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Pyrite from
Preamimma Mine, Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:"Pyrite occurs throughout the mine as streaks and granular masses in quartz. Crystals are rarely seen, but limonite pseudomorphs after octahedral crystals are occasionally found in small vugs."
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Preamimma Mine, Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:900790
Long-form Identifier:1:3:900790:1
GUID (UUID V4):f8d73f7f-69fc-4f68-9033-3f6835ab976c
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
9.2km (5.7 miles) Bremer Mine (Callington Mine), Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
9.8km (6.1 miles) Kanmantoo Mine (Kanmantoo West; Kanmantoo North), Kanmantoo, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
15.4km (9.6 miles) Shepherd Hill Quarry (Brukunga Quarry), Nairne, Mount Barker, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
16.3km (10.1 miles) Mount Barker Creek Copper Mine, Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
19.5km (12.1 miles) Kitticoola Mine (Great Wheal Orford; Plush and Omond; PM 53; Reedy Creek; Tungkillo), Palmer, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
19.7km (12.3 miles) Ridge Mine, Woodside, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
19.9km (12.4 miles) Bird in Hand mine, Woodside, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
20.0km (12.5 miles) New Woodside Mine, Woodside, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
20.2km (12.5 miles) Brind Mine, Woodside, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
21.4km (13.3 miles) Eureka Mine, Woodside, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
taken from the Library NN GU 1900 TP CATALOGUE SOUTH OF AUSTRALIAN MINERALS: 1983 by R.J. Noble...Government Printer, South Australia, 1983 REF 349.994, N668c Noble, R. A. Catalogue of South Australian minerals...(Robert John), 1946—supiic LIBRARY Catalogue of South Australian minerals: 1983. Bibliography. ISBN 0...Mineralogy—South Australia. |. Just, J. (Juri). Il. Johnson, J. E. (James Eric). Ill. South Australia. Dept...and Energy. IV. Title. (Series: Handbook (South Australia. Dept. of Mines and Energy); 7) 549.99423
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND METALLOGENY OF THE KANMANTOO TROUGH IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA A.J. P A R K E R Sou th Australian l)epartment...and metallogeny of the Kanmantoo Trough in South Australia. In: E. Scheibner (Editor), Metallogeny and...and Tectonic Development of Eastern Australia. Ore. Geol. Roy., 1: 203--212. The Kanmantoo Trough is the...the sedimentary and tectonic link between the Adelaide Geosyncline, com. posed of Late Proterozoic sediments...sequences of the Tasman F'old Belt System in eastern Australia. Cambrian flyschoid sediments of the Kanmantoo
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EXCHANGE V** I ^ is- CATALOGUE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MINERALS, WITH THE MINES AND OTHER LOCALITIES... LL, BKQWN, F.G.S., GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST. ADELAIDE BY AUTHORITY: C. E. BRISTOW, : GOVERNMENT PRINTER...PRINTER, NORTH-TERRACE. 1893. CATALOGUE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MINERALS, WITH THE MINES AND OTHER LOCALITIES...Y. L, BROWN, F.G.S., GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST. ADELAIDE BY AUTHORITY: C. E. : BRISTOW, GOVERNMENT PRINTER... " Ajax, Line and 8 7 ' ' 10 For "Coronet Mine'" Coronet Hill. For ' ' " three miles " after
Journal (issue)
O U T H A USTR A L I A G . Francis I ron K nob, South /\u tralta E. R Segnit C I R O Division of M i neral...neral Chemist ry, Port M elbourne. Australia A BSTR ACT: Well rn•s,al/ized lep idoaorlll' occurs rooI111g...muscovite (Chaudhari. 1 970). from the oxidation of pyrite ( Ram berg. 1 969). and as precipitate, from groundwater...crystals arc formed. /\ clas ic localuy 1, the iron ore mine, al Siegen. 1n We tphalia. German�·- " here it forms...h e iron ore deposit at I r o n M onarch. South Australia. T h e ore consists of Precambrian bedded hematite
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MINERALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA by J. E. Johnson and J. M. Scrymgour * i *• 1 £• ? -ts-7. mm? m ty... ■- y Extract from “South Australian Year Book 1975“ Minerals of South Australia Contributed by J. E...and J. M. Scrymgour, South Australian Museum The mineral potential of South Australia was recognised from...his services as a geologist to the newly-formed South Australian Company in May 1836 and was appointed...at Glen Osmond a few miles from Adelaide, and the colony’s first mine, the Wheal Gawler, began operations
Report (Issue volume)
+ 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...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 4. Industrial...New Zealand Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and 1982 Eds D.A. Berkman and W. Ryall Ed. D
Book
Wilson) 21:2-4 ADELAIDE M1NE On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Journal (entire run)
293 Wattletree Road, East Malvern, Vic., 3145. Australia. Phone: (03) 509 1666 Fax: (03) 500 9475 All rights...Library of Australia ISBN 0 909223 64 5 Design by Gemcraft Pty. Ltd. Printed in Australia by Ramsay Ware...cover is from the Coober Pedy opal fields, South Australia. The 10-ounce gold crystal on the back cover...- W.D. Birch Zinc Spine! from Broken Hill, New South Wales -1.R. Plimer Vivianite Pebbles from Anglesea...Lithiophorite from the Kalgoorlie District, Wes tern Australia -1. Ostwald That Elusive Stichtite - Keith Lancaster
Journal (issue)
SO UTH-WESTER N E W SOUTH WALE S rro Coi/eg. of Technical and P. Ullon. P.O. South M i ldura, Victoria...region of norlh-westrrn Victoria and south-,.·estern New South Wales. V '' m I I I n 0 P a Fig...of gypsum. occurring both as crystals a nd copi. Hills ( 1 975) states t ha t the gypsum probably precipitates...tryslals. 17 tm high. from Woolcunda Station. Nt" South Walts. the deposits. For example. glauberite accompanies...Development La borntorics. Frewville. S o u t h Australia Fi gure 1: A BS T R ACT Photograph ,ho,.- ing
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............... 93 by A. Falster The Rock Candy mine, British Columbia ................................36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof...Schoten COVER: ELBAITE on albite, from the Jonas mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Keith Proctor specimen; photo...847-4782 12. RUNNERS Bruce and Jo Runner 13526 South Avenue Delhi, CA 95315 Tel: (209) 634-6470 66 ...specimens are still recoverable from the dumps or in the mine work­ ings. LOCATION, ACCESS AND REGIONAL SETTING
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dramatically apparent to us as spectacular mountain ranges, erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and even hot springs...have grown at about the same time, as happens with pyrite and quartz, or they may have grown one after the...10 ct RIGHT: Round brilliant-cut white diamonds, South Africa and Canada « 2.00 ct and 3.06 ct leaves...for cutting other minerals. Tale, Mpumalanga, South Africa * 19 x 6 x 83cm Hardness 1 Hardness 4 ...Hardness 10 Quartz Diamond Diamond, Kimberley, South Africa * 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm | 19 MINERALS: PRODUCTS
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by R.S.W. Braithwaite Graphite from the Lead Hill mine, Ticonderoga, New Y o r k ........................36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof...assured that, with localities like the Ray mine and the Old Yuma mine still to go, we are not yet close to...many of those have already been spoken for in Australia. Readers interested in obtaining one of these...the famous deposit at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. (This means that all American dealers
Book (edition)
Base by Ernest H. Nickel, CSIRO, Wembley, WA, Australia, and Monte C. Nichols published by Aleph Enterprises...N SW, Australia. William D. Birch: Dept. of Mineralogy, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Frank...Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. Herbert Obodda: Short Hills, New Jersey. Renato Pagano: Milan, Italy. Ole V...Washington, D.C. Alan Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar Raade: Mineralogisk-Geologisk...and chemical components but there are discrete ranges for some of the chemical constituents (see the
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"Reinaert " Sep Okt Nov Dec Eigen vondsten in de Mine de I'Etoile, Shaba, Zaire en Uraniumminerale n (P...va n minyuliet. St .-Johns quarry, Kapunda, South Australia . (b) gestrrëerd, taps toelopend , kleurloos...minyulietkristal van Olivers quarry, Noarlunga, South Australia . (c) Typisch latvormig wavelketkristal van...Jungl e 5. Molin e Queenslan d 6. Wolfden e New South Wales 7. Broken Hil l 8. Tottenha m 9. Unanderr...Trentha m 14. Ouye n Tasmani a 15. Dunda s South Australia 16. Billy Spring s 17. Reaphook Hil l 18. Dame
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v-orcestershire Iron J.\,fasters, F11rnaces, and Forges of South Staffordshire Iron l\i1ines of Gloucestershire do... Foundries and Forges in do. Blast Furnaces of South Wales Do. do. of Scotland Statistics of Scotch Iron...containing Silver) - £1,431,509 ZINC ORE 27,455 IRON PYRITE S 46,066 Sold in Corrtwall - £. 1,01 1 ARSENIC...interested in the Mineral Industries of this country. 'fo Mine OwJ?.ers, C olliery P1·oprietors, I14on Masters... - 'l,relyon Consols 23. 1Iuel l\largery 24. South Ruel Providence 2 5. Boscaswell Downs .. 26. Balnoo11
 
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