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Quartz from Queensland, Australia

Australia
 
[Chalcedony var. Carnelian]
    • Boulia Shire
      • Galah Creek
Collection - Ryan Eagle
Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines and Mineral Occurrences Database
    • Burke Shire
      • Lawn Hill
Feltrin, L. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 34, 399-427.
Feltrin, L. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 34, 399-427.
Con Constantinides collection, Stuart Mills tests
Feltrin, L. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 34, 399-427.
Rob Horner collection
      • Prosperpine
Lindner, A. (1983) Buddingtonite (NH4-feldspar) in the Condor oilshale deposit, Queensland, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 47, 327-34.
    • Central Highlands Region
Sankey, Major J.R. (1907) Queensland Gems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, Volume XX, 61-82.
      • Capella
Johnson, R. W. (Eds.). (1989). Intraplate volcanism: in eastern Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge University Press, 103-104.
Knutson, J., 1989. Johnson, R. W., Johnson, R. W., Knutson, J., & Taylor, S. R. (Eds.). (1989). Intraplate volcanism: in eastern Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge University Press.
Wellman, P. (1978). Potassium-argon ages of Cainozoic volcanic rocks from the Bundaberg, Rockhampton and Clermont areas of eastern Queensland, 89, 59-64.
R. Wally Johnson, ‎Jan Knutson, ‎Stuart Ross Taylor - 1989 Intraplate Volcanism: In Eastern Australia and New Zealand. edited by R. Wally Johnson, Jan Knutson, Stuart Ross Taylor, Australian Academy of Science
[var. Amethyst]
    • Charters Towers Region
Huston D.L. (editor) with contributions by Ayling B., Connolly D., Huston D.L., Lewis B., Mernagh,T.P., Schofield A., Skirrow R.S., and van der Wielen S.E. (2010): An Assessment of the Uranium and Geothermal potential of North Queensland, Geoscience Australia 2010/14
      • Charters Towers
Red River Resources
www.adelaideresources.com.au (n.d.) http://www.adelaideresources.com.au/project_glenroy.html
Zeissink, H. E. (1969). The mineralogy and geochemistry of a nickeliferous laterite profile (Greenvale, Queensland, Australia). Mineralium Deposita, 4(2), 132-152.
[Chalcedony] Paul, M. W. (2010). Geology, geochemistry and mineralogy of epithermal gold ores, Moonlight Prospect, Pajingo, north Queensland. (Honours thesis) University of Adelaide.
Graham-Ruzicka, Julie Louise (2014) Gold-bismuth occurrences in the Kennedy igneous province, North Queensland: constraints on tectonic, magmatic and hydrothermal processes in intrusion-related gold deposits. PhD https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/43773/, James Cook University. Townsville. doi:10.25903/j76j-xq67
Orr, T. H., & Orr, L. A. (2004). Mt Leyshon Gold Deposit, Charters Towers, Queensland. CRC LEME.
Wormald, Peter John (1993) Geology of the Mt. Leyshon gold deposit, Australia: a study of breccia pipe formation, facies and brecciation mechanisms. PhD thesis, James Cook University of North Queensland.
Graham-Ruzicka, Julie Louise (2014) Gold-bismuth occurrences in the Kennedy igneous province, North Queensland: constraints on tectonic, magmatic and hydrothermal processes in intrusion-related gold deposits. PhD https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/43773/, James Cook University. Townsville. doi:10.25903/j76j-xq67
      • Ravenswood
Jun Lei (2001): Gold Science and Technology 9(3/4), 58-72
Paul, M. W. (2010). Geology, geochemistry and mineralogy of epithermal gold ores, Moonlight Prospect, Pajingo, north Queensland. (Honours thesis) University of Adelaide.
Monecke, T. (2002): Geology, host rock succession, and hydrothermal alteration of the Waterloo volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposit (Northern Queensland, Australia). PhD thesis, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
    • City of Mount Isa
Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines, Prospects and Mineral Occurences Database
Andy Wilde, Alex Otto, John Jory, Colin MacRae, Mark Pownceby, Nick Wilson and Aaron Torpy (2013) Geology and Mineralogy of Uranium Deposits from Mount Isa, Australia: Implications for Albitite Uranium Deposit Models. Minerals, 3(3), 258-283
Andy Wilde, Alex Otto, John Jory, Colin MacRae, Mark Pownceby, Nick Wilson and Aaron Torpy (2013) Geology and Mineralogy of Uranium Deposits from Mount Isa, Australia: Implications for Albitite Uranium Deposit Models. Minerals, 3(3), 258-283
      • Gunpowder District
Econ Geol (1991) 86:278-301
Econ Geol (1991) 86:278-301
Econ Geol (1991) 86:278-301
van Dijk, P.M. (1991) Regional syndeformational copper mineralization in the western Mount Isa Block, Australia. Economic Geology 86:2, 278-301.
Large, R. R., & McGoldrick, P. J. (1998). Lithogeochemical halos and geochemical vectors to stratiform sediment hosted Zn–Pb–Ag deposits, 1. Lady Loretta Deposit, Queensland. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 63(1), 37-56.
        • Mount Gordon
Vera Munro-Smith (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney.
Econ Geol (1991) 86:278-301
Econ Geol (1991) 86:278-301
Sorrell, Steve (n.d.) Personal communication.
Day, B. E. & Beyer, B. D. (1996): Some mines of the Mt Isa district. Part 3 - The Mt Oxide mine. Australian J. of Mineralogy 2 (1), 3-10.
Econ Geol (1991) 86:278-301
Econ Geol (1991) 86:278-301
de Keyser, F. (1958) Geology and mineral deposits in the Paradise Creek area, northwest Queensland. GA Publication - Record
      • Hilton district
Cave, B., Lilly, R., Simpson, A., & McGee, L. (2023). A revised deposit model for the George Fisher and Hilton Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits, NW Queensland: insights from the geology, age and alteration of the local dolerite dykes. Ore Geology Reviews, 105311.
Costas Constantinides pers comm
Cave, B., Lilly, R., Simpson, A., & McGee, L. (2023). A revised deposit model for the George Fisher and Hilton Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits, NW Queensland: insights from the geology, age and alteration of the local dolerite dykes. Ore Geology Reviews, 105311.
Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished
1976 Geological Investigations North West Queensland, Serem (Australia) Pty Ltd (August 1976)
Carr, P.F. (2008) Dravite from May Downs, Mount Isa, Queensland. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 14(2), 81-87.
Costas Constantinides collection, 2020
Ryan Eagle specimen
Andy Wilde, Alex Otto, John Jory, Colin MacRae, Mark Pownceby, Nick Wilson and Aaron Torpy (2013) Geology and Mineralogy of Uranium Deposits from Mount Isa, Australia: Implications for Albitite Uranium Deposit Models. Minerals, 3(3), 258-283
Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id
Brooks, J.H. and Shipway C.H.,(1960) Mica Creek pegmatites, Mount Isa, North-Western Queensland. Queensland Government Mining Journal, October 20, 1960, pp5ll-522.
Brooks, J.H. and Shipway C.H.,(1960) Mica Creek pegmatites, Mount Isa, North-Western Queensland. Queensland Government Mining Journal, October 20, 1960, pp511-522.
Brooks, J.H. and Shipway C.H.,(1960) Mica Creek pegmatites, Mount Isa, North-Western Queensland. Queensland Government Mining Journal, October 20, 1960, pp5ll-522.
Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines, Prospects and Mineral Occurences Database
Brooks, J.H. and Shipway C.H.,(1960) Mica Creek pegmatites, Mount Isa, North-Western Queensland. Queensland Government Mining Journal, October 20, 1960, pp5ll-522.
Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines, Prospects and Mineral Occurences Database
Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines and Mineral Occurrences Database
      • Mount Isa
Forsyth, B., Edraki, M., & Baumgartl, T. (2015). The Evolution of Tailings Seepage Chemistry at One of Australia’s Largest and Longest Operating Mines. In 10th International Conference on AcidRock Drainage and Annual IMWA Conference (pp. 1-11). Gecamin Digital Publications.
Econ Geol. (1995) 90:255-270
Econ Geol (1989) 84:529-550
Econ Geol (1984) 79:601-637
Lottermoser, B.G., Ashley, P.M., Munksgaard, N.C. (2008) Biogeochemistry of Pb–Zn gossans, northwest Queensland, Australia: Implications for mineral exploration and mine site rehabilitation. Applied Geochemistry, 23(4), 723-742.
Costas Constantinides pers comm
1976 Geological Investigations North West Queensland, Serem (Australia) Pty Ltd (August 1976)
Fan, H. H., He, D. B., Wang, F. G., Lin, J. R., Rong, J. S., & Gu, D. Z. (2014). The latest progress on the study of mineralization genesis in Baimianshi uranium ore field (No. IAEA-TECDOC-CD--1739).
Andy Wilde, Alex Otto, John Jory, Colin MacRae, Mark Pownceby, Nick Wilson and Aaron Torpy (2013) Geology and Mineralogy of Uranium Deposits from Mount Isa, Australia: Implications for Albitite Uranium Deposit Models. Minerals, 3(3), 258-283
Fan, H. H., He, D. B., Wang, F. G., Lin, J. R., Rong, J. S., & Gu, D. Z. (2014). The latest progress on the study of mineralization genesis in Baimianshi uranium ore field (No. IAEA-TECDOC-CD--1739).
Andy Wilde, Alex Otto, John Jory, Colin MacRae, Mark Pownceby, Nick Wilson and Aaron Torpy (2013) Geology and Mineralogy of Uranium Deposits from Mount Isa, Australia: Implications for Albitite Uranium Deposit Models. Minerals, 3(3), 258-283
Mineralium Deposita 44 (2009) 11-40.
1976 Geological Investigations North West Queensland, Serem (Australia) Pty Ltd (August 1976)
    • Cloncurry Shire
      • Cloncurry
Vera Munro-Smith (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney.
Xu, G. (1997): Mineralium Deposita 32, 58-69.
Mineralogical and fluid characteristics of ‘Monakoff-Style’ iron–oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) mineralisation in the Cloncurry Area, Queensland. in Abdurrahman, A., J. C. Ø. Andersen, and B. J. Williamson. "Meeting of the Geological Society’s Mineral Deposits Studies Group was held on the 2nd–4th January 2013 at the University of Leicester, UK." Applied Earth Science (Trans. Inst. Min. Metall. B) 121.4 (2012): 214.
Emproto, C., Mathur, R., Simon, A., Bindeman, I., Godfrey, L., Dhnaram, C., & Lisitsin, V. (2022). Integrated O, Fe, and Ti isotopic analysis elucidates multiple metal and fluid sources for magnetite from the Ernest Henry Iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) Deposit, Queensland, Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 105170.
Cave, Bradley W., Richard Lilly, Stijn Glorie, and Jack Gillespie. (2018) "Geology, Apatite Geochronology, and Geochemistry of the Ernest Henry Inter-lens: Implications for a Re-Examined Deposit Model" Minerals 8, no. 9: 405. https://doi.org/10.3390/min8090405
Mark, G., Oliver, N.H.S., and Williams, P.J. (2006): Mineralium Deposita 40, 769-801.
Williams, P. J., Barton, M. D., Johnson, D. A., Fontboté, L., De Haller, A., Mark, G., ... & Marschik, R. (2005). Iron oxide copper-gold deposits: Geology, space-time distribution, and possible modes of origin. Economic Geology, 371-405.
Exploration and Mining Geology
July-October 2007
v. 16
no. 3-4
p. 125-143
Marshall, L.J., Oliver, N.H.S., and Davidson, G.J. (2006): Mineralium Deposita 41, 429-452.
Cannell, J., & Davidson, G. J. (1998). A carbonate-dominated copper-cobalt breccia-vein system at the Great Australia Deposit, Mount Isa eastern succession. Economic Geology, 93(8), 1406-1421.
Vera Munro-Smith (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney.
O L Raymond. Mt Isa Inlier and Environs Mineral Deposit Database Version 1.0. Record 1992/66
        • Malbon
Lawrence et al (1998). End-Member Beyerite from the Alone Hand Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland. Australian Journal of Mineralogy 4(1): 9-11.
Williams, P. J., & Heinemann, M. (1993). Maramungee
Williams, Patrick J., Heinemann, Maree (1993) Maramungee; a Proterozoic Zn skarn in the Cloncurry District, Mount Isa Inlier, Queensland, Australia. Economic Geology, 88 (5) 1114-1134 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.88.5.1114
Raymond, O. L. (1992). Mt Isa Inlier and environs mineral deposit database version 1.0. Australian Geological Survey Organisation Record, 66.
[Chalcedony] Graham Lee Collection
self collect.australian museum id
Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id
CuDECO
[Chalcedony] Crane, M.J., Sharpe, J.L., and Williams, P.A. (2001): Records of the Australian Museum 53, 49-56.
Lawrence L.J. et al. Econ Geol. 52, 140-148, 1957
Lawrence L.J. et al. Econ Geol. 52, 140-148, 1957
Vera Munro-Smith (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney.
Munro-Smith et al., 2000
Crane, M.J., Sharpe, J.L., and Williams, P.A. (2001): Records of the Australian Museum 53, 49-56.
Leahey T.A., Stewart R.J., Skeet J.S., Sandercock I.H., (2010) Technical report - Kalman deposit in the Mt Isa project Queensland, prepared for Kings Minerals NL.
[var. Amethyst] J Ralph collection
[var. Smoky Quartz] Mark Willoughby collection
Lottermoser, B.G., Ashley, P.M., Munksgaard, N.C. (2008) Biogeochemistry of Pb–Zn gossans, northwest Queensland, Australia: Implications for mineral exploration and mine site rehabilitation. Applied Geochemistry, 23(4), 723-742.
Cos Constantinides collection
Vera Munro-Smith (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney.
Vera Munro-Smith (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney.
      • Rosebud Station
        • Ballara area
Costas Constantinides pers comm
Ken Stockdale collection
Don McColl 2005.
Costas Constantinides pers comm
Costas Constantinides pers comm
Crane, M.J., Sharpe, J.L., and Williams, P.A. (2001): Records of the Australian Museum 53, 49-56.
Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines and Mineral Occurrences Database
Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines and Mineral Occurrences Database
Econ Geol (1985) 80:513-518
Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines, Prospects and Mineral Occurences Database
Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines, Prospects and Mineral Occurences Database
Simone Clifford specimen
Costas Constantinides pers comm
Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines and Mineral Occurrences Database
Costas Constantinides pers comm
Costa Constantinides (Mt Isa, Queensland) personal communication.
Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines and Mineral Occurrences Database
Costas Constantinides pers comm
Marshall, L.J., Oliver, N.H.S., and Davidson, G.J. (2006): Mineralium Deposita 41, 429-452.
[var. Amethyst] Neil A. Richards collection
R Bottrill collection
Raymond, O. L. (1992). Mt Isa Inlier and environs mineral deposit database version 1.0. Australian Geological Survey Organisation Record, 66.
Pollard, P.J. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 93-100.
Vera Munro-Smith (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney.
        • Mount Dore Mine (Mount Dore deposit)
www.smedg.org.au (2011) http://www.smedg.org.au/Merlin%20Mo%20-%20Re%20Lazo%20&%20Pal.pdf
[var. Amethyst] Day, B. (1998) News from Down Under. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 19, 28-29
Wang, S., and Williams, P.J. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 109-124.
Marshall, L.J., Oliver, N.H.S., and Davidson, G.J. (2006): Mineralium Deposita 41, 429-452.
Eilu, Pasi (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining. Rovaniemi.
Lottermoser, B.G., Ashley, P.M., Munksgaard, N.C. (2008) Biogeochemistry of Pb–Zn gossans, northwest Queensland, Australia: Implications for mineral exploration and mine site rehabilitation. Applied Geochemistry, 23(4), 723-742.
www.portergeo.com.au (2003) http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn648
Williams, Patrick J., Pendergast, W. James, Dong, Guoyi (1998) Late orogenic alteration in the wall rocks of the Pegmont Pb-Zn deposit, Cloncurry District, Queensland, Australia. Economic Geology, 93 (8) 1180-1189 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.93.8.1180
Vera Munro-Smith (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney.
Rotherham, J.F. (1997): Mineralium Deposita 32, 205-218.
Vera Munro-Smith (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney.
Lawrence L.J. et al. Econ Geol. 52, 140-148, 1957
    • Cook Shire
      • Desailly
(1998) International strategic mineral issues summary report: tungsten. Circular 930-O. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/cir930o
Segnit, ER, 1980, An occurrence of rare selenide minerals at the Dianne Mine, Queensland. Australian Mineralogist. 33, p168-169.
      • Ebagoola
Frank Reith, Stephen L. Rogers, D. C. McPhail, Daryl Webb (2006): Biomineralization of Gold: Biofilms on Bacterioform Gold. Science 313, no. 5784, 233-236.
Econ Geol (1976) 71:1526-1532
Taylor, G., Eggleton, T. (2004) "Little Balls”: The origin of the Weipa bauxite. In: Roach, I.C. (ed.) (2004) Regolith 2004, CRC LEME, pp. 350-354.
Tilley, D. B., & Eggleton, R. A. (1996). The natural occurrence of eta-alumina (η-Al2O3) in bauxite. Clays and clay minerals, 44(5), 658-664.
gibbsite, boehmite, nano-particulate anhydrous aluminium minerals, kaolinite, quartz, hematite and/or goethite in widely varying proportions and about 2% anatase
Rio Tinto Group
      • West Normanby Goldfield
Davis, B.K., and Hippertt, J.F.M. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 391-405.
Davis, B.K., and Hippertt, J.F.M. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 391-405.
    • Croydon Shire
Parbhakar-Fox, A.K., Edraki, M., Hardie, K., Kadletz, O. and Hall, T., (2014) Identification of acid rock drainage sources through mesotextural classification at abandoned mines of Croydon, Australia: Implications for the rehabilitation of waste rock repositories. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 137, pp.11-28.
portergeo.com.au (2007) http://portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn779
Parbhakar-Fox, Anita. (2016) "Geoenvironmental Characterisation of Heap Leach Materials at Abandoned Mines: Croydon Au-Mines, QLD, Australia" Minerals 6, no. 2: 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/min6020052
portergeo.com.au (2007) http://portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn779
portergeo.com.au (2007) http://portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn779
portergeo.com.au (2007) http://portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn779
Parbhakar-Fox, Anita. (2016) "Geoenvironmental Characterisation of Heap Leach Materials at Abandoned Mines: Croydon Au-Mines, QLD, Australia" Minerals 6, no. 2: 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/min6020052
portergeo.com.au (2007) http://portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn779
    • Etheridge Shire
[Chalcedony]
Harvey, K. J. (1989). The geology of the Balcooma massive sulphide deposit, north-east Queensland (Doctoral dissertation, James Cook University).
      • Georgetown
Hurtig, N. C., Heinrich, C. A., Driesner, T., Herrmann, W., Wall, V., & Mathison, I. (2014). Fluid evolution and uranium (-Mo-F) mineralization at the Maureen Deposit (Queensland, Australia): unconformity-related hydrothermal ore formation with a source in the volcanic cover Sequence. Economic Geology, 109(3), 737-773.
Georgetown 1:100 000 Map Sheet
Graham-Ruzicka, Julie Louise (2014) Gold-bismuth occurrences in the Kennedy igneous province, North Queensland: constraints on tectonic, magmatic and hydrothermal processes in intrusion-related gold deposits. PhD https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/43773/, James Cook University. Townsville. doi:10.25903/j76j-xq67
Sillitoe, R.H. (1985) Ore-related breccias in volcanoplutonic arcs. Economic Geology, 80:6, 1467-1514. Thompson, J.F.H., Sillitoe, R.H., Baker, T., Lang, J.R., and Mortensen, J.K. (1999): Mineralium Deposita 34, 323-334.
      • Mount Surprise
[var. Smoky Quartz] Martin Rosser pers. comm.
Eric Quinter collection
www.nrm.qld.gov.au (2003) http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/fossicking/pdf/obriens_creek.pdf
    • Gladstone Region
      • Rosedale station
Qld mines dept
    • Gold Coast City Shire
      • Numinbah Valley
        • Upper Beechmont
[Chalcedony] Vic Cloete.
Cranfield, L. C., Shorten, G., Scott, M., & Barker, R. M. (1997). Geology and mineralisation of the Gympie Province. Tectonics and metallogenesis of the New England Orogen, 128-147.
      • Amamoor Creek
Townend, R., Grey, I.E., Mumme, W.G., Kampf, A.R., Roberts, M.P., Gable, R.W., Dale, R. (2019): Amamoorite, CaMn2+2Mn3+(Si2O7)O(OH), a new ilvaite-related mineral from the Mary Valley, southeastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 20(2), 7-14.
      • Amamoor
Brooks, J.H. (1962) Mary Valley Manganese Deposits. Geological Survey of Queensland, Publication No 308, 32 pages and map.
Cranfield, L.C., Shorten, G., Scott, M., Barker, R.M. (1997) Geology and mineralisation of the Gympie Province. Tectonics and Metallogenesis of the New England Orogen (Ashley, P.M., Flood, P.G. eds). Geological Society of Australia, Special Publication 19, 128-147.
Cranfield, L. C., Shorten, G., Scott, M., & Barker, R. M. (1997). Geology and mineralisation of the Gympie Province. Tectonics and metallogenesis of the New England Orogen, 128-147.
Cranfield, L.C., Shorten, G., Scott, M., Barker, R.M. (1997) Geology and mineralisation of the Gympie Province. Tectonics and Metallogenesis of the New England Orogen (Ashley, P.M., Flood, P.G. eds). Geological Society of Australia, Special Publication 19, 128-147.
      • Kilkivan district
based on specimen uploaded. From Blue Gems Minerals.
Cranfield, L.C., Shorten, G., Scott, M., Barker, R.M. (1997) Geology and mineralisation of the Gympie Province. Tectonics and Metallogenesis of the New England Orogen (Ashley, P.M., Flood, P.G. eds). Geological Society of Australia, Special Publication 19, 128-147.
Cranfield, L. C., Shorten, G., Scott, M., & Barker, R. M. (1997). Geology and mineralisation of the Gympie Province. Tectonics and metallogenesis of the New England Orogen, 128-147.
    • Hillsborough Volcanic Province
Stephenson, P.J. (1985) Tertiary volcanic-plutonic rocks of the Cape Hillsborough-Mount Jukes area. In: Johnson, D.P., Stevens, A.W. (eds) Guide to the Permian to Quaternary geology of the Mackay-Collinsville-Townsville region, Geological Society of Australia. Queensland Division. Field Conference, 1985, pp.46-61.
McDougall, I., & Slessar, G. C. (1972). Tertiary volcanism in the Cape Hillsborough area, north Queensland. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 18(4), 401-408.
    • Isaac Region
      • Clermont
Econ Geol (1994) 89:1469-1491
Johnson, R. W. (Eds.). (1989). Intraplate volcanism: in eastern Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge University Press, 103-104.
Sutherland, F. L., Hollis, J. D., & Robertson, A. D. (1989). Springsure.
Griffin, W. L., Sutherland, F. L., & Hollis, J. D. (1987). Geothermal profile and crust-mantle transition beneath east-central Queensland: volcanology, xenolith petrology and seismic data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 31(3-4), 177-203.
Sutherland, F. L., Stubbs, D., & Green, D. C. (1977). K‐Ar ages of Cainozoic volcanic suites, Bowen‐St Lawrence Hinterland, North Queensland (with some implications for petrologic models). Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 24(7-8), 447-460.
    • Lockyer Valley Region
      • Gatton Valley
[Chalcedony] Brian Camey
      • Junction View
    • Mareeba Shire
      • Bamford
Birch, William D., Pring, Allan, McBriar, E. Maude, Gatehouse, Bryan M., McCammon, Catherine A. (1998) Bamfordite, Fe3+Mo2O6(OH)3·H2O, a new hydrated iron molybdenum oxyhydroxide from Queensland, Australia; description and crystal chemistry. American Mineralogist, 83 (1) 172-177 doi:10.2138/am-1998-1-218
Ball, Lionel C. (1915) The Wolfram, Molybdenite, and Bismuth Mines of Bamford, North Queensland, Publication No.248. Department of Mines, Geological Survey of Queensland., Brisbane.
      • Chillagoe
Graham-Ruzicka, Julie Louise (2014) Gold-bismuth occurrences in the Kennedy igneous province, North Queensland: constraints on tectonic, magmatic and hydrothermal processes in intrusion-related gold deposits. PhD https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/43773/, James Cook University. Townsville. doi:10.25903/j76j-xq67
ex Joan Lamond Collection
Lehrmann, B. (2012). Polymetallic mineralisation in the Chillagoe district of north-east Queensland: insights into base metal rich intrusion-related gold systems (Doctoral dissertation, James Cook University).
      • Dimbulah
[[1]]Kumar, A. A., Sanislav, I. V., & Dirks, P. H. (2022). The geological setting of the indium-rich Baal Gammon and Isabel Sn-Cu-Zn deposits in the Herberton Mineral Field, Queensland, Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 105095.
Douglas, G. B. (2014). Contaminant removal from acidic mine pit water via in situ hydrotalcite formation. Applied geochemistry, 51, 15-22.
Fraser, N. (1972). Geology and mineralization, United North Australian Mine, Watsonville, North Queensland. Honours thesis James Cook University of Northern Queensland
Fraser, N. (1972). Geology and mineralization, United North Australian Mine, Watsonville, North Queensland. Honours thesis James Cook University of Northern Queensland
Wheeler, A. (2017) Report NI 43-101, Technical Report on the Mineral Resources and Reserves of the Wolfram Camp Mine Project, Australia. Prepared for Almonty Industries, 189 pages.
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
Keith F Compton collection
Harris, D.L., Lottermoser, B.G., Duchesne, J. (2003) Ephemeral acid mine drainage at the Montalbion silver mine, north Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 50(5), 797-809.
      • Mount Carbine
Cheng, Y., Chang, Z., Clarke, G., Illig, P., Poblete, J., Liu, K., ... & Creaser, R. A. (2017). Geology and magmatic-hydrothermal temporal sequence of Sn-W-Mo-Au metallogeny in Northern Queensland, Australia. Geological Survey of Queensland project Characterising and assessing prospectivity of intrusion-related hydrothermal mineral systems in north-east Queensland Section 10
(1998) International strategic mineral issues summary report: tungsten. Circular 930-O. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/cir930o
      • Mungana
Lehrmann, B. (2012). Polymetallic mineralisation in the Chillagoe district of north-east Queensland: insights into base metal rich intrusion-related gold systems (Doctoral dissertation, James Cook University).
Lehrmann, B. (2012). Polymetallic mineralisation in the Chillagoe district of north-east Queensland: insights into base metal rich intrusion-related gold systems (Doctoral dissertation, James Cook University).
      • Petford
(1998) International strategic mineral issues summary report: tungsten. Circular 930-O. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/cir930o
De Keyser, F., Wolff, K.W. (1964) The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Chillagoe area, Queensland. Queensland Geological Survey Bulletin No. 317.
      • Wrotham Park Station
[Chalcedony] Keith F Compton collection
    • McKinlay Shire
      • Julia Creek
Lewis, S.E. et al. (2010): The geochemistry of primary and weathered oil shale and coquina across the Julia Creek vanadium deposit (Queensland, Australia). Mineralium Deposita, 45, 599-620.
      • McKinlay
Walters, S., & Bailey, A. (1998). Geology and mineralization of the Cannington Ag-Pb-Zn deposit
an example of Broken Hill-type mineralization in the eastern succession, Mount Isa Inlier, Australia. Economic Geology, 93(8), 1307-1329.
    • Mount Isa Orogen
Craig Bosel collection: https://www.mindat.org/photo-1313762.html
Betts, John (n.d.) John Betts website listing.
      • Degilbo
Den, B. E. (1977) Lady Elliot Island Fraser Island. Field Conference Geological Society of Australia Incorporated, Queensland Division
      • Gayndah
Ashley, P. M. (1980): Geology of the Ban Ban zinc deposit, a sulfide-bearing skarn, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Economic Geology 75, 15-29.
Den, B. E. (1977) Lady Elliot Island Fraser Island. Field Conference Geological Society of Australia Incorporated, Queensland Division
      • Greater Whitewash Project
I’Ons, M. E., & Goody, J. L. (2010) The Whitewash Molybdenum-Copper project at Rawbelle, setting and progress to date. New England Orogen 2010, 185.
      • Mount Biggenden
part of list University of Queensland
Duggan, M. B., Jones, M. T., Richards, D. N., Kamprad, J. L. (1990) Phosphate minerals in altered andesite from Mount Perry, Queensland, Australia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 28 (1) 125-131
Qld Dept of Mines
Howard, N (2015) Geochemistry and hydrothermal alteration at the Mount Rawdon gold deposit, Evolution Mining Ltd
Duggan, M. B., Jones, M. T., Richards, D. N., Kamprad, J. L. (1990) Phosphate minerals in altered andesite from Mount Perry, Queensland, Australia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 28 (1) 125-131
Duggan, M. B., Jones, M. T., Richards, D. N., Kamprad, J. L. (1990) Phosphate minerals in altered andesite from Mount Perry, Queensland, Australia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 28 (1) 125-131
    • Quilpie Shire
Ingram, J.A. (1968) Notes on opalization in south-western Queensland. Department of National Development, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Record, 1968/47, 20 pages.
    • Rockhampton Region
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
David Baker
[Chalcedony] Eggleton, R.A., Fitzgerald, J., and Foster, L., 2011. Chrysoprase from Gumigil, Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Science. 58, 767-776.
      • Mount Chalmers
Econ Geol (1980) 75:992-1009
Qld dept mines mines records
      • Mount Morgan
Ulrich, T., Golding, S. D., Kamber, B. S., Zaw, K., & Taube, A. (2003). Different mineralization styles in a volcanic-hosted ore deposit: the fluid and isotopic signatures of the Mt Morgan Au–Cu deposit, Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 22(1-2), 61-90.
Ulrich, T., Golding, S. D., Kamber, B. S., Zaw, K., & Taube, A. (2003). Different mineralization styles in a volcanic-hosted ore deposit: the fluid and isotopic signatures of the Mt Morgan Au–Cu deposit, Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 22(1-2), 61-90.
[Agate var. Eye Agate]
      • Wycarbah
[Chalcedony]
    • Scenic Rim Region
      • Beaudesert
      • Darlington Range
        • Eagle Heights
R Bottrill, unpublished data
        • Tamborine Mountain
[Chalcedony] Myatt, B. (1972) Australian and New Zealand Gemstones. Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd., 511 pp.
Ben Grguric collection
ROSS, J., ROSS, A., & ROSS, G. (1987). Geology of the Mount Gillies rhyolitic vents, southeastern Queensland, Australia. Current science, 56(11), 589-595.
    • Southern Downs Region
      • Stanthorpe
[var. Smoky Quartz] Philip Perkins pers comm.
Bottrill, unpublished data
    • Sunshine Coast Region
      • Glasshouse Mountains Province
Cohen, B. E., Vasconcelos, P. M., & Knesel, K. M. (2007). 40Ar/39Ar constraints on the timing of Oligocene intraplate volcanism in southeast Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54(1), 105-125.
Ewart, A., & Grenfell, A. T. (1985). Cainozoic volcanic centres in southeastern Queensland: with special reference to the Main Range, Bunya Mountains, and the volcanic centres of the northern Brisbane coastal region.Department of Geology, University of Queensland, Papers, 11 (part 3), 1-57.
Ewart, A., Baxter, K., & Ross, J. A. (1980). The petrology and petrogenesis of the Tertiary anorogenic mafic lavas of southern and central Queensland, Australia—possible implications for crustal thickening. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 75(2), 129-152.
Bryan, W. B., & Stevens, N. C. (1973). Holocrystalline pantellerite from Mount Ngun-Ngun, Glass House Mountains, Queensland, Australia. American Journal of Science, 273(10), 947-957.
Griffin, W. L., Ashley, P. M., Ryan, C. G., Sie, S. H., & Suter, G. F. (1991). Pyrite geochemistry in the North Arm epithermal Ag-Au deposit, Queensland, Australia
a proton-microprobe study. The Canadian Mineralogist, 29(2), 185-198.
    • Tablelands Region
Kumar, A. A., Sanislav, I. V., & Dirks, P. H. (2022). The geological setting of the indium-rich Baal Gammon and Isabel Sn-Cu-Zn deposits in the Herberton Mineral Field, Queensland, Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 105095.
      • Mount Garnet
Bruvel F., Bultitude R., Culpeper L., Garrad P., Lam J., & Morwood D., 1991. Mineral Occurrence Data Sheets - Ravenshoe 1:100 000 Sheet Area, Metallogenic Studies Program (data Supplied On Diskette). Queensland Resource Industries Record.
Wang, Xin, Zhou, Renjie, Belousova, Elena, Dhnaram, Courteney, Zhao, Jianxin, He, Xiheng, Patias, Daniel, von Gnielinski, Friedrich, Lisitsin, Vladimir (2024) Mineralization processes of the Mount Garnet Zinc deposit, NE Queensland (Australia): Insights from garnet geochemistry and U-Pb geochronology. Ore Geology Reviews, 166. 105962 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.105962
Vic Cloete (visual identification)
On the topaz trail. P. O’Brien, Australian Gold Gem & Treasure, Vol. 12, No. 4, April 1997, pp. 26 –30.
    • Toowoomba Region
Phil Perkins collection
    • Torres Shire
Willmott, W.F., Palfreyman, W.D., Trail, D.S., Whitaker, W.G. (1969) The Igneous Rocks of Torres Strait, Queensland and Papua. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Department of National Development, Commonwealth of Australia, Record No. 1969/119, 69 pages plus maps.
Willmott, W.F., Palfreyman, W.D., Trail, D.S., Whitaker, W.G. (1969) The Igneous Rocks of Torres Strait, Queensland and Papua. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Department of National Development, Commonwealth of Australia, Record No. 1969/119, 69 pages plus maps.
Jackson, C. F. V. (1902). Report on a Visit to the West Coast of the Cape York Peninsula and Some Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria: Also, Reports on the Horn Island and Possession Island Gold Fields, and the Recent Prospecting of the Cretaceous Coals of the Cook District (No. 180). GA Vaughan, government printer.
Jackson, C. F. V. (1902). Report on a Visit to the West Coast of the Cape York Peninsula and Some Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria: Also, Reports on the Horn Island and Possession Island Gold Fields, and the Recent Prospecting of the Cretaceous Coals of the Cook District (No. 180). GA Vaughan, government printer.
    • Western Downs Region
      • Dalby
        • Kaimkillenbun
[Chalcedony]
    • Whitsunday Region
Keith Compton collection
Keith Compton collection
      • Mount Wyatt area
Natural History Museum Vienna (stibnite specimen catalogued in 1901
bought from Foote Mineral Co.)
Sahlström, F., Chang, Z., Arribas, A., Dirks, P., Johnson, C. A., Huizenga, J. M., & Corral, I. (2020). Reconstruction of an Early Permian, Sublacustrine Magmatic-Hydrothermal System: Mount Carlton Epithermal Au-Ag-Cu Deposit, Northeastern Australia. Economic Geology, 115(1), 129-152.
Sahlström, F., Arribas, A., Dirks, P., Corral, I., & Chang, Z. (2017). Mineralogical distribution of germanium, gallium and indium at the Mt Carlton high-sulfidation epithermal deposit, NE Australia, and comparison with similar deposits worldwide. Minerals, 7(11), 213.
Sahlström, F., Corral Calleja, I., Chang, Z., Arribas, A., Dirks, P.H.G.M., Stokes, M., Pocock, M., Hewitt, D., and Obiri-Yeboah, M. (2016) Hydrothermal alteration and mineralisation at the Mt Carlton high-sulphidation Au-Ag-Cu epithermal deposit (NE Queensland, Australia). In: Goldschmid Conference Abstracts, p. 2688. From: Goldschmidt conference 2016, 26 June-1 July, Yokohama, Japan.
 
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