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Chalcocite from
Mammoth Mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mammoth Mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:492590
Long-form Identifier:1:3:492590:3
GUID (UUID V4):0dba4c81-95f6-43bf-b589-4d442c4d2b66
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Esperanza Z5 Mine (Esperanza deposit), Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
26.1km (16.2 miles) Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
29.6km (18.4 miles) Mount Gordon Mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
33.4km (20.8 miles) Lady Agnes Mine, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
34.8km (21.6 miles) Lady Annie Mine (Lady Annie deposit; Lady Annie Oxide Copper project; Flying Pig), Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
92.1km (57.2 miles) Queen Sally Mine, Kajabbi, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
94.2km (58.5 miles) Barbara Mine (Green Monster Mine), City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
95.8km (59.5 miles) Yamamilla Mine (Yamamiller mine), City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1985 Proterozoic copper deposits in NW Queensland, Australia: Sulfur isotopic data K. M. Scott 1, j....CSIRO Division of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, PO Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia 2 CSIRO Division...Division of Fossil Fuels, PO Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia Abstract. Sulfur isotopic disequilibrium...pyrite and copper sulfides in NW Queensland. A sulfur isotopic study of copper mineralization in dolomites...Paradise Valley and arenites at Mammoth has allowed the significance of such disequilibrium to be evaluated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper mineralization, Mount Isa Inlier, NW Queensland K.M. Scott CSIRO Division of Exploration Geoscience...Geoscience, PO Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia Abstract. Dolomites associated with copper mineralization...range of original depositional environments, copper-associated dolomite in the Proterozoic Mount Isa Inlier...Inlier of NW Queensland has Mn/Fe _<0.11. Vein dolomite has a higher Fe content than its corresponding...corresponding matrix; nevertheless the Mn/Fe ratio of the matrix is a good guide to the maximum Mn/Fe ratio for a
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provinces deduced from ores in the Mount Isa Eastern Succession, Australia G.J. Davidson 1 and G . H . Dixon...University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 7005 2 54 Marlyn Rd. South Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 7004 Received:...sulphur isotopic characteristics of ore deposits in the Australian Mount Isa Eastern Succession are not well...well known, unlike those of the Western Succession. In this study new detailed analyses are provided for...Elliot/Swan, Mt Cobalt, and the Answer Mine). All of the deposits of the Eastern Succession have 6 3 4 Ssu~phidcbetween
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ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Azurite Downloaded by [National...mineral of any col- lection.” Such is still the case, and it seems that, with the closing of several...remains one of the most popular and highly sought minerals for collectors at all levels of sophistication...Consequently, and in keeping with the African mineral theme of the 2002 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, three azurite...on (01 1} and {loo}, and has a density of 3.77 and a hardness of 3.5 to 4. It is biaxially positive. Azurite
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ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn...Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when...supply of such specimens supposedly originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham...simpler times. The level of collector sophistication has now rocketed past those days of many “brochantites...identifications is now more fine-tuned. The list of minerals that are green and at least occasionally
Book
SEMICONDUCTING ORE MINERALS 5. J.S. SUMNER PRINCIPLES OF INDUCED POLARIZATION FOR GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION...Proceedings of the Sixth International Geochemical Exploration Symposium held in Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, August...by C.R.M. BUTT Division of Mineralogy, Commonwealth Wembley, Western Australia Scientific and Industrial...Anglo American Limited, Perth, Western Australia Association of Exploration Geochemists Special Volume...Volume No. 6 Reprinted from the Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Volume 8, No. 1/2 ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC
Journal (issue)
New • Please Send Us Your Wants List UK journal of & mtnes minerals CONTENTS number 19 1998 2... Scot/011d The UK Jo11ma/ of 1Ui11es and Mi11era/s publishes articles of interest to mineralogists,...-l11drewClark CIRCULATION MANAGER Jean C. Spence 17 DIARY OF EVE TS 1/ick ll'oij'e NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe...lcournal are not necessarily those of the E!ditorial Board. :?11ublication of informacion on a collecting ...ADVERTISEl\lENTS 1el (01909)4769<16 l 1K Journul of l\lines & l\linerals No. 19 -1- EDITORIAL THE ZEOLITE
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Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03) 9723 5041 .9Lustrafian Jouma{ of Afirze,rafogy...Journal of Mineralogy is published by the Mineralogical Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South...South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 2, Number 1 June 1996 ISSN 1323-7640 CONTENTS Page Feature...Articles: Some mines of the Mt Isa District, Queensland Part 3 - The Mount Oxide mine ............ B. Day...England The Francis Collection A. Pring 21 Post mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Eastern Creek Volcanics, Mount Isa, Australia: evidence from laser ablation ICP-MS of iron-titanium oxides...series of copper-rich tholeiitic basalts which occur adjacent to the giant sediment-hosted Mount Isa copper...copper deposit in Queensland, Australia. The volcanic rocks are often cited as the source of metals for the...analyses of iron–titanium oxides from the basalts provide evidence for the local mobilisation of copper...a pre-concentration of copper before the main mineralisation event at Mount Isa. Geochemical modelling
Book
PREFACE The end of 1994 marked the close of the first quarter-century of publication of the Mineralogical...helping to build one of the single most valuable and authoritative published archives of data for the mineral...problems, however. With each passing year the sum of knowledge contained in the back issues has grown...early on that, were this problem of access not relieved, the sheer bulk of data would eventually compromise...compromise its own reference value. In 1980, at the urging of Pete J. Dunn, we initiated a feasibility study for
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Petrology Research Unit, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle, Germany ABSTRACT...than 60 km of sl1ike of the Kngas Member of the Klein Aub Fo1mation. The strata-bound nature of copper occurrences...either syngenetic, i.e., emplaccd during deposition of the host strata, or diagenelic, i.e., emplaced into...part ignored structurally controlled target areas of significant economic potential. Subsequent research...(presently inactive) Klein Aub Mine and elsewherc in the Namibian part of the belt showed thot, although
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN AND PAPUA NEW GUINEAN MINERAL DEPOSITS Monograph 22 i Cover photograph: Aerial...Aerial view of Main-Barton open pit, Jundee gold mine, WA, viewed from the east, June 1997. The pit is approximately...in the background. Courtesy of Great Central Mines Limited. ii GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN AND PAPUA NEW GUINEAN...INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY Level 3, 15-31 Pelham Street, Carlton Victoria Australia 3053 iii...iii © The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1998 The Institute is not responsible as a
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An Introduction to the Metallogeny of the McArthurRiver-Mount Isa-Cloncurry MineralsProvince PATRICK...]amesCookUniversity, Townsville, Queensland 4811,Australia Introduction partsof Australia thatformthe"Diamantina...(Laing, 1998; MacCready et al., 1998). THEREGION of northernAustralia stretching some600 km TheProterozoic...the central McArthur basin to the southern limits of through Phanerozoic cover. It is worth notingthat...globallysignificant, basemetals-dominated minerals Mount Isa Eastern fold belt (Fig. 1), have occurred following
Report (issue)
The Geological Society of America Memoir 75 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF HYDROTHERMAL AND MAGMATIC...Pennsylvania November 26, 1958 Made in the United States of America PRINTED BY WAVERLY BALTIMORE, PRESS...GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Address all communications to the Geological Society of America 419 West...Memoir Series of The Geological Society of America is made possible through the bequest of Richard Alexander...BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF HYDROTHERMAL AND MAGMATIC MINERAL DEPOSITS Page Magma, Mine,;Superior (oo. ciges
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CALITI ES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT...DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 117 JANUARY 1981 MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH by.... . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Chapter III. Minerals of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MONOGRAPH 17 of Somepats oe ilar ce| + in Australia mail iii DOOO38J0754 oA., eet OF ROME prhge... GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Cover Picture—The...Diamond mine Photo by courtesy of Ashton Mines Limited GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANT...IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Editors K. R. GLASSON J. H. RATTIGAN INCORPORATED BY ROYAL...INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY Clunies Ross House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052
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uk JANET H. CLIFFORD Downloaded by [University of Connecticut] at 00:22 14 October 2014 2955 Berkshire...to acquire outstanding specimens with a wide range of bright colors, well-formed crystals, and varied chemistry...large deposits of the primary ores of copper, zinc, and lead have yielded great quantities of wonderful carbonates...from the latter category—leadhillite—is the subject of this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. The selection...the very long history of Leadhills in the heart of Scotland’s lead mining district; desiring to acquire
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 13 COPPER MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN...WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R. J. MARSTON 1979 Issued under the authority of the Hon. Andrew Mensaros, M.L.A...Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244 8002 11 1 PREFATORY NOTE Western Australia has never...never been a major producer of copper in the national context, but copper deposits are abundant and occur...geological terrains. Despite the unstable nature of the international copper market, exploration interest
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·~\;~:~~ -.::::~:-:.:::-:-:-r-: .: .9Lustrauan Journa[ of Afinerafogy INDEX TO VOLUMES 7 & 8 Compiled by Judy...Betpakdalite from the tin deposits of Elsmore, New England district of New South Wales. Rankin, John, Sharpe...7(1):15-17 Bismoclite from the Leinster area, Western Australia. Grguric, Ben A. and Madsen, Ian C. 8(2):83-8S...8(1):3-8 Secondary copper minerals of the Crusader mine, north-west Queensland. Sharpe, James L. and Williams...7(2):49-S4 A suite of secondary minerals from the Nifty copper mine, Western Australia. Downes, P.J., Shields
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
albitite-hosted, Valhalla uranium deposit, Queensland, Australia: a description of the alteration assemblage associated...uranium deposit, located 40 km north of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia, is an albitite-hosted, Mesoproterozoic...Uranium mineralisation is hosted by a thick package of interbedded fine-grained sandstones, arkoses and...Creek Volcanics in the Western Succession of the Mount Isa basin. Alteration associated with U mineralisation...calcite, (titano)magnetite ± brannerite. The main stage of mineralisation is dominated by brecciated and intensely
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C O NNOISSEUR'SCHOICE ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama...University] at 11:41 06 January 2015 Moonta Mine, South Australia, Australia W ere it not for a few important...because of their occurrence in the famous mercury mines of Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas. Of these...variety of localities. Consequently, an atacamite from the Moonta mine, South Australia, Australia, has...Choice specimen. Atacamite occurs in various shades of rather bright through dark emerald-green to blackish-green
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t a t e d Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in Africa, Asia (exclusive of t h e U S S R ) a n d Australasia...DREW RIDGE The Pennsylvania State University College of Earth and Mineral Sciences University Park, Pennsylvania...CANADA Pergamon of Canada Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1, Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust...Boundary Street, Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. 2011, Australia FRANCE Pergamon Press S A R L , 24 rue des Ecoles...1976 John Drew Ridge All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
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+ 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia and™ Papua New Guinea ...org/details/geologyofmineralOOO02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER...shows an aerial view of the remnant ovoid Pleistocene Luise Volcano on the east coast of Lihir Island, New...Moresby, Papua New Guinea The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy MONOGRAPH 1.* Detrital Heavy...Geology of New Zealand 5.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/^^ GEORGE OTIS...OTIS -SMITH, Director Bulletin 625 THE ENRICHMENT OF ORE DEPOSITS BY WILLIAM HARVEY EMMONS WASHINGTON... ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT...Introduction _____ Statement of theory _________________ Development of theory- _________ __________________...Bibliography____________ _________________ Physical conditions of enrichment __ _ ______ Climate.^________..____:_
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Idaho. Unfortunately for the field collector, most of the described localities no longer produce specimens...reference and listing of localities and the minerals that have been found in them. Because of the comparatively...comparatively low population of Idaho, it receives much less mineral collector attention than some other states...---, '<, • Boise I Dismal SW!fP \.J. Silver City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L....199I-the right to collect in the Sawtooth Mountains of south-central Idaho. Although known by a few collectors
 
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