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Cuprite from
Telfer Mine, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Telfer Mine, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:454459
Long-form Identifier:1:3:454459:3
GUID (UUID V4):a4a3031c-74a9-499e-9722-caabd513fe2d
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
62.8km (39.0 miles) ⓘNifty Cu Mine, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
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DEPOSITS IN THE PROTEROZOIC THROSSELL GROUP, WESTERN AUSTRALIA BRUCE R. ANDERSON,†,* J. BRUCE GEMMELL, Centre...Tasmania 7001, Australia AND DAVID R. NELSON Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street...Street, Perth, Western Australia Abstract The Meso-Neoproterozoic Throssell Group of the Paterson orogen...orogen in Western Australia hosts the Nifty and Maroochydore sediment-hosted, replacement Cu deposits, as...trend where Pb from a primitive, mantle source (Pilbara Craton, ” = 9.88) is mixed with crustal Pb (Throssell
Report (issue)
OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 13 COPPER MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R...Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244 8002 11 1 PREFATORY NOTE Western Australia has never...in the Murchison, Northeastern Goldfields, Pilbara and East Kimberley regions. Zinc, lead, nickel, or...D DIVERSITY OF COPPER MINERALIZATION I N WESTERN AUSTRALIA The geological setting: tectonic provinces................................................. East Kimberley region ..............................
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Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia Centre for Exploration...Technology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia a r t i c l e i...systems are very common in the Proterozoic rocks of Australia, with examples from the Pine Creek, Granites–Tanami...Pb–Zn–Ag–Ba(–Cu–Au–W) (Capricorn Orogen) and the world-class Telfer Au–Cu (Paterson Orogen). The latter has been one...one of the largest Au producers in Australia. During 1100 and 800 Ma alkaline rocks, including carbonatites
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the Nifty Copper Deposit, Throssell Group, Western Australia: Implications for Ore Genesis BRUCE R. ANDERSON...University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract The Nifty syndeformational, sediment-replacement...approximately 450 km southeast of Port Hedland, Western Australia, in subgreenschist-grade rocks of the Neoproterozoic... Cu deposit is located 450 km east of Port Hedland, Western Australia (Fig. 1) in the Proterozoic Paterson...0.5 percent cut-off. The Geological Survey of Western Australia’s descriptions (Chin and Hickman, 1977)
Report (issue)
SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by K. M. Ferguson < < EWG1CAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTWCA DEPARTMENT...ENERGY LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 . , .- FRONTISPIECE Sulfur and copper...Sulphur Springs deposit, Pilbara Craton GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN... Ranford DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA David Blight Copy editors: I. R. Nowak and...Lead, zinc and silver deposits of Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources
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Victoria GPO Box 666 Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia dhenry@museum.vic.gov.au D efining “classic”...is synonymous with Australia (see Pecover in press) and that Broken Hill in western New South Wales is...minerals. The Elura lead-zinc-silver deposit in western New South Wales has produced superb groups of green...the world-class saleeite specimens from the Ranger mine. The copper deposits in the Mount Isa–Cloncurry...copper deposits of Moonta and Wallaroo in South Australia can lay claim to producing the world’s finest
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Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement To The Mineralogical Record, September–October 2020 ... Mineral Collections in Australia Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography...September–October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September–October...1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian...Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo. ‱ 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western
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from the tin deposits of Elsmore, New England district of New South Wales. Rankin, John, Sharpe, James...7(1):15-17 Bismoclite from the Leinster area, Western Australia. Grguric, Ben A. and Madsen, Ian C. 8(2):83-8S...8(1):3-8 Secondary copper minerals of the Crusader mine, north-west Queensland. Sharpe, James L. and Williams...secondary minerals from the Nifty copper mine, Western Australia. Downes, P.J., Shields, P. and Bevan, A...‱ Kasolite from the British Empire mine, Arkaroola, South Australia. Plimer, Ian R., Besley, Robert and
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and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Egaila 54200, Kuwait; saeed.farrokhpay@aum.edu...deposits, copper also occurs in the form of oxide (cuprite-Cu2 O), malachite-CuCO3 .Cu (OH)2 , azurite-2CuCO3...Chile has the highest copper reserve, followed by Australia, Peru, Russia, Mexico and the United States [29]...Chile has the highest copper reserve, followed by Australia, Peru, Russia, Mexico and the United States [29]...pictorial representation of the world copper reserve, mine production [31] and global copper reserves by different
Report (issue)
MONOGRAPH 17 of Somepats oe ilar ce| + in Australia mail iii DOOO38J0754 oA., eet OF ROME prhge...IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Cover Picture—The Argyle Diamond mine Photo by courtesy of Ashton...DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Editors K. R. GLASSON J. H. RATTIGAN INCORPORATED...House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 1990 © Copyright By THE AUSTRALASIAN ...any of its publications | National Library of Australia Card No. ISBN 6 949106 57 7 Typeset by Abb-typesetting
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January/February: Crocoite, Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil...March/April: Galaxy opal, Opalville mine, lease 135, Jundah, Queensland, Australia. Owner unknown, Frank Coffa...Jeff Scovil photo. July/August: Silver, Wolverine mine, Kearsarge lode, Keweenaw County, Michigan. William...Scovil photo. November/December: Millerite, Sterling mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York. National Museum... Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, I. T. Graham, R. E. Pogson, 29–38 Albini, A.
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GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA GEOLOGY OF THE FORTESCUE GROUP PILBARA CRATON WESTERN AUSTRALIA by A. M....OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY GEOLOGY OF THE FORTESCUE GROUP, PILBARA CRATON...CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE Landsat image (bands 4, 5 7) of the Fortescue Group unconformably...Rocklea dome (right centre) in the south central Pilbara. Here, the Fortescue Group consists of the Mount...SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA BULLETIN 144 GEOLOGY OF THE FORTESCUE GROUP, PILBARA CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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Archean gold-in-greenstone deposits in Canada, Australia and South Africa (NUNA conference vot., ed. by...Bidjovagge in Norway (Ettner et al, 1994) and Telfer in Australia (Goellnicht et al. 1989), a high salinity...area (after Martinsson 1992) PAHTOHAVARE SoI.rrH-EAST SAMPLE: CURT 2 I~RAcruII]~ :"-° / ,, ~, ." ...mineralized quar.tz-ankerite vein at Pahtohavare South-East ore (photo Hallberg/Aberg August 1992) Ore mineralogy...sample (scale bar = 1 cm) from the Pahtohavare South-East ore and schematic drawing of a thin section (3.5
Report (edition)
maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Department of Mines and Petroleum 100 Plain Street East Perth WA 6004 Phone: (08) 9222 3459 Fax: (08) 9222...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
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sites for which global pressures may require us to mine in pristine environments such as the deep sea-floor...turn of the last century it was only possible to mine deposits with high grades that were close to the...utilisation of modern techniques, it is possible now to mine ore with as little as 0.5% Cu. And with the economy...greater than the value of the metal extracted from the mine. Then from 2005 onwards, as the copper price increased...Improvements in technology, which made it possible to mine and refine the ore more efficiently, aiding the
Report (issue)
deposits occur in the orogenic belts of the Far East (southern China, North and South Korea, Japan, Thailand...the Alpine fold belt from France to Turkey. The Western Cordilleras of the Americas (Rockies and Andes)...deposits in Canada, USA, Bolivia and Peru. In Western Europe the Variscan belt that arcs from Germany...oxidised skarns (e.g. King Island, Tasmania, Australia), formed in non-carbonaceous rocks, and/or at...although historically important, particularly in Australia, there is little production from them at present
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Mine~ Vol 17 No. 6 June 2001 Marcasite Inclusions in Calcite from St. Johnsville, New York Paul M. Adams...and laterally equivalent formations occur as far east as Saratoga (Zenger, 198 1). The quartz crystals...chalcocite specimens from the Telfer Gold Mine. Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia available from Crystal...information tha t the specimens were stolen from the mine and efforts are being made to recover them. Details...5.638.805 E-mail: Wydar8@aol.com Jun!' 200 1 Mine ral News .Costa Mesa c,m;auedlmmpage I land. and
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I N E R A L Cover: Gold. 195 mm. Mocking Bird Mine, Mariposa Co., California, USA. Daniel Trinchillo...Curator, Minera ogy and Petrology Collection, Australia I Dr Carles de la Fuente, Universitat de Barcelona...Mingueza, Xavier Ortiz and Joan Vinyoles whole mine. although the passages are more dangerous due to...from level 3. INTRODUCTION Les Ferreres mine (Las Ferreras mine. Les Ferreres mines. Rocabruna mines) is...Girona province Catalonia). The galleries of the mine are di,·ided into five le,·els or floors. more or
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France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony...Articles Large barite crystals from the Elandsrand gold mine, South A fr ic a .................................New Species, Twinning, Axinite (Brazil), Green River (WY) $10 v.8/#6 California Issue v.9/#3 Kalahari...L.A. County Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Museum, Himalaya mine $10 (Brazil), Bosch Collection $10...Pit (PA-MD), Mcguinnessite v Pereta Mine (Italy), Cetine Mine (Italy) v Mineral Fraud, LeadhillsWanlockhead
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Pty Ltd PO Box 537, Torrensville Plaza, South Australia 5031 MINELAB Visit our website www.mlnelab.co... ïżœ\ ti" ïżœ ,,:· /;River at Marble Bar in March 2000. all small with some...the road from the Shaw River between Port Hedland and Marble Bar and the Telfer turn off on the Rippon...Port Hedland to go to the NuUagine River crossing and check the river height and road conditions. This...crossing and the water height, when something in the river caught my attention. I thought, 'That looks like
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Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia Foreword by Peter A. Cawood 13...Survey of Western Australia Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia 100 Plain St. East Perth...Perth WA 6004 Australia franco.pirajno@doir.wa.gov.au ISBN: 978-1-4020-8612-0 e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8613-7...and since 1993, the Geological Survey of Western Australia. He has held visiting professorships at vii...peer-reviewed papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his career
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...from the Lac-des-Iles palladium ore deposits, Western Ontario, Canada ........ 978 Charley J. Duran... Multi-stage emplacement and PGE-enrichment in the River Valley Intrusion, Ontario, Canada: implications...Findlay The Platinova Reef, Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland: an example of the formation of low volume...Ni-Cu-PGE, Cr, and Fe-Ti-V deposits in the Bird River–Uchi–Oxford-Stull–La Grande-Eastmain superdomain:
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Marquess of Linlithgow on the east bank of the Glengonner water below Mine Hill. The remains of the Meadowfoot...creating additional dwelling specifically to house mine workers. The hand coloured map shows the Wanlockhead...route. That stretches from Cockburnspath on the east coast to Portpatric on the west, a distance of 344km...usually thought to be the Leadhills-Glengonner (Mine Hill) area, by monks., or they were overseeing the...landmark conical spoil dump at the New Glencrieff Mine from the 1951-58 reworking. Fig 4. Map showing
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Barbosa Zinc Phosphates at Reaphook Hill, South Australia............... 20 by Christopher W. Johnston and...San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico. A mineral wholesaler who held the lease to this mine during its most...Quadrangle/ The N ew York Tim es B o o k Com pany (10 East 53rd Street, New York, N ew Y ork 10022). A fter...INTRODUCTION T he Lavra Jabuti is an old garim po (mine) which has been worked over the years for industrial...and green gem tourm aline. It is an under­ ground mine, worked through tunnels, and the feldspars are largely
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important but complex issue of the social license to mine. The ïŹnal chapter provides a lively discussion of...the Global Mineral Market The Social Licence to Mine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8.1 Pebble...turn of the last century it was only possible to mine deposits with high grades that were close to the...utilisation of modern techniques, it is possible now to mine ore with as little as 0.5 % Cu. And with the economy...greater than the value of the metal recovered from the mine. Then, from about 2001 onwards, as the copper price
 
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