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Pyrolusite from
Area C mine, Mining Area C, Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrolusite
Formula:Mn4+O2
Comments:Visually identified based on Mn content in whole rock assays, appearance, and black streak.
Habit:Commonly found as a fine black powder, mammilary or botryoidal crusts, occasionally with sub-millimeter acicular druses perpendicular to these surfaces. Rarely as larger needle splays up to 1cm, or as platy crystals up to 5mm.
Colour:black, silver
Luminescent properties:None
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrolusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Area C mine, Mining Area C, Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:882807
Long-form Identifier:1:3:882807:1
GUID (UUID V4):7fbb761c-4ead-4b2a-a747-163227a7d03f
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrolusite
35.9km (22.3 miles) West Angelas Mine (West Angeles Mine), Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
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FORMATION-RELATED HIGH-GRADE IRON ORE Editors S. Hagemann, C. Rosière, J. Gutzmer, and N.J. Beukes SOCIETY OF...Formation-Related High-Grade Iron Ore S. Hagemann, C. Rosière, J. Gutzmer, and N.J. Beukes, Editors Additional...Exploration Targeting (CET), University of Western Australia Paleoproterozoic Mineralization Research...D. A. D. Evans, J. Gutzmer, N. J. Beukes, and H. C. Dorland 49 Chapter 3: Structural Controls on High-Grade...High-Grade Hematite-Martite Iron Ores J. Gutzmer, Benny C. Chisonga, Nicolas J. Beukes, and Joydip Mukhopadhyay
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formation-hosted iron ores in the Hamersley Province of Western Australia J. M. F. Clout* Iron formation-hosted iron...200 to 500 Mt. In the Hamersley province of Western Australia, martite– goethite ores are largely developed...formation, in the Chichester Ranges at the Christmas Creek, Cloud Break and Mount Nicholas prospects. Petrographic...of primary microplaty hematite deposits in the Pilbara and elsewhere, well below the normal depth of weathering...Metals Group Ltd, 87 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia *Corresponding author, email jclout@fmgl
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returned after the date stamped below. Mining and Australia i. a, ae an YY : tae he | aioe ; nl...Cee ee ‘ ’ aee ae eee ee Poe eee i Mining and Australia edited by W.H. RICHMOND and P.C. SHARMA...Distributed in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean by Prentice-Hall Internat...National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data Mining and Australia. Bibliography. ISBN...0 7022 1752 2 (pbk.). 1. Mineral industries — Australia. I. Richmond, W.H. (William Henry), 1945- . II
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+ 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...the remnant ovoid Pleistocene Luise Volcano on the east coast of Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua...Papua New Guinea The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy MONOGRAPH 1.* Detrital Heavy Mineral...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 2. Coal 7
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Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits...jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw formation...that surrounds Warsaw, Hamilton, and Nauvoo in western Illinois⎯geodes (lined with botryoidal chalcedony... CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite
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INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY Clunies Ross House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052...Newcastle, 1972 . Western Australia, 1973 . Southern and Central Queensland, 1974 . South Australia, 1975 . Illawarra.... North Queensland, 1978 — WBND ON OAR . Western Australia, 1979 . New Zealand, 1980 . Sydney, 1981 ...INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY Clunies Ross House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052... Copyright By THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY 1984 The Institute is not responsible
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collectable minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12...CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels...COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington...Untied States townships of Franklin, Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint...(on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay
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Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 1996 Second Edition A Location Guide.......................................459 Appendix C - The Various Names & Forms of Agate................GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone...Cr.), area of abandoned mines⎯Barite (crystallized, massive & nodular), Fluorite. CENTREVILLE: c area...Calcite crystals. WOODSTOCK, area⎯Vivianite. BLOUNT COUNTY BLOUNTSVILLE: c W 1 mi., in prospecting pits⎯agate
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