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Molybdenite from
Queensland, Australia


Locality type:State
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ54 photos of Molybdenite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Bismuth15 photos of Molybdenite associated with Bismuth at this locality.
Mica Group2 photos of Molybdenite associated with Mica Group at this locality.
Fluorite2 photos of Molybdenite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Molybdenite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Wolframite Group1 photo of Molybdenite associated with Wolframite Group at this locality.
Scapolite1 photo of Molybdenite associated with Scapolite at this locality.
Muscovite1 photo of Molybdenite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Queensland, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7839
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7839:9
GUID (UUID V4):a22ee416-dda8-48a6-b292-07b475d8a1fa
Localities for Molybdenite in this Region
Kiwi Carpet, Banana Shire, Queensland, Australia
Ben Lomond Mine, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia
Mount Robin, Campaspe, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia
Town Creek, Campaspe, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia
Moonlight prospect, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia
Mt Leyshon, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia
Esperanza Z5 Mine (Esperanza deposit), Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Desolation prospect, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Ernest Henry Cu-Au deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Maramungee deposit, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Queen Sally Mine, Kajabbi, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Kalman Mo-Re-Cu-Au deposit, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Straight 8 deposit (Straight Eight Mine), Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Lime Creek mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Mary Kathleen Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Mobs lease prospect, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Merlin Mo-Re zone (Merlin deposit), Mount Dore Mine (Mount Dore deposit), Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Mount Elliott Mine (Mount Elliott Copper Mine), Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Plume prospect, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Balcooma Mine, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia
Maureen deposit, Georgetown, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia
Mount Turner, Georgetown, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia
Kidston mine, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia
2 South Great Eastern (Great Eastern No. 2), Gympie, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia
Mount Jukes Intrusive Complex, Hillsborough Volcanic Province, Queensland, Australia
Kitchener Mine, Almaden, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Bamford Hill Mines, Bamford, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Dog Mine, Bamford, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Redcap Creek skarn, Chillagoe, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Harp of Erin Mine, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Tyroconnell Mine, Gibbs Creek, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Mount Carbine Mine, Mount Carbine, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Mungana Mine, Mungana, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Red Dome Mine, Mungana, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Coalstoun Lakes porphyry copper prospect, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Mount Shamrock Mine, Degilbo, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Whitewash prospect, Greater Whitewash Project, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Mount Cannindah Cu-Au-Ag deposit, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Chinaman Creek prospect, Mount Perry, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Mount Steadman Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Venus Mine (Mount Venus mine), North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Limonite hill, Bajool, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
Moonmera prospect, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
Mount Morgan Mine, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
Struck Oil, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
Woodbury, Yeppoon, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
Mount Abbot, Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Andromache river, Cannonvale, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Mount Leslie, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
High-Grade Mo-Re Merlin Deposit, Cloncurry District, Australia: Paragenesis and Geochronology of Hydrothermal...Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia 2 Chinova 3 Department Resources Pty...Level 9, 303 Coronation Drive, Milton, Queensland 4064, Australia of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University...Mo-Re mineralization (Merlin deposit) occurs as molybdenite infill of hydrothermal matrix-supported breccias...dating (U-Pb zircon and titanite ages, Re-Os molybdenite ages), we define four main stages of hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Corridor, Eastern Fold Belt, Mount Isa Inlier, Australia: Genetic Implications for Iron Oxide Copper-Gold...of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Western Australia 6845, Australia Mines Ltd., World Trade Center, Suite...British Columbia V6C 3E1 Abstract New Re-Os in molybdenite and U-Pb in titanite and zircon age data have...have formed during this event, but an Re-Os molybdenite age of 1568 ± 7 Ma suggests that mineralization...which is within error of the ~1515 Ma Re-Os molybdenite ages from both Mount Elliott and the adjacent
Report (volume)
Australia_____________________________ Western Australia _______-____-_____________ Tasmania____________... ni 278095 ILLUSTKATIONS >Fage PLATE I. Molybdenite from quartz veins: A, From Railroad Creek near...and sericitized quartz porphyry (?) carrying molybdenite along veinlets, Climax, Colo______ _________... Radial spherule of powellite, altered from molybdenite, from a pipe in quartz monzonite in the Deep...molybdenum-bearing solutions: A, Radial mass of molybdenite brought in by solutions along crack, now healed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ZEALAND E. C. ANDREWS Sydney, New South Wales,Australia Introduction PreviousWorkDone and Scopeof PresentWork...increasingknowledge of the structural development of Australia and the neighboringislands. The ideas given in...the work of the great pioneers of geology in Australia and as an inferenceor tentative hypothesis to...in the stratigraphic and structural history of Australia. Several difficult points need explanation before...before any simple account of the building of Australia would be possible. Thus in the discussion of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SOME PIPE DEPOSITS ROLAND OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA. BLANCHARD. PAGE Abstract .......................SignificantFeatures Relating to Formation of the Molybdenite-WolframCassiterite-BearingPipes in Granite ....easternAustralia are groupedinto two general classes: 1. Molybdenite-native bismuth, wolfram and cassiterite deposits...detail. They show the depositionalsequenceto be molybdenite-wolfram-cassiterite with progressive decreasein...samedepositional sequence,with someirregularity for the molybdenite,for the world's more important tungstendeposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northeastern New South Wales, extending south from the Queensland border for about one hundred and fifty miles...Range. The commercial minerals are tin, mica, molybdenite, bismuth, diamonds and semi-precious stones,...District in Western Australia This is one of the best garnet districts in Australia and is active today...today. It is in the Northwest Division of Western Australia and is roughly a circle with a diameter of forty... Wodgina is the premier tantalum district of Australia. The Australian government is now stockpiling
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...particular were then willing to pay large sums for molybdenite concentrate, and in America the consumption largely...any practical importance, namely molybdenite and wulfenite. Molybdenite : Molybdenum sulphide (MoS2) ,...iron molybdate, produced by altera­ tion of molybdenite in the presence of iron compounds. This mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geologyof theMoonmeraPorphyryDeposit, Queensland, Australia Hugo T. DUMMETT Abstract The Moonmeradepositin...Stage 1 mineralization is pyrite-chalcopyrite-molybdenite that precededthe oldestgranodioriteporphyryand...The zonesare a low-gradecore, a chalcopyrite-molybdenite inner halo, a chalcopyrite-pyrite intermediatehalo...The Tasman orogen forms the easternmargin of Australia from southern Tasmania to Princess Char- of the...and Taube, 1974). MOONMERA PORPHYRY DEPOSIT, QUEENSLAND 925 complexesare believedto be Benioff zone-derived
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pipe-Like Molybdenite-Wolframite-Bismuth Deposits of Wolfram Camp, North Queensland, Australia I. R. PLIMER...PLIMER Sydney, Australia Branching, pipe-like, quartz-rich molybdenite-wolframite-bismuth pipes occur...is situated 50 km WSW. of Cairns, North Queensland, Australia (Fig. 1). Among the more important publications...Camp". HERR et al. (1967) calculated Pipe-Like Molybdenite-Wol~ramite-Bismuth Deposits 97 SHAFT Hodgkrnson...30 my by the Re--Os method for Wolfram Camp molybdenite. The Featherbed Volcanics comprise three units
Report (issue)
List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject Index, p....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...occurrences. A case in point may be cited from South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copper-Molybdenum Mineralization Belts in EasternQueensland, Australia D. J. Ho}•Tos Abstract Four major periodsof ...east-northeastand east-west in southern and northern Queensland, respectively. Most of these elements are thought...emplacement. zoic agesand are distributedfrom north Queensland P^LEOZO•C and Precambriancopperand molybdenum...easternVictoria, with the principal depositsocin Queensland (Fig. 1). Ordovician to depositsexhibitingfeaturessimilarto...Cannindah(61, Fig. 5), which are of the Zone of eastern Australia are of Paleozoic and Mesoporphyry coppertype.
Report (issue)
• • •• Newfoundland •• • Indian Empire .. .. Australia ••• ••• . New Zealand ••• Finland • •• France...nature. The known molybdenum mine1"als include molybdenite, wulfenite, and molybdite, only the first two...bend readily altho11gh they are not elastic Molybdenite is soft, its hardness being only from 1 to I·5...pape1~ and a. greenisl1 str~eak on porcelain. Molybdenite ma,y be easily distinguished £1·om graphite,...given off when it is heated in an ope,n tube_ Molybdenite is decomposed by nitric acid, leaving a white
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
molybdenumoxyhydroxidefrom Australia: Description and crystal chemistry Queensland, Wrlr,rnnr D. Brncn,' Au...328 SwanstonStreet,Melbourne, 3000, Victoria, Australia '?Departmentof Mineralogy, South Australian Museum...Museum, North Terrace,Adelaide, 5000, South Australia 'o''.ff ;:r.T::l:I'"'jlJ;,,y.]1il:.nffi:l'JJ"fi...from the abandonedW-Mo-Bi mines at Bamford, Queensland,Australia, is a new hydrated iron molybdate with a...sffucture. This mineral formed by oxidation of molybdenite, MoS, in the presenceof strongly acidic solutions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A-&A method for the determination of rhenium in molybdenite is described for concentretions down to 10-r...Separation of microgram quantities of rhonium from molybdenite is effected by a pyridine solvent extraction...dilution. Rhenium determinations were made on molybdenite specimens sampled at various localities Their...rhenium is highly enriched in some occurrences of molybdenite but of low concentration in others. The present...range of rhenium concentration in molybdenite localities within Australia to define those occurrences which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization at the Maureen Deposit (Queensland, Australia): Unconformity-Related Hydrothermal Ore...Taylor Wall and Associates, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia Abstract Maureen is the largest among...unconformity in the Georgetown area, northern Queensland, Australia. Mineralization is structurally controlled...composition of high-grade ore (pitchblende + Fe-rich molybdenite + arsenopyrite + arsenian pyrite + fluorite +...volcanics. Introduction Maureen (Georgetown, Queensland, Australia) is presently a subeconomic uranium deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
orebody and the Eastern Creek Volcanics, Queensland, Australia: implications for ore genesis Melissa J...deposit in northwest Queensland is the largest sedimenthosted Cu deposit in Australia. Whole-rock samples...of Geosciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia Present address: M. J. Gregory (*) Colorado School...Volcanics . Australia Introduction The Western Fold Belt of the Mount Isa Inlier, northwest Queensland, Australia...using molybdenite (e.g., Suzuki et al. 1996; Stein et al. 1997; Selby and Creaser 2001). Molybdenite contains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ore system, Cloncurry district, northwest Queensland, Australia Received: 14 September 2004 / Accepted:...James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia G. Mark (&) Monash Ore Geology Research and Exploration...University, Clayton, PO Box 28E, Victoria 3800, Australia E-mail: geordie.Mark@sci.monash.edu.au Tel.: +61-3-99055764...rocks (e.g. Gawler Craton and Cloncurry district, Australia; Norrbotten, Sweden; Wernecke Mountains and Great...alteration minor garnet calc-silicate rocks, barite, molybdenite, and amphibole alteration siliciclastic arsenopyrite
Report (issue)
Ilsemann,4 who published the results of a study of molybdenite in 1787. The specimens described by Hofer were...on a black, fine-grained mixture of pyrite, molybdenite, and zinc blende, with a very small amount of...appears as a direct production of oxidation of molybdenite. I have examined the specimen of this material...National Museum but have been unable to find molybdenite in it. "The specimen is spongy and rough and...readily be mistaken for tiny flecks of molybdenite if molybdenite was expected. In 1907 Lindgren 6 noted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Selwyn-Mount Dore Corridor, Eastern Fold Belt, Queensland, Australia Robert J. Duncan,1,2,† Murray W. Hitzman...V6T 1Z4, Canada 3Ivanhoe Australia, PO Box 529, Cloncurry, QLD 4824, Australia Abstract The Eastern fold...belt of the Mount Isa inlier in northwest Queensland, Australia, contains numerous IOCG deposits, many of...ET AL. Mount Isa Inlier Mavis Granodiorite AUSTRALIA 21 00’ o Ernest Henry Mines/Prospects in SelwynMount...on IOCG deposits, Selwyn-Mount Dore Corridor, Queensland 450000 mE 7620000 mN Squirrel Hills Granite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
closespatialassociationwith felsic and inter- Queensland,and we have studiednearly all thosein mediateepizonalplutons...low-grademetamor- sociationis pyrite-chalcopyrite-molybdenite. There phism. The Precambrian occurrences occupygreen-...mineralizing region of North America, and eastern Australia. intrusivesvary. High-level featuressuchas plugThe...mineralogyis simple; it consistsof chalcopyrite-molybdenite-pyrite with minor bornite and accessorymagnetite...depositsharessomeof the characteris- copyrite-molybdenite mineralization iscoincident with ticsof both
Report (Issue volume)
Downfall area is part of the extensive Stanthorpe (Queensland) – Wilsons Downfall tin field. A network of watercourses...................................... 75 Leis molybdenite mine (WN3) ................................................ 77 MORGANS CREEK MONZOGRANITE MOLYBDENITE OCCURRENCES ...................................Volcanics. Relationships between this work and Queensland nomenclautre – Warwick Tweed heads sheet. ..... 52 Plate 4. Coarse-grained quartz-feldspar-molybdenite rock from Watersons claim 2 (WY17) .........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
.................... 2 Geologic History of Australia ........................................ Main...arrangementof the main topographical forms within Australia and the outlying islands is very sifnilar to that...southwestern Australia both to the north, the east, and the southeast. Thus southwestern Australia consistsof...not brokenby tectonicga/)s. The easternsideof Australia,from ThursdayIslandto a point' I5O miles west...relatively narrower and higher than those of West Australia. These upland surfacesare of variable height,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization at Timbarra, northern New South Wales, Australia Received: 21 April 1999 / Accepted: 20 April...southern New England Fold Belt of New South Wales, Australia, represent an economically signi®cant and distinctive...02 to 0.25 per meter), vein-dikes and quartz±molybdenite veins emplaced along steeply dipping east-southeast...Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia E-mail: Roger.Mustard@jcu...include coeval arsenopyrite, pyrite, ¯uorite, and molybdenite. The latest minerals include muscovite, chlorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vasilkovskoe, Kazakstan Timbarra, NSW, Australia Kidston, Queensland, Australia Kori Kollo, Bolivia 2 15 Granodiorite...Vasilkovskoe in Kazakstan, Timbarra and Kidston in Australia, and Kori Kollo in Bolivia occur in regions known...pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, bismuthinite, and molybdenite, and narrow alteration envelopes dominated by... are generally <1 vol%. Pyrite, pyrrhotite, molybdenite, scheelite and chalcopyrite are less common and...sulphides comprise pyrite, arsenopyrite, stibnite, molybdenite, and subordinate sphalerite and chalcopyrite
Journal (issue)
downs, the Lizard 17:25-28 INGRAM, S.M (1993) Molybdenite from Coire Buidhe, Glen Creran, Argyll 12:4-8...Victoria (1997) 19:38 Birch, W.D. (ed.) Zeolites of Australia (1989) 15:38 Bariand, P. & Bariand, N. Minereaux...var. emerald 13:67 AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES Allies Mine, Deepwater molybdenite 19:9 Broken Hill antlerite...TERRITORY Harts Range, Alice Springs quartz 19:28 QUEENSLAND Agate creek, Cobbold Gorge quartz var. agate...19:24 Duck Creek, Cloncurry beyerite 19:28 Great Australia Mine atacamite 19:24,27 azurite 19:24 brochantite
 
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