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Pentlandite from
Fifield, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Pentlandite
Formula:(NixFey)ÎŁ9S8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pentlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fifield, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:960915
Long-form Identifier:1:3:960915:0
GUID (UUID V4):c65ccd91-d8a4-4289-a2b8-28c72bccad61
Nearest other occurrences of Pentlandite
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘKelvin Grove prospect, Fifield, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alaskan-type Intrusive Complexes near Fifield, New South Wales, Australia Part 1. Platinum-Group Minerals in...Orl6ans, France z Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia With 4 Figures and 2 Plates Received...Cambro-Ordovician Girilambone Group near Fifield, New South Wales, Australia. These intermediate to ultramafic...mineralization associated with these complexes are known. A new type described here occurs within pegmatoid, biotite-...later than PtAsz-PtSb 2. Cobalt pentlandite and cobaltian pentlandite are the most common species, accompanied
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in ore deposits--alloys, braggitevysotskite, pentlandite and pyrrhotite. The system Pt-Pd-Fe-As-S involves...pyrrhotite, ross monosulphide solid solution, pn pentlandite 310 E. Makovicky et al. with the sulphide...percent of other interstitial phases, PdS, ross or pentlandite. The high-temperature polymorph of Ni a +xS2...making the resulting texture exceedingly complex. Pentlandite is a common product 312 E. Makovicky et al...it is a clear quench product. However, some pentlandite-containing associations are more problematic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulfides in a bornite matrix (Figs. 7a, b). in Fifield, Australia, as inclusions in isoferroplatinum, and its...and of PdRhAs from the placer of Pustaya River, Fifield (Johan et al. 1991), Koryakiya (Dmitrenko1994)...quench, and decomposes at 550°C into Pdenriched pentlandite, copper-bearing minerals, and independent Pd...analogue of pentlandite and kharaelakhite (Table 8). It is known that in common pentlandite at 700°C the...and, to some extent, with those of the Durance, Fifield, Jubdo localities and, in Russia, with Kuznetzk
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia Received 3 November 1967 Rhenium and osmium abundances...fragments) from a breccia pipe at Delegate, New South Wales. The highest osmium abundances are found in...sometimes concentrated . More recently Morris and Fifield (21 measured the rhenium content of several igneous...Establishment, Private Mail Bag, Sutherland, N.S W. 2232, Australia. Table 1 Previous neutron activation analyses...Delegate, V.S .V., Australia R I v , 1~_clogita~ inclusion, Delegate, N.S .tV.. Australia R i :: ĂŽ, Hornblende
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
structure of electrolyte solutions, 34o-64. Wiley, New York; Chapman & Hall, London. Krauskopf (K. B.),...I1/2, 74-W. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. Lustenhower (J. W. A.), Das (H. A.), and van...Radioanal. Lett. 26, 57-66. Morris (D. F. C.) and Fifield (F. W.), I961. Geochimica Acta, 25, 232-3. -- and...II/I, 75-Re. SpringerVerlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. Polyakova (T. P.), I965. Vesmik Akad. Nauk...of the Scotia nickel sulphide deposit, Western Australia (Ostwald, I973). The mineral occurs in two associations:
Report (issue)
Imprimeur Inc. Preface Background The need for a new book on the platinum-group elements (PGE) became...International Platinum Symposium in Rustenburg, Republic of South Africa. The abstract volume for this meeting contained...subjects covered that suggested an abundance of new data on the PGE, but the fact that this was the first...mineralization, in countries like the Republic of South Africa, Canada, and Finland. Over the last five...although this was needed because of the wealth of new published information, I had too many prior and ongoing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lateritic deposits investigated by us are in Guatemala, New Caledonia, and Indonesia. Aspects of the geology...satisfactory agreement with those obtained by Morris and Fifield (I96I), namely (o-56-o"84) av. o'7I • Io -3 p.p...3"I, 3"9 I-I, I-O o.o6, o'o5, o-o6 o'o5, o'o5 New Caledonia Indonesia Results and discussion Results...presented in Table I. In both the Guatemalan-L and the New Caledonian-BNC profiles there is up to a nearly tenfold...maximum concentration of rhenium is found in the New Caledonian deposit ~;is-b,-vis the Guatemalan profile
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
drains dunite and chromite-bearing rocks in the south of the intrusion, is rich in Ir (up to 6.98 wt.%)...Creek, which drains dunite and chromite in the south of the intrusion, has a constant composition, and...(Goodnews Bay and Inagli placers), or Ir–Rhrich (Fifield, Yubdo placers), or Pd-rich (Pustaya River placer)...(Polyakov et al. 1999) and in pyroxenite at Fifield in Australia (Johan et al. 1989). According to experimental...of mineralization in association with cobalt pentlandite at 670–710°C. A sperrylite sample from the Gal’moenan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
American Mineralogist, Volume 76, pages I4i4-1440' NEW MINERAL 1991 NAMESX JorrN L. Jlmnon CANMET, 555...Alpine-t1pe ultrabasic rocks in northern Tibet. The new name is derived from the chemical composition. Type...Sichuan (Szechwan)Province, China. Discussion.A new name would be valid if the system of nomenclature...Such an extension has not been approved, and the new name should not have been introduced. Compositions...Ershova,O.I. Tananaeva(1989) Kochkarite PbBi.Te,-A new mineral from contact metamorphosedores. Geol. Rudnykh
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lower Devonian and Permo-Triassic rocks in the South Hams area and the Crediton Trough in Devon, and...Britain date back to the early 1980s, when Prichard and co-workers67 described platinum-group mineral (PGM)...discovery of economic nickel deposits in Western Australia, RTZ and Consolidated Gold Fields formed a joint-venture...pyrrhotite with subordinate chalcopyrite and pentlandite. Most textures are magmatic, with local small-scale...about two. The PGE are associated with Fe, Ni, Cu, Co, Ag and Bi in these rocks. PGM identified to date
Book
Perth AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO •...practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience broaden our understanding...namely, Goldstream Mining NL/IMX Resources Ltd, Australia, and Binani Industries Limited (BIL) Infratech...required visits to mines and exploration camps of Australia–Tasmania, Canada, the United States, Germany,...(PGMs), South Africa, Sudbury nickel–copper, Canada, and a few new discoveries in Australia. The project
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with an average grade of 2.23% Ni, 1.39% Cu, 0.073% Co, 1300 ppb Pt and 920 ppb Pd (Hulbert 1997, and references...Pd-bearing ullmannite (NiSbS), rhodian cobaltite [(Co,Ni,Rh)AsS], and an unusual Re–Ir–Os–Ru alloy. In...subhedral inclusions in pyrrhotite and, rarely, in pentlandite. Intergrowths of sperrylite with merenskyite–moncheite...chalcopyrite (58% of the grains), magnetite (24%), pentlandite (9%), pyrrhotite (2%) and in silicate minerals...euhedral (or anhedral to subhedral) inclusions in pentlandite. Thirty-six percent of sudburyite grains were
Report (edition)
bookseller 1936 Price 3s. Net IMPERIAL INSTITU1··E SOUTH KENSINGTON, S.W. 7 Ts E~ Imperial Institute was...al1thorities on the various groups of raw mate1~ials, co-operate in the worlc of the Imperial Institut,eJ...Protecto1·ate .. Southe1n Rhodesia • • • • Union of South Africa • • • • Canada .. •• • • • • Newfoundland...India .. • • • • • • Australia .. • • • • Papua .. • • • • • • New Guinea • • • • • • New Zealand • • • •...British Empire, especially in Canada and the Union of South Africa. During 1913, Russia was responsible for
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA:...1997 COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA Scientific Editor R.D. Dixon Linguistic...the Council for Geoscience (Geological Survey of South Africa), 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria........................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ..............................LAYEREDSUITE,BUSHVELDCOMPLEX.... 111 MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bulk composition and consist of pyrrhotite and pentlandite (Ni-rich) + minor chalcopyrite _+rare PGM. The...ofkomatiite flows, as exemplified at Kambalda, Western Australia (e.g., Cowden et al., 1986). This association...by amygdule sulfide masses of pyrrhotite and pentlandite _+minor chalcopyrite. The sulfide masses, their...microprobe analyses of the PGM, pyrrhotite, and pentlandite were made using wavelength-dispersion (WDS) techniques...given in Stone and Crocker (1993). Major elements, Co, Cr, Cu and Ni were determined by X-ray fluorescence
Report (issue)
provinces ___________________________ _ Republic of South Africa ___ ------------- __ -----Transvaal and Orange...----------------------Australia-------------------------------------Tasmania---------------------------------New South...South Wales--------------------------Victoria f,).nd Queensland ____________________ _ NewZealand-------...-----------­ Papua, Territory of New Guinea, and Netherlands New Guinea ___ ------ ______ -----------------Borneo...System, Transvaal and Orange Free State, Republic of South Africa__________________________ 4. Index map showing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The possibility of direct crystallization of pentlandite (Pn) from Cu-containing sulfide melt is unlikely...in mantle rocks exposed in ophiolites (Corsica, New Caledonia) or kimberlites, and in layered complexes...mise en évidence. La cristallisation directe de pentlandite (Pn) à partir d’un liquide sulfuré contenant...hautes températures, Pd et Rh entrent dans la pentlandite ou forment leurs propres minéraux. Les gisements...Fe–Ni–Cu–S tetrahedron. The mode of formation of pentlandite and its upper stability-limit were particularly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rich primary deposits of the Bushveld Complex of South Africa, the Sudbury district in Canada, and later...Maandagshoek farm, in the then eastern Transvaal, South Africa, led to the discovery of the largest known...draining the great layered intrusions (Bushveld, South Africa; Great Dyke, Zimbabwe; Stillwater, USA) that...(PGE) after the Bushveld Complex in neighboring South Africa (Sutphin & Page 1986, Vermaak 1995, Zientek...disseminated intercumulus sulfides (pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and rare pyrite). In the MSZ
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
electron image. Scale bar = 10 μm. 695 (pentlandite; 1.54 wt% Co); the latter two standards were supplied...on-line program. The minimum detection limits for Pt, Co, and Ni were ~0.2, ~0.1, and ≤0.05 wt%, respectively...Ir 1.1–17.9 wt% (0.02–0.41 apfu). Minor amounts of Co (0.0–0.9 wt%; 0.0–0.06 apfu) and Ni (0.0–0.2 wt%;...displays weak positive Co-Fe and Co-Rh (R = 0.6 each) and negative Co-Cu (R = –0.6) and Co-Pt (R = –0.8) correlations...relationships, and the existence of platinian carrollite Cu(Co,Pt)2S4 (“dayingite”; see Cabri 1981), and of a CuCo2S4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lower part of the intrusion. This paper represents a new (for the Yoko-Dovyren intrusion) type of “refractory... in association with phlogopite, pargasite, pentlandite, troilite and chalcopyrite there were found the...scattered micropockets of intergrown troilite and pentlandite with subordinate chal- 212 SPIRIDONOV et al...Minute galena grains are present in rim troilite–pentlandite–chalcopyrite intergrowths. Plagioclase lherzolite...including Ru, Os, Ir, Rh, Pt, Pd, Au, Ag, Bi, Sb, Ni, Co, Cu, Zn, Cr, pyrite (S), altaite (Pb), InAs (As)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Mordor Alkaline Igneous Complex, Central Australia: PGE-enriched disseminated sulfide layers in cumulates...fractionation trends and are interpreted as the result of new magma influxes into a continuously replenished magma...Dick Perry Ave., Kensington, Western Australia 6151, Australia e-mail: steve.barnes@csiro.au J. A. C...NL, P.O. Box 1892, West Perth, Western Australia 6872, Australia L. Bagas Centre for Exploration Targeting...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Introduction Platinum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization consists mainly of pyrrhotite, pentlandite and chalcopyrite resulting from the crystallization...beginning of the type-A oblique subduction of the South Portuguese Zone under the Ossa-Morena Zone and was...75 wt.% Ni, 0.5–0.6 wt.% Cu and minor amounts of Co Ž0.02 wt.%., Pt Ž0.3 ppm., Pd Ž0.3 ppm. and Au Ž0...the ore deposit. In this contribution, we provide new geochemical evidence Žtrace elements and rare earths... and radiogenic isotopes ŽSr and Nd.. that shed new light on the source and evolution of the magmas and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in latestage interstitial fluids. This leads to a new magmatic model for the development of the mineralisation...amphibolites along structures controlled by earlier north-south shearing (Fig. 2). Evidence for this comes from...and composed of varying amounts of pyrrhotite, pentlandite and chalcopyrite. Many sulphides in zones 1 and...presented in McDonald et al.28 and add a number of new PGM and mineral associations to the list shown 4...PdAsSb – Pd stibioarsenide; Po – pyrrhotite; Pn – pentlandite; BMS – base metal sulphides possibility that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mukherjee 1996). A later survey under a joint GSI–BRGM Co-operation Agreement confirmed the PGE potential of...ultramafic intrusive bodies clustered near the central-south margin of the craton, one of which (Sukinda) is...time between the Eastern Ghats Mountains to the south and the Archean Singhbhum nucleus to the north....established because of the lack of exposure. To the south, the Baula Complex is cut by the coarse-grained...two basal layers of chromitite disappear. In the south, in the Bangur sector, the chromitite layers are
Report (issue)
ILLINOIS LIBRARY i ^ 6^2.09 S ^^ 2 . ) I NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject...Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia:...name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining field, and...occurrences. A case in point may be cited from South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst
 
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