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Bismuthinite from
Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bismuthinite
Formula:Bi2S3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Bismuthinite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Gold1 photo of Bismuthinite associated with Gold at this locality.
Bismuth1 photo of Bismuthinite associated with Bismuth at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bismuthinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:63065
Long-form Identifier:1:3:63065:2
GUID (UUID V4):f13d6243-fcc9-4e82-972f-1f08f1b51521
Nearest other occurrences of Bismuthinite
91.1km (56.6 miles) Leven Star Reef, Drummond North Gold Field, Drummond North, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia
91.2km (56.7 miles) Belltopper Hill, Drummond North Gold Field, Drummond North, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
STRUCTURE, FROM VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA William D. BIRCH§ Geosciences Section, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666...Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia Ian E. GREY CSIRO Minerals, Box 312, Clayton South, Victoria, 3169,... Australia Stuart J. MILLS School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia...Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia Stefan ANSERMET Geological Museum and...from a tungsten deposit at Pittong, near Ballarat, in Victoria, Australia. The name recalls the discovery
Report (issue)
5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject Index...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95...95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject Index...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst,” “Leigh Creek,” “Avondale Mine”; all these
Journal (issue)
Minerals, Rocks and Meteorites. Nallonol Museum of Victoria Albert Chapman Australis's L eading Pnvote Collector...A.B.S.M. Member of Council. Nat,onol Museum of Victoria Peter Bridge Mineralogist Western Australian...or 4uar11molybdeni1c-wolfr<1 mitc i n eastern Australia. The bismuth minerals reported here are l ro m...contact with each other. Rod-like inclusions of bismuthinite from 0.5 to 4 mm in size are common in the bismuth...along the cleavage planes of molybdenite and bismuthinite and in this association the bismuth coexists
Report (issue)
formerly Director of Geological Survey, Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., F.R.S., Past-President...South Wales; Victoria; Tasmania; South Australia; Northern Territory; ,vestern Australia; New Zealand...Including the following amounts of mixed bismuth and wolfram : 19xo, 35 19i,. 194 1 Geological Survey of...groups : the iron and manganese tungstates form the wolfram group, crystallizing in the monoclinic system,...pure manganese tungstate, MnW04, ashiibnerite. Wolfram, or wolframite, is commonly a 1nixture of these
Report (issue)
formerly Director of Geological Survey, Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., F.R.S., Past-President...Newfoundland ; Lee­ ward Islands Australasia: Australia; New Zealand I3 IS 17 20 35 CHAPTER III SOURCES...metallic minerals in pegmatites are cassi­ terite, wolfram, molybdenite and bismuth, in the order given. Molybdenite...solidifying portion of the magma, with tin, tungsten, wolfram and sulphides, according to the ordinary laws of...certain ores, as for example those of the Quyon mine, Quebec, but oil flotation is far more generally
Report (issue)
Molybdenite, wolframite, scheelite, cassiterite and bismuthinite are the primary ore minerals, together with...greisen deposits and occurrences are known in Australia (Blanchard, 1947), Austria (God and Roller, 1989)...(Bamford, Changsu, Kingsgate, Preissac, Taehwa, Wolfram Camp, Wonban). Several of the largest are presently...former Soviet Union, China, Republic of Korea, and Australia. Nevertheless, the information available permits...association with isolated, anorogenic granite fields (Australia, Canada, China, Republic of Korea, Mongolia, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concentration in molybdenite localities within Australia to define those occurrences which are most suitable...(1965) HIRT et al. (1963) Yethohne, N.S.W. Australia 65.0 65.9 63 & 1 65 f 1 71.4 f 3.6 Mapoka...Locality --_----_______ Queensland (QLD.) Wolfram Camp* 1 Wolfram Camp’ duplicate 2 Dimbulahb duplicete Dimbulahb...Macksvillo’ Yetholmoh Yetholmes 22 23 duplicate Victoria (VIC.) 27 Mt. Stanley’ Jingerac Nambuccah 21...intruding Ordivician scdimonts. Cassiterite, wolfram&e. As scattered flakes in a quartz vein occurring
Report (issue)
(occurrence number 1028) 2. Webbs silver mine (1018) 3. Ottery mine (1312) 4. Butlers lode (1207) 5. Dutchmans.......................................... Bismuth mine ................................................................................... Poverty Point mine ................................................................................................. Mine data sheet CD-ROM .......................................... Plan and cross section of the Ottery mine, showing surface and underground workings and lode
Catalog/List
an shale, some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2...C315 single 1/2 ins NATIVE ARSENIC rich (Kusa Mine, near ,Bau, lx2 f.5 •2x2 EIO crystal, across. ...of Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal...(Henderson unusual cornbination. Looks a l1ttle like Golden fibres on Quartz. (Semigorskaye, Kola Peninsula...80 lxl f.9 platy qrey-brown 5mm f.2.50 coverage Mine, small crystals of brown Devon) copper coloured
Catalog/List
(MM’s) LOT No: 1 ACC No. 795. ARTHUR1TE, HINGSTON MINE. DRAKEWALLS. GREEN XSTLS IN SHALLOW CAVITY (50 X... 80x70 2 BISMUTHINITE XSTLS. PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE, TWO XSTLS TO 3MM IN BISMUTHINITE/QUARTZMATRIX... 30 4 ACC No. 760. OLIVENITE, BEDFORD UNITED MINE, GULWORTHY. CRYSTALS ON ONESIDEOFTHESLATEY KILLAS...QUARTZ MATRIX. COOK’S KITCHEN SECTION, DOLCOATH MINE. COLL 1892. 80x70 8 ACC No. 1056. CASSITERITE...RAMSLEY MINE, STICKLERATH, DEVON. A SINGLE CRYSTAL. ACC No. 744. PYRITE & QUARTZ, EAST POOL MINE, ILLOGAN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vary in type from deeprockyravinesto wide fertile plains,dependingon local conditions. Thesegreat ridgeswereproducedby...disappeared and ores of high temperaturetype, tin and wolfram, are comparatively abundant. We are concernedat... KadweMine,whichhasyielded hundreds of tonsof wolfram,andat thetopof whichveinswere so numerousthat thousands...and the dikesusually •arrow. The existenceof wolfram as a primary mineralin graniteand aplitehasbeenquestioned...molybdeniteand bismuthinite. A feature that strikes one forcibly in connectionwith the smaller wolfram occurrencesis
Book
New South \!\Tales 1797 National Library of Australia Card umber an d ISB ISB1 0-9581305-0-7 © Copyright...Colorific Lithographies Melbourne Victoria Design Seda Consulting Y!acedon Victoria email: s usanh12metcon.nct...Cover: 14n carat faceted fluorite from Rumsby's mine, near Emmav ill Photo: J. Scovill. Specimen : Au~tra...:n:m1t1rodluction The New England area is unique in Australia for the quality, quantity and range of its gem...and work was suddenly abandoned. The Monte Christo mine was the richest claim in the Bingara area. In 1875
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
h Deposits of Wolfram Camp, North Queensland, Australia I. R. PLIMER Sydney, Australia Branching, pipe-like...ore deposits associated with granitic rocks. The Wolfram Camp molybdenum-tungstenbismuth field (17 ° 05'...North Queensland, Australia (Fig. 1). Among the more important publications on the Wolfram Camp field are...number of small operating mines in the Wolfram Camp field. The Wolfram Camp area is situated in the Palaeozoic...eastern contact of the Permian granitic rocks at Wolfram Camp, the Middle to Upper Devonian flysch-like
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicates, oxides, andphosphates. Metapelites (Wolfram schist) hosting $2subparallel exogranitic veins...1991a;New Mexico,Fulp andRenshaw, 1985;BrokenHill, Australia;Plimer, 1987, 1994; Hindu Kush, Pakistan,Leake...arethosein westernNamaqualand, SouthAfrica.Boththese Australia, Kwak,1978);vein,vein-stock'work, andgreisen de-...0361-0128/95/1764/1934-21 $4.00 1934 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, WOLFRAM SCHIST, NAMAQUALAND, S.AFRICA NAMA Clastic and...planes andproduced kilometer- TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, WOLFRAM SCHIST, NAMAQUALAND, S.AFRICA 1937 W-Mo Mineralization
Catalog/List
pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4...and Be Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...MINERAL !! dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U...Molybdenite. About l/2ins size. (Wolfram Camp North Queensland,Australia) £12 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0 ) SiO
Journal (issue)
303-278-2936 Fine Colorado Minerals Collector’s Stope Golden Minerals Jim & Patti McGlasson 7387 S. Flower...Unlimited Resource Enterprises P.O . Box 5054 Golden, CO 80401 303-278-1218 Interior decorating with...St. James Collections Colorado School o f Mines Golden, CO 80401 303-273-3823 Mon-Sat 9-4, Sun 1-4 Keith...LOCALITIES: the Kingsgate Mines NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA Brian M. England Broken Hill Proprietary Company...P.O. Box 188, Wallsend New South Wales 2287, Australia he unusual quartz pipe deposits o f the Kingsgate
Catalog/List
crystals. v Glauconite, Metastibnite ,Carminite Bismuthinite cataloque cancels Ramsdellite, No 60 from... USA) lxl f2.50 lx2 ES .. 066 ASTROPHYLLITE golden fibres an Quartz. Unusualcombination (KolaPeninsula...BARIUM PHARHACOSIDERITE Ba Fe Arsenate Hydrate golden-brownmicro cubes on Quartz with Barytes.(Clara...quartz.(Pershing County NevadaUSA) lXl El 057 BISMUTHINITE Bi/2 S/3 grey flake on milky Quartz (CarrockMine...bright orange red micro crystals in slag. (Cetine mine, Sienna Italy) 061 BRITHOLIT8 Ce. Ce ca Si0/4 P0/4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the material came t'rom the Castle-an-Dinas wolfram mine, and contained bismuth and tungsten. Chemieal...generous supply of yellow pellets picked from the wolfram concentrates reeeived since tile present work was...frequently enclose native bismuth, wolframite, and bismuthinite. Mr. Russell has picked out. from tihe material...new species, occurs at the Castle-an-l)inas wolfram mine, St. Columb Major, Cornwall, as pale yellow...of my periodic visits to the Castle-an-Dinas wolfram mine, St. Colmnb Major, Cornwall (sixinch ordnance
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia IAN T. GRAHAM1,2 ROSS E POGSON1 1 Geoscience...College Street, Sydney New South Wales 2010, Australia ian.graham@austmus.gov.au ross.pogson@austmus...New South Wales, Sydney New South Wales 2052, Australia Figure 1. The Albert Chapman Mineral Collection...the finest crystallized specimens ever found in Australia, representing an important part of Australia’s...specimen of vein gold in quartz from Bendigo, Victoria) was given to him by his father. In the 1920s
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 44o--45I, I914. ti. Orittiths, I-I. D. The Wolfram Deposits of Burma. Min. Mag., London,Vol. 17, pp...6o-66, I9I 7. 7. Orifli•hs, I-I. D. The Kanbauk Wolfram Mine. Min. Mag., London, Vol. 17, pp. 211-219, I9I...195-2o2 and 322-33o, 1915. O. `iones, W. 1•. Tin and Wolfram Lodes. Min. Mag., London, Vol. I7, p. 230, I917...I917. 10.' ,Iones, W. 1•. The Origin of Wolfram Deposits. Min. Mag., London, Vol. I8, pp. 319-32o, I918...Means, ,I. I-I. Letter to Hess Describing the Wolfram-tin Deposits of the Mawchi Mines in the Southern
Catalog/List
___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)...217 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia 1129 ■ ALMANDINE Brnstad iron Mine near Arendnl ,Norway Pure...Bcnallt Minc,Llcyn. Wales 1036 ALSTONITE Fnllowlielcl Mine, Northumberland White masses in malrix wilh micro
Report (issue)
formerly Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., lately President...Canada • • • • Australasia: Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand , il' 57 ,I CONTENTS CHAPTER...those of the Dutch Indies, Germany, China and Australia. Before the war, smelting was carried on in Germany...days, are the United I{:ingdom, Germany, France, Australia, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy and Belgium. The... t912. British Empire : United Kingdom 5,254 Australia . 7,194 . India 323 Federated Malay States . 48
Catalog/List
x i £5 Rich wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero...Bastnas Mine Sweden Jx2 £6 2 x2 £1.20 2x2 £1 2 Ix ! £4 l x2 £8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon...£ 16 2x3 £25 l x l £3 San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales l x2 £1.5 0 6x6mm £3...ly blue masses Broken Hill, New South Wales,Australia Staffordshire Engl and lx2 S0p 2x2 £ 1 2x3... Rich fawn sheaves in silvery schist Kaveltorp Mine Sweden Jx2 £ I l.x2 £2.5 0 l x2 £1.20 2x2 £2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HENRY Geosciences Museum Victoria GPO Box 666 Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia dhenry@museum.vic.gov...agree, however, that opal is synonymous with Australia (see Pecover in press) and that Broken Hill in...the world-class saleeite specimens from the Ranger mine. The copper deposits in the Mount Isa–Cloncurry...native bismuth and wolframite have come from the Wolfram Camp deposit near Herberton, north Queensland,...world’s largest molybdenite rosettes, and fine bismuthinite crystals have been collected at Mount Biggenden
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SOME PIPE DEPOSITS ROLAND OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA. BLANCHARD. PAGE Abstract .................................................. 275 Bamford and Wolfram .................................................general classes: 1. Molybdenite-native bismuth, wolfram and cassiterite deposits in granite, with associatedsulphidesof...show the depositionalsequenceto be molybdenite-wolfram-cassiterite with progressive decreasein temperature...explanationfor reversal of the traditional cassiterite-wolfram-molybdenite sequenceis not arrived at, but it is
 
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