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Plagioclase from
Tropicana Gold Mine, Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tropicana Gold Mine, Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:930207
Long-form Identifier:1:3:930207:5
GUID (UUID V4):85149a87-e989-4161-96a3-09f83baa4bbb
References
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Constraints on the Tropicana Gold Deposit and Albany-Fraser Orogen, Western Australia Mark G. Doyle,1,†...Tower, 44 St. Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia 2 Institute for Geoscience Research...Research, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia 3 CODES, 4 Department 5 John 6 Centre...University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia of Geology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore Street...Research, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia for Microscopy, Characterization
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Granulite-Hosted Gold: Tectonic Setting and Lithogeochemistry of the Tropicana Deposit, Western Australia Anthony...7000, Australia 2 AngloGold 3 School Ashanti Australia Ltd, PO Box Z5046, Perth, Western Australia 6831...6831, Australia of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811...4811, Australia Abstract The Tropicana gold deposit (7.9 Moz) is hosted by the Neoarchean, amphibolite-...amphibolite- to granulite-grade Tropicana Gneiss. These rocks form part of the Plumridge terrane, a tectonic unit
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Orogen boundary: implications for gold mineralization in the Tropicana Zone Author: C.L. Kirkland C.V....Orogen boundary: implications for gold mineralization in the Tropicana Zone, Precambrian Research (2015)...Hercules Gneiss (Tropicana Zone) represents a suite of Au hosting sanukitoid magmas 2. Tropicana Zone is the...2718–2554 Ma; fracturing and one phase of gold at 2100 Ma 5. Gold was precipitated during several greenschist...Orogen boundary: implications for gold mineralization in the Tropicana Zone ip t 12 by CL Kirkland1
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exploration in the NE Albany-Fraser Orogen, Western Australia Walid Salama, Ignacio González- Álvarez...exploration in the NE Albany-Fraser Orogen, Western Australia, Ore Geology Reviews (2015), doi: 10.1016/j...exploration in the NE Albany-Fraser Orogen, Western Australia CSIRO, Mineral Resources Flagship, 26 Dick...Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, WA 6151, Western Australia SC R Email: walid.salama@csiro.au IP 1 T...The Albany-Fraser Orogen (AFO), southeast Western Australia, is an underexplored, deeply NU weathered
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of regolith in the Albany–Fraser Orogen (Western Australia) C. Laukamp ⁎, W. Salama, I. González-Álvarez...Flagship, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Albany–Fraser Orogen (Western Australia), which is prospective for Tropicana-style gold mineralisation. By...delineation of hydrothermal alteration associated with gold mineralisation (Witt et al., 2013). The HyLoggingℱ...of Kalgoorlie and 60 km northeast from the Tropicana gold deposit, in the Eastern Biranup Zone of the
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ARTICLE A holistic model for the origin of orogenic gold deposits and its implications for exploration David...GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019 Abstract The term orogenic gold deposits has been widely accepted...sources. Several features of Precambrian orogenic gold deposits are inconsistent with derivation from a...isotopic compositions, and problems of derivation of gold-related elements from devolatilization of dominant...notable exception is the Jiaodong gold deposits of China, where ca. 120-Ma gold deposits are hosted in Precambrian
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hydrothermal systems at the Big Bell gold deposit, Western Australia Andreas G. Mueller 1 & Neal J. McNaughton...(75 t gold) is located in a narrow spur of the Meekatharra greenstone belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia...preto post-metamorphic replacement. Hornblende-plagioclase pairs in amphibolite constrain peak metamorphic...granodiorite-tonalite batholith (2740–2700 Ma), followed by gold mineralization at Editorial handling: B. Lehmann...The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, WA 6001, Australia 2 John de Laeter
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Sanukitoid Gold Porphyry Deposits: A New Understanding and Genetic Model from the Lac Bachelor Gold Deposit...craton, Canada, recognition of intrusion-related gold deposits is improving, but their formation remains...quartz-syenite to alkali-granite centered deposit. Gold is associated with pyrite in localized alkaline...alkaline-oxidized magma, which favors sulfur and gold solubility and transport, migrates through the crust...volcanic host rock caused sulfide precipitation and gold deposition. This genetic model is applied to the
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isotopes: a case study from the Fraser Zone, Western Australia A.T. Walker, K.A. Evans, C.L. Kirkland, L...isotopes: a case study from the Fraser Zone, Western Australia, Precambrian Research (2019), doi: https://doi...isotopes: a case study from the Fraser Zone, Western Australia A.T. Walkera,∗, K.A. Evansb , C.L. Kirklanda...Planetary Science, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University, WA 6102, Australia of Earth and...Planetary Science, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University, WA 6102, Australia for Microscopy
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isotope of fluids in the Wulong lode gold deposit, NE China: Linking gold mineralization with craton destruction...Sciences, Beijing 100029, China e Liaoning Wulong Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Dandong 118012, China b c A R...Craton destruction Wulong gold deposit Liaodong Wulong is the largest lode gold deposit in the Liaodong...Peninsula, northeastern North China Craton (NCC). Gold mineralization mainly occurs in the quartz-sulfide...unequivocally of hydrothermal origin and co-precipitate with gold. The rutile grains are characterized by high W and
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Processes in the Archean Orogenic Gold Deposit of the Pampalo Mine, Hattu Schist Belt, Eastern Finland*...Hattu schist belt is an emerging gold-producing ore district in the western part of the Archean Karelian...(550° ± 50°C; 3–5 kbar) at ca. 2.70 Ga. Orogenic gold deposits are hosted by the highly strained zones...characterize this hydrothermal activity. The major stage of gold ore deposition can be confined to the subsequent...that potassium gain correlates with increase of gold concentrations in the mafic schist and feldspar-porphyry
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1007/s00126-015-0589-9 INVITED PAPER The timing of gold mineralization across the eastern Yilgarn craton...accretion to the western Yilgarn protocraton between 2.66 and 2.60 billion years ago. The gold deposits that...that define this region as a world-class gold province are the product of orogenic processes that operated...(D1–D2) and the majority of granitoid magmatism. Minor gold was also deposited throughout the entire tectonic...systems. However, such mineralization (mostly<0.3 g/t gold) is nowhere economic unless it overprints, or is
 
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