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Muscovite from
Meerschaum mine, Sunnyside goldfield, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meerschaum mine, Sunnyside goldfield, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:93045
Long-form Identifier:1:3:93045:5
GUID (UUID V4):7fddd3d0-ada3-444b-be0f-27cdf54242b6
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
1.7km (1.1 miles) Lease 922, Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
2.4km (1.5 miles) Soft Lode, Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
3.3km (2.1 miles) Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
3.8km (2.4 miles) Knocker Tract, Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
3.9km (2.4 miles) Unnamed Pegmatite, Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
3.9km (2.4 miles) Knocker dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
4.2km (2.6 miles) Day Dawn, Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
4.7km (2.9 miles) Blue Jacket Tin Mine (Blue Jacket Reef), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
6.0km (3.7 miles) Gwendoline, Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
7.7km (4.8 miles) Hopeful, Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Silver sulphosalts from the Meerschaum Mine, Mt. Wills, Victoria, Australia W. D. BIRCH Department of...Petrology, National Museum of Victoria, 285-321 Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000 ABSTRACT. A rich vein...1906 in the Meerschaum Mine, on the Sunnyside goldfield at Mt. Wills,in northeastern Victoria. Andorite...from ore fluids accompanying the intrusion of the Mt. Willsgranite. The main silver-bearingminerals were...below 300 ~ THE Meerschaum Mine was one of the richest mines on the Sunnyside goldfield, situated on the
Report (issue)
5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject Index...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...in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining field, and to assign...north-west of C.”; A, B, and C may all be in the same district, but it is sometimes difficult or impossible to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Street, East Malvern, Victoria 3145, Australia b 1034 Geelong Road, Mount Clear, Ballaarat, Victoria 3350...3350, Australia Received 8 January 1996; revised 5 June 1996; accepted 5 June 1996 Abstract The Palaeozoic...Palaeozoic succession of Victoria represents a major world gold province with a total production of 2500...e. 78 million oz). On a global scale, central Victoria represents one of the most gold mineralized areas...combined primary and secondary production. Gold mining commenced in 1851, declined dramatically around
Report (issue)
PHOSPHATE MINERALS OF VICTORIA W. D. Birch and D. A. Henry Editors Special photography by Francesco...Francesco Coffa THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA INC. SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 3. 7 Printed by McPherson's...Society of Victoria Inc. P.O. Box 12162, A'Beckett Street, Melbourne. Victoria. 3000 Australia (Tel. (03)...(03) 669 9892). National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 9594573 2 1 In this series: Special...of the Maldon Goldfield, by J. C. Haupt. Special Publication No. 2: Zeolites of Victoria. W. D. Birch
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microprobe, etc.) Because New Mexico is a mining state, mining districts are given whenever possible in... Placitas district (Sandia Mountains), NE of Albuquerque: schorl. Tijeras Canyon district (Manzano Mountains)...Mountains), E. of Albuquerque. Galena King mine: barite, fluorite, galena, malachite. Hell Canyon subdistrict...subdistrict (Seiiora de 10s Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron County Apache Creek, N. of...of Reserve: quartz (chalcedony). Mogollon district, NE of Glenwood: acanthite, bornite, chalcocite,
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL HISTORY .. Vin ECONOMIC GEOLOGY .. 1. Meerschaum 2. Gaylussite 3. Clays 4. Minerals in Precambrian...the Sinya dome Fig. 8—Correlation diagrams—Sinya district Fig. 9—Correlation diagrams—Amboseli Lake Beds...17—Localities of analysed water samples PLATES Frontispiece Mt. Kilimanjaro from the plains south of Ol Tukai. Plate...Structures in the Amboseli Lake Beds at Sinya. Plate IV Mining and drilling in the Amboseli area. MAP Geological...square miles situated in southern Kenya at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. It is enclosed by longitudes 37°00'
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Onyx Marble COPPER QUEEN MINE, Cochise Co. Azurite CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, Greenlee Co Chalcedony DEER...DEFIANCE, Apache Co., 10 mi. N. of, Olivine FRENCH MINE, Santa Cruz Cruz Co^ near Harshaw Rhodocrrosite...4 GREATERVILLE, Pima Co. Onyx Marble HAPPY JACK MINE, Santa Cruz Co. Uraninite HELVETIA, Pima Co. ♦Fluorspar
Journal (issue)
also in: U.S.A. • SOUTH AFRICA RHODESIA • AUSTRALIA .. • I l K. & B. Laboratory Equipment Hand...ARTICLES The Superficial Deposits of the Lower Shire Valley, Nyasaland. By Alex. Mt1ir, B.Sc., Ph.D.... By L. J. Wills . . . Geology of Petroleum. By R. I. Levorsen • • • Oil in the Middle East. By S. H....SuperficialDeposits of Lower Shire Valley, Njasaland . facing p. Simplified Drift Map of Lower Shire Valley • • ,, fig...fig. 1 Namalambo Hill, Lower Shire Plate I • • ,, fig. 2 Alluvium at Chikwawa, Nyasaland • fig. 1 Brown
Report (issue)
is the production during the the present Mining largest single industry and horticulture. more...years retarded should impulse received was mining Slope regions, materially fact, however, Great...United its S. entire mineral 1914 aggregated mining industry by the U. increase an The non-metallic...penetrate the water level and have been since the mine of metallurgist Mississippi appear with incline... what del Tierra. interest of Ute the Ortiz mine. as metalliferous workings as exist head famous
Book (volume)
This rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’ east to west, from 840’ to 5,300’, yet so imperceptibly...in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among the finest... 2 mi. E of Angora Hill on ranch rd., abandoned mine dumpfluorescent moss opal nodules (in limestone...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States The mining of ore minerals and gemstones in Nevada began during...Silver veins at Tonopah; the lucky find of Gold at Goldfield in 1902 that made the city the richest gold camp
Journal (issue)
your payment of £4.95 (includes p&p) per tray. AUSTRALIA Subscriptions Telephone (02) 99790222. Or write...Write to: Gordon & Gotch Ltd, PO Box 290, Burwood, Victoria 3125. Please enclose your payment of the cover...in the following locations: New South Wales (Australia); Cervenica (Czech Republic); Lake Omodeo, Sardinia..."s Above: Brightly coloured precious opals (Australia). The value of these stones will be determined...50% of the volume of any specimen. Illite and muscovite may also be found, but greywacke contains no kaolinite
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift... W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY...banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions...Hounds in the United States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK...in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location East Branch Crystal Glen Creek NAUVOO, area stream and
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift... W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY...banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions...Hounds in the United States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK...in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location East Branch Crystal Glen Creek NAUVOO, area stream and
Journal (issue)
....................... by W. E. W ilson 2 Australia G old in A u s tr a lia ........................the "Fricot Nugget," collected in 1865 at the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California, by Jules Fricot and...gold localities not mentioned in G old-I. . . Australia, Colorado and Appalachia, for example. It seems...reviewing all of the major gold occurrences in Australia. The literature on Australian gold is enormous...Harper’s article. John Dysart, Manager of the Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site, sent much additional information
Report (issue)
operation the No. 1 or New York mine, and the No. 2 or White Spar mine, both of the Westinghouse Electric...Hills of Dakota: U. S. Geog. and Geol. Survey Rocky Mt. Region, 1880. 6 Darton, N. H., Preliminary description...OCCURRENCE OF MICA. In the Black Hills as elsewhere muscovite mica of commercial value is found in pegmatite...estimates that in some portions of the New York mine mica composes 10 per cent of the whole pega Twentieth...mica in this mine) amounts to 6 or 7 per cent. The interior of the pegmatite at this mine carries very
Report (issue)
of the Cartersville district has been worked out by the senior writer. The district is in the southeastern...Its greatest width, about 3 miles, is nearly due east of Cartersville, and the average width of the belt...the yellow ocher deposits in the Cartersville district is a direct replacement of the silica in the Weisner...constituents. With reference to the barite occurring at the mine of the Peruvian Ocher Company, at the wooden bridge...the quartzite and the bodies of ocher are met in mining. The smaller cavities are generally lined with
Catalog/List
OF iVI IRR O :r-.i ST() RE 1<1,9G RROAIYW.\. y (EAST) AOOVE -!-:JRU STREET FRO�I T(IE PRlVATI� COLLEC'J...Mammoth, Arizona. Pyrargyrite, crystallized, Samson Mine, Harz, Germany Cuprite on Native Copper, very fine... Malachite, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Malachite, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Native Silver...Silver, Aspen, Colo., Mollie Gib­ son Mine, one of the greatest Silver Mines ever discovered. Native...Calcite, Golden, N. M. Gold Leaf on Quartz, Burdette Mine, Nevada Co., Cal. Agatized Wood, Adamana, Arizona
Journal (volume)
and Dadoxylon from the Lower Shire Region of Nyasaland and Portuguese East Africa . By Professor John Walton...of Glasgow 159 The Cyclic Behaviour of Lakes Victoria and Nyasa. By N. J. Cochrane, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E...Colonies 307 The Superficial Deposits of the Lower Shire Valley, Nyasaland. By Alex. Muir, B.Sc., Ph.D.,...Southern Africa The Mining Journal, Annual Review - 1956 Chemical Mining Prospects for Mining Development in...in the British Solomon Islands Tanganyika Mining Industry in 1955 Perlite and Silicosis New Bulletin Supplement
Report (issue)
present year, 1915, will approximate $20,000,000. Mining is thus seen to be, by far, the largest single...aggregated an excess of $19,000,000, making the mining industry supreme in the State. Historically, New...comprehended. Although New Mexico is the cradle of the mining industry in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Slope...effectually revolutionized every phase in the art of mining and in the science of metallurgy. The evolution...Dolores for milling the ores from the celebrated Ortiz mine in Santa Fe County; one at the gold camp of Pinos
Book
1899-1900, pp. 256-263, and in the New Zealand Mining Handbook, 1906, pp. 500-519. " 1909. Additions...Reports : Papers and Reports relating to Minerals and Mining the annual report of the New Zealand Mines Department...(Skey, Lab. var. of Epidote) : Westport 31). district, in diorite (G.S. 1913) Parapara (Thomson, Trans...silky form of Asbestos) : A common : Arrow district (Skey, Lab. 31). constituent of igneous rocks... Analcite (Aualcime Andalusite ; In : : district Parapara schist, (Bull. 3) Taramakau Valley
Book
Sometimes, as observed by Mr. C. S. Wilkinson at a mine near Wagga Wagga, the plates are so exceedingly...The largest nuggets discovered in Australia have been found in Victoria, none at all to compare with them...was found early in 1876, at the " Wapping Butcher" Mine, near Parkes. For the accounts of Nos. 1 and Nos...Brough Smyth's Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria. In colour most of the New South Gold is usually...Holtermann's mine 100 cwt. of gold had been raised in 200 cwt. of stuff. From the same mine a slab of vein-stuff
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~ ~ c h a l u k NOTES AND NEW TECHNIQUES 42 Meerschaum from Eskisehir Province, Turkey I...Fritsch Santa Monicc~,CA Robcrt E. IMT I...occurrence of sapphircs and zircons of the Jemaa district, in central Nigeria. We coinpared the Jenlaa alkali...alkali basalts with thc occurrcnccs in Australia, Thailand, and Kampuchea. Froin our description, it...already buying Mong Hsu ntbies (see "Burma's Mong Hsu mine rediscovered . . .," 1993). By October 1992, large
Journal (issue)
jade produced at Chuncheon, Korea, since 1976. As East Africa continues to yield more gems from different...produced since 1976 from the Chuncheon area, north east of Seoul, in the Province of Kangwondo, which is...Ch'unch'on). Annual production of the nephrite mine (the Daeil Mine) is reported to be approximately 80 000-90...map of nephrite mine area, Chuncheon, Korea. Occurrences The geology of the nephrite mine area consists...1995,24, 8 549 Fig. 3. Mine workers remove nephrite ore at the Daeil Mine, Chuncheon, Korea. The nephrite
Book (edition)
to civilization. . . it is clear that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933...Highlights in the history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New...SUBDISTRICTS, CAMPS, ETC. 569 BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 MAP: Mining Districts of New Mexico in pocket II. PREFACE...highlights in the his- New Mexico mineralogy and mining— including a section on the prehistoric utilization...edition, 1892. A. H. Fay (1920) A glossary of the mining and mineral industry. R. E. Grim (1953) Clay
Journal (issue)
and Dadoxylon from the Lower Shire Region of Nyasaland and Portuguese East Africa. By Professor John Walton...Universityof • 159 The Cyclic Behaviour of Lakes Victoria and Nyasa. By N. J. Cochrane, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E...and Southern The Mining Journal, Annual Review-1956 . . . . . Chemical Mining • • • • I •...• Prospects for Mining Development in the British Solomon Islands Tanganyika Mining Industry in 1955...Anorthosites '' Rhexoxylon and Dadoxylonfrom Lower Shire, Nyasaland Plate I Text-fig. 1 Text-fig. 2 Text-fig
 
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