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Pyrrhotite from
Ajax Mine, Waukaringa, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ajax Mine, Waukaringa, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:935393
Long-form Identifier:1:3:935393:0
GUID (UUID V4):de0b10ef-c020-4318-abf9-e0d57796be7e
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘAlma Mine, Waukaringa, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘHomeward Bound Mine, Manna Hill (Mannahill), Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
52.9km (32.9 miles) ⓘMt Grainger goldfield, Oodla Wirra, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
56.6km (35.2 miles) ⓘThe Ethiudna Mines, Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
56.7km (35.2 miles) ⓘEthiudna East Cobalt Prospect, Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
62.0km (38.5 miles) ⓘMount Victoria Mine (Mt Victoria copper mine), Glenorchy homestead area, Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
81.0km (50.4 miles) ⓘVictoria Tower Mine, Wadnaminga goldfield, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
85.2km (52.9 miles) ⓘCopper Claim (Anesbury mine), Eurelia, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
90.8km (56.4 miles) ⓘSouth Koolka deposit, Kalabity homestead area, Olary Province, 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
Report (issue)
deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...Nova Scotia, Canada; and Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Barr, 1980). Combinations of the two depositional...British Columbia, Canada; and Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Barr, 1980)). These deposits are primarily worked...of deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent...Junner (1921) made the same mines in Victoria, Australia, and Malcom (1912) in Nova Scotia. Arsenopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Kambalda and Norseman gold camps, western Australia: Lead isotope evidence C.S. Perring ~ and N.J...Western Australia z Key Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands...Nedlands 6009, Western Australia Received: June 19, 1990/Accepted: December 16, 1990 Abstract. Many Archaean...Stennet Rocks pluton, located approximately 50 km south-southwest of Norseman. Galenas and pyrites from...Norseman-Wiluna Belt, including Norseman (Regent mine), have been analysed by Browning et al. (1987) and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vicinity of native bismuth. Berthierite. Crestaurum Mine, Yellowknife, N.W.T. A single hand specimen of glassy...which proved to be berthierite. Jamesonite.Morris Mine, Tatlayoko Lake, Clinton M.D., B.C. Arsenopyrite...veining sphalerite and arsenopyrite. Tetrahedrite. Ajax Claim, Wavell Group, Clinton M.D., B.C. This claim...Dr. H. Sargent, Chief Mining Engineer for the province of B.C., a specimen from this now deserted camp...stibnite mixed with a number of sulphides, of which pyrrhotite and sphalerite were most abundant. No NOTES
Catalog/List
4. 5. 6. 7. E:. 9. 10. 11. 12. Camp Bird mine, Ouray Co., Colorado Choice rich brassy-golden 5x5...sulfide vein section. 2xl-3/4xl/2" $85.00 Idarado mine, Ouray Co., Colorado Choice golden thin polished...~n. Weight: 39 g. 2x3-3/4xl/8" $ 150.00 Caribou mine, Ouray Co., Colorado Superb rich orassy-golÄen fine...211 g. 3-1/4x2··1/4xl-1/2" $ 350.00 Golden Crown mine, Hunboldt Co., Nevada Select bright golden elongated...62 g. l-l/2xl-3/4xl-1/4'' $ 50.00 Bestand Belcher mine, Virginia City, Nevada Thin golden 1 mmveins and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia 6009 3 Central Norseman Gold Corporation...Corporation Ltd., P.O. Box 56, Norseman, Australia, 6443 Received: July 20, 1992/ Accepted: September 6, 1993...Archaean lode-gold deposits at Norseman, Western Australia , consist of auriferous quartz veins in dextral-reverse...progressively deeper crustal levels from north to south. In either case the deposits represent a continuum...including the Murchison Province (Phillips 1985) and Southern Cross Province (Barnicoat et al. 1991,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The vein depositsas exemplifiedby thoseof the Ajax mine cut Precambriancrystalline rocksandTertiary rocksof...highersalinitiesfoundin the upper 300 m of the Ajax mine levels;the fluidswereboilingandcontained CO‱...Thisdiscussion will focusonvein depositsof the Ajax mine in the areaimmediately No20 K20 FIG. 4. Tri...vicinityof GlobeHill (Fig. 1). Veins of the Ajax Mine The Ajax vein systemis exposedover a vertical rangeof...fluidsresponsible forore deposition.The veinsin the Ajax cut Precambrian rocksaswellasCrippleCreekbreccia
Report (Issue volume)
+ 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia andℱ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...on the east coast of Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The Ladolam gold deposit lies...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
association in the Norseman-Wiluna Belt of Western Australia: implications for models of Archaean gold metallogeny...Organisation, Private Bag, Wembley, WA, 6014, Australia b Key Centrefi~r Teaching and Research in Strategic...Deposits, The University o( Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia "Paterson Ord Minnett Ltd., 44...Terrace, Perth, 14~A.6000, Australia d 54 Sublime Glade, Neerabup, I~4 603I, Australia (Received September 26...association in the NorsemanWiluna Belt of Western Australia: implications for models of Archaean gold metallogeny
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Surveyof Western Australia, 100PlainStreet,EastPerth,Western Australia 6004,Australia J. T. KNIGHT, ...3 PlainStreet,EastPerth,Western Australia6004,Australia ANDE. J. MIKUCKI Center for Strategic MineralDeposits... University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009,Australia Abstract Golddeposits ...EasternGoldfields superterrane, Yilgarneraton, Western Australia (Witt,1991,1993a;Knightet RECENT developments...isnotcon- mineralized portionof theEasternGoldfields province, having finedto greenschist faciesrocksbut occursin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gossans derived from sulphide bodies (pyrite or pyrrhotite-rich) that do n o t contain appreciable m o u...developed on sulphide mineralization throughout Australia, under all climatic and geomorphic conditions...the Kimberley district of northwestern Western Australia, and Que River(32), Tasmania. Use as a sample...sample m e d i u m Many base-metal deposits in Australia, including some of the most important, were found...of the Ni-Cu gossans of the Eastern Goldfields Province of W.A. has been reasonably successful, due to
Report (issue)
maximum depths, target areas, and overall lengths of mine workings for use in environmental assessment. The... Eighty percent of the deposits have subsurface mine workings lengths between 1,100 and 5,900 m (fig...Oxidation of exposed sulfides will occur in old mine workings. The three models are offered as potentially...surface (target) areas, maximum mine working depths, and cumulative mine working lengths. Be forewarned...that this is the first attempt at modeling mine depth and mine size in this fashion and may undergo future
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sphalerite, chalcopyrite, bismuth minerals, pyrrhotite, tetrahedrite-tennantite.The most commongangue...JamesA. Noblefor the resultsof yearsof work in the mine and laboratory. Noble'sresultsin generalagree with...in magnetite. In someof the outlyingparts of the mine there is no closerelationbetweengold and arsenopyrite...a studyof assaysof ore from theGeorgeGold-Copper Mine of Stewart,BritishColumbia, showsthat gold is associated...amountof arsenopyrite in the ore. In someareasof the mine arsenopyrite carriesmore gold than in others,but
Report (volume)
and 1970s were decades of mineral exploration and mine development unprecedented in the northwestern Cordillera...the 30 years since the opening of the Bethlehem mine in late 1962, porphyry mines in British Columbia...supergene zone and exotic mineralization at the Kemess South gold-copper deposit in British Columbia, described...for survival of the Bell mine in fascinating detail. The paper on the Brenda mine presents insights into... The Iron Mask batholith hosts the Afton, Ajax East, Ajax West, Crescent, Pothook, DM and Big Onion deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia b Department of Mineralogy, South Australian Museum, North Terrace...SA 5000, Australia c Adelaide Microscopy, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia d School...Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Received 21 December 2010; accepted in revised...melts were readily obtained by reaction with pyrrhotite, graphite or amorphous FeS. When Au was added...case of ïŹ‚uid reaction with pyrrhotite, epitaxial replacement of pyrrhotite by magnetite was observed,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which proved to be bismuthinite. Dividend Lakeview Mine, Osoyoos, M. D., B. C. This property is Iocated...constituent of the ore which consistsof massivepyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, and accessorychalcopyrite, magnetite... NOTES AND NEWS galena, pyrite, sphalerite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, tetrahedrite, and silvery-gray...batholith. Jamesonite. Polaris Taku Mine, Atlin M. D., B. C. This mine is Iocated between elevations of...Giant Mine, Yellowknife, N. W. T. Samples donated by Mr. G. Pinsky from the 306 stope of this mine consist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGIST 1921. GOLD OCCURRENCES No. 2 OF AUSTRALIA. N. R. Ju‱ER. CONTENTS. Introduction ........Surv., ‱914. GOLD OCCURRENCES OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 81 Apart from the work of the late Dr. A. W...the streams. GOLD OCCURRENCES OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 83 In Miocene (?) time flows of basalt filled...theseintrusions. GOLD OCCURRENCES OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 85 It is ellipticalin plan,havingmaximumdimensions...leucoxene,carbonatesand the sulphides pyrite and pyrrhotite. Narrow dikesof hornblendeand biotite lamprophyresare
Book
Applied Geology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W., Australia ELSEVIER Amsterdam - Lausanne...University of New Brunswick and the University of New South Wales over the past dozen years. I am particularly...indebted to my colleague at the University of New South Wales, Dr. P.C. Rickwood, for writing Appendix 1...Horvath and Mr. G. Small of the University of New South Wales. I would also like to thank my secretaries...Brunswick (Canada) and the University of New South Wales 2 (Australia). To facilitate comparison and correlation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rate (t.p.d.)x BritishColumbia 1967 46,000,000 Mine Alice (B. C. Molybdenum) 8,000 Company British...A. 4o World War I stimulusbroughtthe Climax mine into production and in 1919 fissure-veindepositswere...Elaborate Deposits Breccia pipe ß Boss Mtn. + ß Mine + Importan1Prospect Gem + Lucky Ship Multiple...multiple intrusions. The subInasmuchas the Climax mine is the type locality for this classof ore, the term...Stock Alice I COLORADO-NEW U-H-Urad-Henderson Ajax /BRITISHi Echo Shakan Port San Antonio BRITISH
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry Deposit in the Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales, Australia ALAN J. WILSON,†,* DAVID R. COOKE, AND...Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract Ridgeway is a high-grade gold-copper...occurs within the Cadia district of New South Wales, Australia, which consists of a cluster of four Late...Grasberg, Batu Hijau, Bajo de la Alumbrera, Far South East, Boyongan) and, more recently, in Siluro-Devonian...shoshonitic magmatic affinity (Sillitoe, 2000). In Australia, numerous well-preserved Late Ordovician to Early
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Varden I'Iine, Alice Arm, Skeena l{.D., B. C. This mine is located near the headwatersof the Kitsault River...situated 5+J 546 NOTESAND NEWS opposite the south end of Castle l'Iountain (now Eisenhower) acrossthe...observed in recent specimens received from this mine. The crystals are about f rnm. in size and give...is located on the Camsell River about 20 miles south of Great Bear Lake. NOTESAND NEWS 547 The property...opposite sides of Gopher Creek, and are about 1| miles south of Rossland.A recent outline of the geology and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phanerozoic fold belts—examples from Victoria, Australia and elsewhere F.P. Bierlein a,) , S. Maher b a...Monash UniÕersity, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia b Geological SurÕey of Victoria, 240 Victoria...Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia Received 15 September 2000; accepted 1 February 2001...mineralisation in the Lachlan Orogen of southeastern Australia and in other Phanerozoic fold belts has generally...orogenic lode gold deposits ĆœLachlan Orogen, Australia; Buller Terrane and Otago Schist, New Zealand;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tasmania, Private Bag 126, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research...Mining, P.O. Box 1130, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia. 0361-0128/14/4218/979-26 possible mechanism...are the Mount Milligan, Mount Polley, Afton, and Ajax alkalic porphyry deposits (Logan and Mihalynuk,...(phase 2; Fig. 4) or dip moderately toward the south-southwest (phase 1; Fig. 4). They also crop out... Polley Gibraltar QN Porphyry deposits Afton-Ajax Alkalic : Cu-Au Highland Valley Brenda Calc-Alkalic
Book
Refining the Classification Using McCreedy West Mine and Podolsky Project Case Studies 163-180 C.E.G...Discovery and Characterization of the Nickel Rim South Deposit; Sudbury Ontario S.A. McLean, K.H. Straub...Dyke, Zimbabwe - Case Study of the Hartley Platinum Mine A.H. Wilson, R.T. Brown 409-429 20. The Platinova...REFINING THE CLASSIFICATION: USING McCREEDY WEST MINE, AND PODOLSKY PROJECT CASE STUDIES C.E.G. Farrow...DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NICKEL RIM SOUTH DEPOSIT, SUDBURY, ONTARIO S.A. McLean, K.H. Straub
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization near Copper Mountain, located about 15 km south of Princeton in southcentral BC (Fig. 2), is mainly...margins of the polyphase Copper Mountain stock (south) and the Lost Horse intrusion (north). The intervening...deposits (Preto, 1972; Stanley et al., 1995). From south to north, these are Oriole, Copper Mountain, Ingerbelle...the Brenda stock and the Pennask batholith. The mine began production in early 1970 and was officially...phyllic assemblage (Casselman et al., 1995). Afton-Ajax At least 10 Cu-Au deposits are hosted by the Late
 
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