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Violarite from
Redross Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Violarite
Formula:Fe2+Ni23+S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Violarite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Redross Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:828723
Long-form Identifier:1:3:828723:6
GUID (UUID V4):82d09346-b837-4a69-92a7-4b4c982fa962
Nearest other occurrences of Violarite
12.6km (7.8 miles) Unimin 1 prospect, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
14.6km (9.1 miles) Wannaway Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
15.2km (9.4 miles) Stockwell prospect, Lake Cowan Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
17.4km (10.8 miles) Cameron Shoot (Cameron Ni prospect), Lake Cowan Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
20.3km (12.6 miles) Widgiemooltha 3 Deposit, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
23.7km (14.7 miles) Lake Cowan Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
26.3km (16.4 miles) Edwin Shoot, Lanfranchi Nickel Mine, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
26.6km (16.5 miles) 132 North Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
28.7km (17.8 miles) Cruickshank shoot (Gigantus prospect), Lanfranchi Nickel Mine, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
32.6km (20.3 miles) Pioneer JH prospect, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA An oblique aerial view, from the south-southwest, ofthe...the Surveyor General, Western Australia. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN...BULLETIN 14 NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R. J. MARSTON PERTH, 1984 Issued under...L.C., Minister for Mines National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-publication entry: Marston, R.J...(Rodney John), 1943-. Nickel mineralization in Western Australia. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GROVES, GeologyDepartment, Universityof Western Australia,Nedlands,Australia6009 D. R. HUDSON, Com...Australia6014 AND J. R. Ross Western Mining Corporation,Belmont, Australia 6104 Abstract The nickelsulfidedeposits...Yilgarn Block. Nickel sulfide depositsin Western Australia are Ultramafic volcanic and associated intrusive...laterally Nepean; earlier operationsat Carr Boyd, Redross, variable sequencesof the Norseman-Wiluna belt...Groves(1981). Many subsequentobservations derive Perth, Australia 6000. • All analyticalvaluesare expressed on a
Report (issue)
Geology, University of Western Australia. ^B.H.P. Minerals, Perth, Western Australia. ^Geological Survey...mineralization or ore deposit or dissemination or mine ultramafic or ultrabasic or dunite or peridptite...deposits of Western Australian includes all relevant references cited in Geological Survey of Western Australia...Resource Bulletin 14, "Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia," by R. J. Marston. This 271-page volume contains...short articles are contained in University of Western Australia Geology Department and Extension Service Publication
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Netherlands ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE WIDGIEMOOLTHA-NORSEMAN AREA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: PETROLOGICAL DIVERSITY, GEOCHEMISTRY...Mining Corporation Ltd, Double Bay, N.S.W. 2028 (Australia) (Received January 14, 1977; revision accepted...rocks of the WidgiemoolthaNorseman area, Western Australia: petrological diversity, geochemistry and...Mineral exploration of the Widgiemooltha-Norseman region of Western Australia has located massive and disseminated...facies metamorphosed ultramafic rocks of the Widgiemooltha area are compared with greenschist metamorphosed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nickel sulphide deposits, Kambalda ore field, Western Australia: the metamorphic modification model revisited...Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia Received August 8, 2003; revised...throughout the major Archaean Kambalda ore field, Western Australia, reveal highly heterogeneous Ni tenor (wt%...nickel sulphide (NiS) deposits at Kambalda, Western Australia (Fig. 1), a major ore field and type example...districts at the Kambalda Dome, St Ives, Tramways, Widgiemooltha Dome, Carnilya Hill and Golden Ridge, which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Iridium in the Evaluation of Nickel Gossans in Western Australia G. A. TRAVIS,REIDR. I•EAYS,ANDR. M. DAVISON...show a strong positive correlation with nickel in Western Australiannickel sulfidedeposits,and their inertnessduring...been employed, including microTEE discoveryof Western Australia'sfirst nickel deposit at Kambalda in...aboutA$170 million was expendedon nickel exploration in Western Australiain the period1967-72. This activityled...project betweenthe University of Melbourne and the Western Mining CorporationLimited was initiated in 1971
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to supergene minerals, principally including violarite, hematite, and a mixture of pyrite + marcasite...are bordered by chalcopyrite, pentlandite, and violarite. In places ilmenomagnetite is replaced by sulfides...assemblages. Pentlandite has been commonly altered to violarite (Fig. 3 A), pyrrhotite to a submicroscopic mixture...gossans, is very similar to that observed in the Western Australian nickel deposits (Nickel et al. 1977)...that is probably due to the formation of various violarite phases during supergene alteration of the Pancarli
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SHEARED MAGMATIC SULFIDE ORE AT THE THAYER LINDSLEY MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO JOSHUA BAILEY§, ANDREW M. MCDONALD¶...Ontario P3E 5P4, Canada ABSTRACT The Thayer Lindsley mine, located in the geographic South Range of the 1...study, we examine contact-style ore zones at the mine that are overprinted by lower-amphibolite-grade...undeformed and sheared sulfide ore at the Thayer Lindsley mine. The observed Ni depletion in sheared sulfide ore...Igneous Complex, Sudbury, Ontario. SOMMAIRE La mine Thayer Lindsley, située sur le flanc sud du complexe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
M,q,cRAr Department of Geology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada Ansrntcr...pentlandite and chalcopyrite, and minor pyrrhotite, violarite, pyrite, idaite, and Fe-rich intermediatesolid...at.o/oNi. Pentlandite coexisting with mss or violarite is Ni-rich, whereas that coexisting with pyrrhotite...Electron-microprobe spot analysis and backscatpyrrhotite, violarite, intermediate solid solution (iss), tered-electronimages(Fig...composedof discretegrains of sulfide minerals. Violarite identifiedas mss(l) and mss(2)(e.g.,Naldrettetal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Western Australia, Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009, Perth, Western Australia ARC Centre of...Systems, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia CSIRO Earth Science and Resource...Australian Research Centre, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia d Department of Applied Geology, The Institute...Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia e Département des Sciences Appliquées, Unité d'enseignement...Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, & ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Harmony Nickel Sulfide Deposit, Leinster, Western Australia P. DUURING,†,* School of Geosciences, Monash...Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia W. BLEEKER, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario...Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia Abstract The Harmony nickel sulfide deposit (3...AgnewWiluna greenstone belt, Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia. The deposit occurs 2 km north of the larger...(15.9 Mt) and Perseverance (50.7 Mt) deposits. The mine stratigraphy trends north-northwest–south-southeast
Report (edition)
maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...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...formal inception of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) in 1896. In this second joint publication
Report (edition)
Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...VC 2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mobilized Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE Ores at the Garson Mine, Sudbury* Joshua Mukwakwami,† C. Michael Lesher...the deformed sulfide ores at the Thayer Lindsley mine (Fig. 1) was caused by the replacement of pentlandite...mobilization in some Pb-Zn deposits (e.g., Broken Hill, Australia; Montauban, Canada; Lengenbach, Switzerland; Bleikvassli...Creighton mine, E = East mine, F = Falconbridge mine, FLF = Fecunis Lake fault, G = Garson mine, K = Kirkwood...Kirkwood mine, SF = Sandcherry fault, SRSZ = South Range shear zone, TL = Thayer Lindsley mine. GEOCHEMISTRY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
host rocks of 14 nickel sulfide depositsin Western Australia. The depositsrange from low-grade dissemi...its. The total preciousmetal tenor of typical Western Australian nickel sulfide ore is similar to that...nickelsulfideoresin 1966at Kambaldain Western Australia, Australia has be- gossansfrom ferruginous and...chromite metals in the ores and host rocks of the Western Australian nickel sulfidedeposits. Such informa-...else- Block of the Precambrian shield of Western Australia are in stratiformvolwhere (Mertie, 1969).
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lu -- Lunnon,M -- Mount Edward, N = Nepean, R = Redross,S -- Scotia,Tj -- Tronjan, W -- Wannaway,WI = Windarra...matiite. the intermediatevolcanicsof the Hunter Mine Group and the komatiitesof the overlyingMunro Group...flow or a subvolcanic intrusion. woodite, and violarite. For more details see Naldrett a Pdppb Irppb...greenstone that for sulfides associated with the Western Austrasent resultsfrom the Kambaldaarea. Huppert...idnotmanageto settle position from the Langmuir mine in the Abitibi out of the silicate melt before it
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
r m e d into iron hydroxides, millerite (Mi), violarite (Vi), bravoite (Bv), covellite (Cv), chalcocite...ore intersection, Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda, Western Australia. Econ Geol 76:1075-1092 345 Fabrics J, Conqu+rb...abundances in the Ivrea-Verbano mantle peridotites (Western Italian Alps). Earth Planet Sci Lett 70:6%87 Graterol...diffusion effects in the Fe-Ni-S ore from Redross, Western Australia. Econ Geol 74:140 148 McQueen KG (1981)...metamorphic history of the Wannaway nickel deposit, Western Australia. Econ Geol 76:1444-1468 Mercier JC, Nicolas
Book
Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.. P.O. Box 544. Potts Point. NSW 2011. Australia FRANCE...prior to the meeting and the Sludyanka phlogopite mine at Irkutsk afterwards. Precambrian Mineral Deposits...studies in beneficiation and metallurgy, design of mine and process plant, and, last but not least, the...Precambrian". This project, which was established in Australia in 1 9 7 6 during IGCP session XXVI, operates...evidence on the origin of the Shamrock v 11 N o copper mine, Rhodesia", Min. Deposits« > « 3 , pp. 298-310.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
altered by supergene weathering, which produced violarite, bravoite, smythite (Fe9S ~t ), S-deficient pyrite...*Range from 7 basanites samples from Victoria (Australia; Mitchell and Keays, 1981 ). The amphibole-rich...of 10 higher than in the Victorian basanites (Australia) analysed by Mitchell and Keays (1981) (Table...cumulate processes in the Jimberlana intrusion, Western Australia, Part 1. The upper layered series. J. Petrol...tholeiites to olivine melilitites from South Eastern Australia utilizing geochemical and experimental petrological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
four low- to high-grade Archean Terranes: the Western Terrane, the South-Eastern Terrane, the Central...Wit et al. 1992; Griffin et al. (2003a, b). In the Western Terrane, xenoliths come from the diamondiferous...kimberlite pipes of the Kimberley area (De Beers Mine; Bultfontein, Kimberley, South Africa) and Jagersfontein...(after Griffin et al. 2003a); K Kimberley (Premier Mine, De Beers); J Jagersfontein; Northern Lesotho (Thaba...Bultfontein KBD 4 (S) De Beers mine BG2 (S) Kimberley mine BG (S) Kimberley mine Texture Coarse-granular
Book
namely, Goldstream Mining NL/IMX Resources Ltd, Australia, and Binani Industries Limited (BIL) Infratech...required visits to mines and exploration camps of Australia–Tasmania, Canada, the United States, Germany,...born hills appear parallel to Mahagiri range due to mine-waste dumping. Unpaved roads serve the movement...The sky is gloomy throughout the day due to the mine and road dust. Social evils, crime, alcoholism,...education, counseling, and training. Making stringent mine-safety rules is not the solution—it has to be implemented
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Systems/GEMOC, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...SX50 microprobe at GEMOC (Macquarie University, Australia). The analytical conditions included an acceleration...LA-ICPMS facility at GEMOC, Macquarie University, (Australia). A 266 nm “inhouse” custom-built Continuum Surelite...Grégoire et al., 2000a). Minor mackinawite and violarite have been identified as secondary sulfides partially...Magnetite, Val; Valleriite, Mack; Mackinavite, Viol; Violarite, Bo; Bornite, Cb; carbonate minerals; Sil; silicate
Book
Exploration Geoscience CSIRO Floreat Park, WA 6014, Australia H. ZEEGERS Däpartement Exploration BRGM F-45060...postgraduate students. G.J.S. GOVETT Sydney, NSW, Australia PREFACE This volume of the Handbook of Exploration...Geoscience CSIRO Private Bag, P.O. Wembley, Western Australia Australia 6014 H. Zeegers Chief Departement Exploration...Geoscience CSIRO Private Bag, P.O. Wembley, Western Australia Australia 6014 F. Bianconi Senior Exploration Geologist...Consultant Geologist 28 Greenock Avenue Como, Western Australia Australia 6152 G. Friedrich Director Institut
Report (issue)
Aerial view of Main-Barton open pit, Jundee gold mine, WA, viewed from the east, June 1997. The pit is...Level 3, 15-31 Pelham Street, Carlton Victoria Australia 3053 iii © The Australasian Institute of Mining...knowledge and understanding of the mineral wealth of Australia and Papua New Guinea. v vi Committees MONOGRAPH...New South Wales Department of Mineral Resources Western Australian Department of Minerals and Energy David...Gold NL WMC Resources Limited Outokumpu Mining Australia Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting
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Associated with Volcanogenic Massive Sulfides, Fukazawa Mine, Hokuroku District, Japan St.1. KALOGEROPOULOS and...Styles of Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits in Australia LB. LAMBERT, J. KNUTSON, T.H. DONNELLY, and H...tectonic setting. Fan describes for the first time in western literature chromite and nickel deposits of the...understanding of porphyry base-metal deposits in the western Americas. Emphasis is placed on the plate-tectonic...with one of the classical copper ore fields of western Europe, where exploitation began in pre-Roman times
 
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