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Sericite from
Shamrock Mine, Copeton Dam, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shamrock Mine, Copeton Dam, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:353004
Long-form Identifier:1:3:353004:7
GUID (UUID V4):664c294d-4d6a-4e00-a076-2200b0bf57b7
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
5.9km (3.7 miles) ā“˜Leviathan lode (The Leviathan), Auburn Vale, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
6.0km (3.7 miles) ā“˜Yankee Doodle Mine, Copeton Dam, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
7.1km (4.4 miles) ā“˜Cadogans lodes (Huel Cliff Mine), Auburn Vale, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
8.3km (5.2 miles) ā“˜Conrad Mine, Howell, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
9.3km (5.8 miles) ā“˜Hartigans prospect, Howell, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
9.7km (6.0 miles) ā“˜Bourkes Mine, Copeton Dam, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
9.8km (6.1 miles) ā“˜McCrohons prospect, Howell, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
10.8km (6.7 miles) ā“˜Woodfords uranium prospect 1, Gilgai, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
17.5km (10.8 miles) ā“˜Mynorl Mine, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
19.6km (12.2 miles) ā“˜Hong Hays Pipe, Tingha, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
ILLINOIS LIBRARY i ^ 6^2.09 S ^^ 2 . ) I NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject...Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia:...name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining field, and...from South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from ā€œ Mount Lyndhurst,ā€ ā€œLeigh Creek,ā€ ā€œAvondale Mineā€; all
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated with a volcanic-intrusive complex at Mt. Shamrock-Mt. Ophir, SE Queensland P.J. Wilfiams Department...Universityof North Queensland, Townsville,Q4811, Australia Received: April 18, 1989/Accepted: June 13, 1990...1990 Abstract. Au-Ag mineralization in the Mt-Shamrock Mt. Ophir area of SE Queensland is related to...altered rocks characterized by silicification and H (sericite), CO2 (calcite-ankerite), Na (albite), B (tourmaline)...deposits formed at considerably greater depths. Mt. Shamrock-Mt.Ophir is a Au-Ag mineralized system of probable
Report (issue)
w c NEW SOUTH WALFS. 11 (DEPAiiTMENf' OF MINES.: ^ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. /// E. F. PiTTMAN, A.R...AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF TIiN ORES IN NEW SOUTH WALES. BY J. E. CARNE, F.G.S., Assistant Govkrnmknt...BY W, A, QULLICK, QOVERNMENl PRINTER, o NEW SOUTH WALb,S. ^ DEPARXMfnSTT OF MINES.) 'i/ E. F...INDUSTRY AND THK DISTRIBUTION OF TIN ORES IN NEW SOUTH WALES. BY J. E. CARNE, F A88I8TASI' G.S.,...Ore;* in Came, RG.S., Assistant Government New 8outh Wales," by Geologist. tin deposits of this State
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Becking Laboratory, BMR, Box 378, Canberra City, Australia s Department of Geology, University of Melbourne...Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia The Woods Point dyke swarm comprises hundreds of narrow, subparallel...microfracturing induced by high fluid pressures, involving CO 2 of magmatic origin, as the dykes solidified. Further...gold were deposited in the veins after ankerite, sericite and albite, while quartz deposition continued...origin is a viable source for sulfur. Saline and CO 2-rich alkaline solutions reacted with the dyke wall
Report (issue)
compilation and interpretation of existing data. New field studies were limited to the southwest part...analyses of samples collected in the southwest and south-central parts of the study area by A.C. Robinson...northern Wassuk Range and in the low hills about 10 km south-southeast of Yerington (fig. 2). Two bodies of plutonic...a composite quartz monzonite to diorite pluton south of Yerington (Strosnider Ranch pluton). The Wassuk...scattered exposures in the central Wassuk Range on the south and north sides of ML Grant, respectively. Several
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
& Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...Tasmania , GPO Box 252C, Hobart, Tas., 7001, Australia b Geological Survey of Canada , 601 Booth St...Canada c MPIPty Ltd , 24 Shamrock Parade, Killarney Heights, NSW, 2087, Australia Published online: 09 May...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 42:2, 203-221, DOI: 10.1080/08120099508728192
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
palcodepthwith topsto the west (Figs.1 Excellentsurface,mine, and drill core exposuresal- and 2; Dilles, 1984...all intrusivephasesof the batholithis plaYerington mine porphyry deposit (Einaudi, 1970b; gioclase(oligoclase_+andesinc)...FAULT ALLUVIUM IGNIMBRITES ā€¢ VOLCANIC FLOWS SHAMROCK BATHOLITH FULSTONE VOLCANI CS ā€¢-- GRANITE POR-]...topevalues. of FulstoneSpring(167 Ma) andthe Shamrock batho- separates of quartz,feldspar,and/orwholerockwere...andamphibole ormica drothermal alteration in the Shamrock batholith is separateswere made for analysesof
Journal (issue)
(dark gray) with colloform banding, Queen of Bronze Mine; coarse breccia composed of pyrite and chalcopyrite...Bronze Mine; sheared chalcopyritepyrrhotite lenses (light) and chloritic matrix (dark), Waldo Mine; mixed...(pyrite and chalcopyrite) breccia, Turner-Albright Mine; layered sulfide (pyrite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite)...barite with numerous barite lenses, Silver Peak Mine. All samples are approximately 10 em across. Photographed...See article beginning next page. DOGAM I releases new bibliography, map index, lineation study, and geologic
Report (issue)
west-central Nevada Abstract This paper reports 100 new major and trace element chemical analyses of granitic...Survey laboratories in Menlo Park, CA., Lakewood, CO., and Reston, VA. Analysts were A. Bartel, L. Bradley...altered to chlorite and plagioclase replaced by sericite + epidote. Age Cretaceous(?) Sample number (table...22 Field number 87-DJ-120 Location Copper Queen mine, Copper Valley; lat 39Ā°59'07"N., long 118Ā°5072"W...crystals are bleached and partially replaced by sericite, epidote, and albite(?). Patches of chlorite +
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7005, Australia 2Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research...Western Australia 6151, Australia 3Australian Synchrotron, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia Abstract...LA-ICPMS have the potential to provide explorers with a new suite of geochemical tools to assess both the proximity...Jurassic andesite dikes Jurassic Shamrock batholith 500 m Shamrock monzonite (165.8 Ā± 0.4 Ma) ult ...eF Major fault Shamrock batholith Skarn proximal YE16AA001 ton Skarn - Cu mine Yerington batholith
Report (issue)
the mines show no evidence of being exhausted, and new discoveries and increased mining activity are looked...ceased down cutting, probably because of a temporary dam farther down, as suggested in the next paragraph...rejuvenated, probably through destruction of the dam, down cutting was resumed, and parts of the graveled...valley and covering it with ' gravel, because of a dam of late glacial outwash throAvn across it by Blackfoot...limestone. nian. nian. Cramer Creek near the Chloride mine. SiluMaywood formation. A bed of calcareous quartzite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
& Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...Domain, Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia a b a c J. Trofimovs , B. K. Davis , R. A...Clayton, Vic, 3800, Australia b RSG Global , PO Box 1671, West Perth, WA, 6005, Australia c School of Earth...University of Western Australia , 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia d Placer Dome Asia
Report (issue)
bounding the quartzite mass --------------------South Park fault -----------------------Knob Hill fault...--------------Falcon mine -------------------------------Aztec mine ---------------------------------Nora Lily mine --...--------------Forest Payroll mine -------------------------Iron Clad (Silver Clad) mine ----------------III ...Mines-Continued Jones gold mine ----------------------------Atlantic Cable mine _________ .;. _____________...geology of Nos. 4, 5, and 6 levels of Yell ow Jacket mine and some of the geology in CH C Hill, Rico district
Report (volume)
Geological Survey Federal Center, Box 25286 Denver, CO 80225 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication...Volcanic-hosted epithermal gold-silver deposits 40 Adularia-sericite (Comstock) gold-silver veins 41 Quartz-alunite...western andesite assemblage are identified in the south half of the quadrangle. Quaternary alluvial and...in the southern Stillwater Range and along the south edge of the quadrangle from the northern Wassuk...outlined for 10 deposit types including adularia-sericite gold-silver, quartz-alunite gold, porphyry copper
Report (issue)
in evaluating mineral occurrences in North and South America, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.... . . 21 Annie Laurie Mine .. . ..... .. . . . . . . . . .. . . 21 Sevier Mine . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Wedge Mine ... .... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 29 Mt.... 31 Bully Boy Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .... . 31 Iris (Deseret) Mine . . . . .' . ..... 35 Cascade Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Shamrock Mine .. .. . . ..
Book
SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES Cover photo: Quartz - mudstone - stibnite breccia vein. Eleanora mine. Hillgrove...Sheets. 509 pp. New South Wales Geological Survey. Sydney. ISSNQ7279418 Ā© New South Wales Department of...DATA SHEETS Unpublished reports held by the New South Wales Depanment of Mineral Resources INDEX TO WNERAL...FIGURES Figure 1. Geological subdivision of the New England Fold Belt 7 Figure 2. Granitoid belts...Melrose area 49 Figwe 6. Geology of the Mount Borah mine area (deposit 791) 51 Figure 7. Geology and mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurs in a broadly eastĀ±west-striking, steeply south-dipping series of sheeted veins. The veins consist...envelopes. These grade out to and are overprinted by sericiteĀ±carbonateĀ‹chlorite alteration. The same assemblage...Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4812, Australia, e-mail: timothy.baker@jcu.edu.au Present address:...(Lennan 1983). The aims of this paper are to present new data on the geology and paragenesis of the sheeted...to assess the key components that constitute this new class of deposit. Exploration history Dublin Gulch
Report (volume)
Island _____ __ _ _____ Northern part of Prince of Wales Island."_____________ Point Colpoys__ _ _ ___ Red...features_____________________1_____ 66 Vermont Marble Co.'s properties_____________ 66 Blue-black limestone____________...Island_______ _ _ 83 Southeastern part of Prince of Wales Island____________ 85 Dolomi__________________...marble deposits examined on northern Prince of Wales Island, and on Kosciusko, Marble, Orr, and Heceta...marble deposits examined on southeastern Prince of Wales Island and on Revillagigedo Island__ VI. 4, Photomicrograph
Report (issue)
.................................... Adularia-Sericite Epithermal Gold-Silver Veins ...................Jurassic arc rocks include epithermal adularia-sericite and quartz-alunite veins (Ramsey and Peavine mining...initial sources of mine and prospect data. Msny existing records were updated and new mine and prospect records...area was generated. Furthermore, a data base of mine and prospect rock geochemistry (Quade and others...classification of deposit types and mineral systems, given no new age determinations, made it difficult to distinguish
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3 7 IGRAPHTIC SCHSTS AND PHLLITES IPYRITIC SERICITE SCHIST I QUARTZITES Ɵ I GREENSTONES Iā€¢BIOTITE...smalleramountsare found in the green- pyritic sericite schist,and quartzitesare given in stones (aug...Reno mlno,Keno Hill; ' 2 2Z S779 NearMount Reno mine,Reno Hill; S783 S786 NearKello Hill.graphltlc...graphitā€¢c ph?llite andslate S806 Near Klondyke-Keno mine Reno HIll; + I. 11 S807 graphtrio schist andphyllate...t}nnā€¢bedded quartzite. S808 Near Klondyke Reno mine, Keno Hill, 8794 Near Forme prospect Galena Hill
Report (issue)
mineral localities, with the minerals found at each mine or locality. Most mining districts and mineral localities...whole, along with those for which the specific area (mine, for instance) is not known. Other minerals, however...(Harrisburg) District (Leeds). Tutsagubet District (Beaver Dam Mountains). Fremont Island District (Fremont Island)...powellite, pyrite. Black Rock mine - specular hematite. Galena mine - galena. Iron Mountain Pass deposits...deposits - hematite. Skylark mine - azurite, calcite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, copper, cuprite, diopside
Report (Issue volume)
+ 4, Mineral Fe # ā€” of Australia andā„¢ Papua New Guinea ... Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows an aerial...on the east coast of Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The Ladolam gold deposit lies...Resources Development Centre, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea The Australasian Institute of Mining and...Mines ā€” 1968 1968 and Papua New Ed. C.L. Knight 1974 1975 and Papua New Eds D.M. Traves and D. King
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Formation of the Woods Point Dike Swarm, Victoria, Australia: Evidence from the Morning Star Dike and Implications...3800, Australia 2 Morning 3 Grenvyn Star Gold NL, 32 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont, NSW 2009, Australia Consulting...The Woods Point dike swarm of eastern Victoria, Australia, has produced over 133 tonnes (t) of Au. Here...system, for example within the Thomson River Copper Mine dike. Mass balance calculations undertaken suggest...the Woods Point dike swarm in eastern Victoria, Australia, which is the largest of six dike swarms in this
Report (issue)
district are exposed in an elongate belt extending south from the town of lone for about 12 miles along the...placed between the middle zone, characterized by new species of the ammonite genus Tropites, and the uppermost...folded and thrustfaulted Mesozoic rocks in and south of Grantsville Canyon represent the axial region...stage boundary. A total of 21 species, including 10 new species, are described and are assigned to the following...Range about 35 miles to the southwest and in the New Pass Eange about 50 miles to the north. The extensive
Report (issue)
and pyrite, and is albitic, clay, and sericite altered (RJ. New- Page 2 Alaska Resource Data File ...File BD002 Site name(s): Beaver Creek Site type: Mine ARDFno.: BD002 Quadrangle: BD D-5 Latitude: 64...and accuracy: Beaver Creek drains west into the South Fork of the Chena River. The creek is roughly 12...trail from the South Fork of the Goodpaster River provides access up Divide Creek to the mine. The Blue Lead...mines are located near an ore processing mill. The mine shaft entrances and ore processing mill were still
 
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