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Pyrrhotite from
Bunkers Hill Mine, Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia


Locality type:Mine
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 Bunkers Hill Mine, Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:355695
Long-form Identifier:1:3:355695:5
GUID (UUID V4):9ce1ed87-001c-4c9e-b447-16fb0a7fc0bb
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
6.6km (4.1 miles) Tanami mine (The Granites mine; Ivy mine; Shoe mine; Quorn mine), Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
43.6km (27.1 miles) Ridge Mine, Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
43.6km (27.1 miles) Colliwobble Mine, Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
43.8km (27.2 miles) Villa Mine, Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
44.3km (27.5 miles) Sleepy Hollow, Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
44.4km (27.6 miles) Fumarole, Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
45.5km (28.3 miles) Ghan, Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
45.7km (28.4 miles) Callie Mine, Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
54.0km (33.6 miles) Oberon deposit, Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
57.3km (35.6 miles) Triumph Hill Mine, Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARTICLE The Granites gold deposits, Northern Territory, Australia: evidence for an early syn-tectonic...metasedimentary rocks in the Tanami Region, Northern Territory, Australia. The ore bodies are located...successive deformation phases (D1–5). Shear veins (central and oblique) are the dominant type of vein geometry...sulfide–arsenide mineralization, dominated by pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, and loellingite, with minor pyrite...sulfur content is indicated by the assemblage pyrrhotite–arsenopyrite–loellingite+rare pyrite. The growth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lode–gold mineralization in the Tanami region, northern Australia David L. Huston & Leon Vandenberg...Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract The Tanami region of northern Australia has emerged over the last two decades...decades as the largest goldproducing region in the Northern Territory. Gold is hosted by epigenetic quartz...period. There are three main goldfields in the Tanami region: the Dead Bullock Soak goldfield, which hosts...D. Maidment Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia e-mail: David.Huston@ga
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Archean and Paleoproterozoic Tanami Region, Northern Territory A. J. Crispe & L. C. Vandenberg &...December 2006 # Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract The Tanami Region, a poorly exposed, mostly Paleoproterozoic province...succession of the 1,880–1,830 Ma Tanami Group. The basal unit of the Tanami Group is the Dead Bullock Formation...widespread Lander Rock beds of the Arunta Region. Sedimentation of the Tanami Group was terminated by regional...metamorphism during the Tanami Event (D1/M1), at around 1,830 Ma. The Tanami Group is unconformably overlain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARTICLE Gold ore-forming fluids of the Tanami region, Northern Australia Terrence P. Mernagh & Andrew S. Wygralak...on major gold deposits and prospects in the Tanami region to determine the compositions of the associated...wt% NaCl eq. and homogenization temperatures that range from 110 to 410°C. In contrast, the orebearing veins...two-phase aqueous inclusions that exhibit a wider range of salinities (≤21 wt% NaCl eq.). Post-ore quartz...aqueous inclusions being very CaCl2-rich. Salinities range from 7 to 33 wt% NaCl eq. and homogenization temperatures
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits in the Tanami and Kurundi-Kurinelli goldfields, Northern Territory, Australia: Constraints from...Deposits in the Tanami and Kurundi-Kurinelli goldfields, Northern Territory, Australia: Constraints from...Deposits in the Tanami and Kurundi-Kurinelli goldfields, Northern Territory, Australia: Constraints from...Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia d State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry...550002, China e Northern Territory Geological Survey, GPO Box 4550, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia * Corresponding
Book
House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 DANUM HOUSE LIBRARY DARWIN CONFERENCE...1972 . Western Australia, 1973 . Southern and Central Queensland, 1974 . South Australia, 1975 . Illawarra... Western Australia, 1979 . New Zealand, 1980 . Sydney, 1981 . Melbourne, 1982 . Broken Hill, 1983 heat...House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 Copyright By THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE...printed in Australia by Brown Prior Anderson Pty Ltd 5 Evans Street Burwood Victoria Australia 3125 Con
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...1962 1967 A.E. Jenkins and G.M. Willis 3. Broken Hill Mines — 1968 1968 and Papua New Ed. C.L. Knight...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
epithermal deposits can be broadly subdivided into northern, southern, and eastern groups based on their host...occur in the oldest andesite and dacite in the northern portion of the goldfield, but some of these are...GIS-based resource assessment of the Coromandel region. Crown Minerals (2003), and Rattenbury and Partington...leads to a broad geographic-based grouping into northern, southern, and eastern deposits (Fig. 2A) and...veins in 1861 in what was to become the Kapanga mine (Fig. 2, Table 1). Prospecting elsewhere in the
Book
chapter features minerals that are found in a wide range of rock types (pp.143–67), and those found mainly...minerals that exhibit a more varied or complex range, are of special interest, or are particularly important...in a thick sill of felsite is shown here on the northern coast of the Isle of Eigg, Scotland. COLUMNAR...following points: GRAIN SIZE: the typical size or size range of the rock grains. ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS: lists...occur later. Many structures exist over a vast range of scale, for example, folding can be seen in microscopic
 
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