic copper-bearing...occurin Australia.They are Starra(Mount Isa inlier, Queensland),Osborne (formerlyknownasTroughTank;Mount Isa...concerningthe Big Cadiamineralizationof New SouthWales (Australia)is presentedhere, to documentthe featuresof a...and laterally into a sericiterock which in the pyrrhotite, hematite, and magnetitefields. has retained...- ;,•.,•' / MAGNETITE / -40 - '/. •' • PYRRHOTITE -50- FIc. 13. A 1ogfo2-temperature diagram
Report (Issue volume)
+ 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia and™ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 4. Industrial...New Zealand Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and 1982 Eds D.A. Berkman and W. Ryall Ed. D
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of the Bendigo Gold Field, Central Victoria, Australia: Constraints on the Origin of Ore-Forming Fluids...of the Bendigo gold field, central Victoria, Australia, a major world-class gold province developed in...belt (Ordovician-Early Devonian) in southeastern Australia (Sandiford and Keays, 1986; Phillips and Hughes...provinces in the Tasman orogenic belt of eastern Australia. In the Bendigo-Ballarat gold field, about 1,100...SYSTEMATICS OF QUARTZ VEINS, DEBORAH Au DEPOSITS, AUSTRALIA 707 FIG. 1. General Geology of the Stawell,
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Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...com/loi/taje20 Waterloo and Agincourt prospects, northern Queensland: Contrasting styles of mineralization within...Tasmania , GPO Box 252C, Hobart, Tas., 7001, Australia b Geological Survey of Canada , 601 Booth St...Shamrock Parade, Killarney Heights, NSW, 2087, Australia Published online: 09 May 2007. To cite this article:...(1995) Waterloo and Agincourt prospects, northern Queensland: Contrasting styles of mineralization within
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TASMAN FOLD BELT SYSTEM IN QUEENSLAND C.G. MURRAY Geological Survey of Queensland, G.PO. Box 194, Brisbane...Brisbane, Qld. 4001 (Australia) (Accepted for publication F e b r u a r y 26, 1986) Abstract Murray, C.G....o p m e n t of the Tasman Fold Belt System in Queensland. In: E. Scheibner (Editor), Metallogeny and T...T e c t o n i c Development of Eastern Australia. Ore Geol. Rev., 1: 315--400. The n o r t h e r n part...part of the Tasman Fold Belt System in Queensland comprises three segments, the T h o m s o n , Hodgkinson--
Report (issue)
Aerial view of Main-Barton open pit, Jundee gold mine, WA, viewed from the east, June 1997. The pit is...Level 3, 15-31 Pelham Street, Carlton Victoria Australia 3053 iii © The Australasian Institute of Mining...knowledge and understanding of the mineral wealth of Australia and Papua New Guinea. v vi Committees MONOGRAPH...Mining and Petroleum Bureau of Resource Sciences Queensland Department of Minerals and Energy Mineral Resources...Gold NL WMC Resources Limited Outokumpu Mining Australia Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting
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Camiboğazı. The Fe skarn deposit contains an amount of mine waste covering an area of 5000 m2 but has no reserve...currently in production. Thus, the situ- ation of the mine has changed over time, and many parts of it are...(Fig. 5 C). Pyrite and pyrrhotite are minor mineral phases (< 0.1 %). Pyrrhotite presents as an inclusion...<1%) Vesuvianite Magnetite Hematite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Oxidation/reduction level Highly oxidized ...quartz, magnetite, hematite, and lesser amounts of pyrrhotite and pyrite. Skarn occurrence has mineral parageneses
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SHALE-HOSTED LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: LEAD ISOTOPE VARIATIONS B. L. GULSON CSIRODivision...andMineralogy, P.O.Box136,NorthRyde,NewSouthWales2113,Australia Introduction SRM 981 and to Pb 18 by applyinga...styles of lead-zinc mineralizationin northern Australia. Comparisonsare drawn between the different depositsandalsothe...mineralization,OB = orebody,org = organic,po -- pyrrhotite, py -• pyrite, qtz = quartz, qtzites• quartzites...recrystallizationof carb; fragmentedby Cu-as- Hilton mine 16 km to north contains 35 X 10 • t of similar
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Sciences (2002) 49, 623–660 Mineral systems of Australia: an overview of resources, settings and processes...WALSHE2 1 2 Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. CSIRO Division of Exploration...and Mining, PO Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia. Australia produces more than 22 mineral commodities...variety of deposit types, but >90% of the value of mine production is obtained from just 10 commodities...relative timing of critical events. KEY WORDS: Australia, geodynamics, giant deposits, metallogeny, mineral
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Vladimir David e a Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Geological Survey of New... NSW 2310, Australia Exploration Consultant, 468 Fairy Hole Rd, Yass, NSW 2582, Australia d Commonwealth...Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia e Argent Minerals, 6 Clerence Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia b c a r t i c...Delamerian orogens in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. This distribution pattern accurately maps the...crust in the Archean Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia. Huston et al. (2014) have shown that Nd model
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L. HUSTON,† Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia BARNEY STEVENS, Geological... Broken Hill, NSW 2880, Australia PETER N. SOUTHGATE, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT...ACT 2601, Australia PETER MUHLING, CSA Australia Pty. Ltd., Level 1, 47 Burswood Road, Burswood, Western...Western Australia, 6100, Australia AND LESLEY WYBORN Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT...ACT 2601, Australia Abstract Zn-Pb-Ag mineral deposits are the products of hydrothermal ore-forming systems
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stringer system, Hellyer VHMS deposit, Tasmania, Australia: evidence from fluid inclusion microthermometry...Tasmania, G.P.O. Box 252C, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia b Australian Geological Survey Organization, Geology...2601, Australia c CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining, Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia Received...bournonite, gudmundite, geochronite, owyheeite, pyrrhotite, barite and electrum, and these ore minerals...in sphalerite have been reported in the Fukazawa mine, Hokuroko district, Japan (Foley, 1986). Sphalerites
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LaRonde Penna deposit (Fig. 1) is the largest gold mine currently in operation in Canada. Production from...sedimentary rocks (Ma) High-strained zone Mine in production Closed mine bedding Mineralized lens projected...structures are not observed in the LaRonde Penna mine area. The main deformation recorded by the rocks... 3). In the upper and intermediate parts of the mine, the lens is up to 40 m thick and is subdivided...composed of pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and pyrrhotite emplaced toward the top of unit 5.4 (mafic sills)
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5 Mines Ltd., Lapa Mine Division, 299, Boulevard St-Paul N. Route 117 Rivière...Hangingwall zone at the Bousquet 2 mine and Zone 5 at the Dumagami mine. Another semimassive to disseminated...200 m by Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. at the Dumagami mine (later renamed Donald J. LaRonde) from 1988 to 1999...surface by Barrick Gold Corp. at the Bousquet 2 mine from 1990 to 2002, and satellite lenses were mined...sedimentary rocks (Ma) High-strained zone Mine in production Closed mine bedding Bedding with stratigraphic
 
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