 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the low-sulfidation epithermal Emperor gold deposit, Vatukoula, Fiji D. W. Pals and P. G. Spry Department...The epithermal, low sulfidation Emperor gold telluride deposit in Fiji, hosted by Late Miocene-Early Pliocene...western flank of the Tavua Caldera. Gold is largely in the form of āāinvisibleāā gold in arsenian pyrite...pyrite but 10 to 50% of gold is in the form of precious metal tellurides. Gold mineralization occurs in steeply...Matanagata, Matanagata East, and R1 reveal that tellurium-bearing minerals, sylvanite, calaverite, krennerite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogical and GeochemicalStudiesof the Emperor Gold Telluride Deposit, Fiji M. AHMAD, NorthernTerritoryGeological...Mba Volcanics,of Mioceneage,in the north of Viti Levu, Fiji. The veinsfilledfracturesthat developedmainlyin...are dominantly quartzwith minorpyrite,tellurides,gold,sphalerite,arsenopyrite,chalcopyrite,tetrahedrite...petzite, hessReandnativegold,indicatinga declinein tellurium activitywith time. A third of the Emperorgoldis...H2S,COa, and HaTe, with lossof H2Sthe main causeof gold deposition. Assuming only partialequilibriumin the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Invisible Gold and Tellurium in Arsenic-Rich Pyrite from the Emperor Gold Deposit, Fiji: Implications...Implications for Gold Distribution and Deposition DAVID W. PALS, PAUL G. SPRY,ā Department of Geological and Atmospheric...Canada N6G 4X8 Abstract Gold is found in three different forms in the Emperor gold deposit: as āinvisibleā...submicrometer-size inclusions of gold in arsenian pyrite, as visible native gold and/or electrum, and as tellurides...Te occurs as invisible tellurium or submicrometer-size inclusions of tellurium in arsenian pyrite, as |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | within the Tavua Caldera,Fiji* P. C. EATON* WesternMiningCorporation (Fiji), Vatukoula, Fiji AND T. N...shoshonitic Tavuacalderain Viti Levu, Fiji, definesthe volcaniccenterof the Tavua volcano.The calderaoccursat...calderaoccursat the intersectionof the northeast-trending Viti Levu lineament anda northwest-trending lineament,locallymanifested...malactivity. Porphyry-style, subeconomic copper-gold mineralization andassociated alterationoccurred...the intersectionof the Nasivishearzoneandthe Viti Levu lineament,the 4.4 M oz adularia-sericite-style |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | assemblages............................... Conclusions Vatukoula PACE 1460 ....................................ite Coloradoite-calaverite-petzite Coloradoite-gold Sylvanite-hessite Petzite-sylvanite-hessite It...amounts of accessory minerals. The assemblages tellurium-sylvanite and sylvanite-empressite are probablygoodexamplesof...ternary systemAu-Ag-Te. If the systemis opento tellurium then one can no longer expect any 3-phaseassemblages...any 2-phase assemblages that are colinearwith tellurium. The following assemblages would be prohibited: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | controls on the stable tellurium isotope variation in tellurides and native tellurium from epithermal and...and orogenic gold deposits: application to the Emperor gold-telluride deposit, Fiji Andrew P. Fornadel...controls on the stable tellurium isotope variation in tellurides and native tellurium from epithermal and...and orogenic gold deposits: application to the Emperor gold-telluride deposit, Fiji, Ore Geology Reviews...controls on the stable tellurium isotope variation in tellurides and native tellurium from epithermal and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 6 The MineralDepositsand Metallogenesis of the Fiji Platform HOWARD COLLEY * Instituut voor Aardwetenschappen... The Fiji platform has a thick, youthful crust of ensimaticorigin. Stratigraphy within the Fiji islandsindicatesa...late Miocene tectonic event. Mineral depositsin Fiji includevarioustypesof massivesulfide;manganeseores;...Plioceneage. Nearly all the major mineraldepositsin Fiji are associated with theserocks. Volcanic and structuralfactors...orogenyand deepfracturing of the Fiji platform--factorsof fundamentalimportanceto Fiji mineralization;however,a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wallārock alteration at the Emperor goldāsilver telluride deposit, Fiji a M. Ahmad & J. L. Walshe b...Wallārock alteration at the Emperor goldāsilver telluride deposit, Fiji, Australian Journal of Earth...Wall-rock alteration at the Emperor gold-silver telluride deposit, Fiji M. AHMAD1 AND J. L. WALSHE2 1...Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. In the Emperor mine area, widespread propylitic alteration was followed...alteration. INTRODUCTION The gold-silver telluride lodes at the Emperor mine are typical of epithermal deposits |  | | Journal (issue) | | 8(1):3-8 Secondary copper minerals of the Crusader mine, north-west Queensland. Sharpe, James L. and Williams...suite of secondary minerals from the Nifty copper mine, Western Australia. Downes, P.J., Shields, P. and...7(1 ): 19-26 ā¢ Kasolite from the British Empire mine, Arkaroola, South Australia. Plimer, Ian R., Besley...Marshall, Brian. 7(1):3-13 Minerals ofthe Vatukoula gold mines, Fiji. Lawrence, Laurie J., Sharpe, James L...Prince Lyell Mine, Mt Lyell, Queenstown 7(2):82-83W Red Lead Mine, Dundas 7(1}:37W Renison Mine 7(l):37W |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Characteristics of the Tuvatu Gold-Silver Telluride Deposit, Fiji: Comparisons with the Emperor Deposit NANCY L. SCHERBARTH*...The Tuvatu gold-silver telluride deposit with reserves of 13 t Au is the second largest gold deposit in...in Fiji after the large Emperor gold telluride deposit (production, and proven and probable reserves of...occur along the >250-km east-northeastātrending Viti Levu lineament. They are spatially associated with...4ā4.6 Ma) and having a shoshonitic affinity. The gold mineralization in both deposits is spatially and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 23:14 19 October 2014 Vindicator Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado I n terms...specimens of essentially massive gold tellurides associated with coarse native gold. Cripple Creek, on the other...that resemble cuneiform characters. Sylvanite is gold-silver telluride with the composition (Au,Ag)2Te4...published analyses commonly show minor variations in the gold and silver content, and the presence of such other...Sylvanite alters to loosely coherent pseudomorphs of gold. Sylvanite is almost unknown in the eastern United |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . 277 by D. London The Emperor mine, Vatukoula, Viti Levu, Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....sale of the book. The first print, entitled āThe Mine with the Iron Door,ā depicts a fantasy underground...underground collecting scene at the famous lost gold mine in the Catalina Mountains above Tucson. The print was...scene at the Old uma mine near Tucson (appropriate, inasmuch as he wrote the Old uma mine chapter in the book)...ārunnerā is someone who ārunsā with minerals from the mine or other exposure to dealers, to sell specimens |  | | Report (issue) | | Tellurium Te c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group: 32...in volcanic fumaroles. Association: carbonates. Gold, sylvanite, empressite, altaite, pyrite, galena...Peninsula, Russia. Large cleavages at the Kochbulak gold deposit, Chatkal-Kuramin Mountains, eastern Uzbekistan...Magnolia, Gold Hill, Ballarat, and Central districts, Boulder Co.; and at the Vulcan mine, Gunnison Co...Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. From the El Indio mine, east of La Serena |  | | Report (issue) | | Z = 16 X-ray Powder Pattern: Empress Josephine mine, Colorado, USA. 2.70 (100), 2.23 (80), 3.81 (60)...100.53 100.7 100.1 100.00 (1) Empress Josephine mine, Colorado, USA; average of two analyses, corresponding...In low-temperature gold-poor hydrothermal vein deposits. Association: Tellurium, sylvanite, petzite...Josephine mine, Colorado, USA); pyrite, rodalquilarite (Tombstone, Arizona, USA); gold, tellurium, hessite...the Empress Josephine mine, Kerber Creek district [TL], and the Klondike mine, Finley Gulch, both in |  | Zhang, Jian, Zhang, Yao, Richmond, William, Wang, Hai-peng (2010) Processing technologies for gold-telluride ores. International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy, and Materials, 17 (1). 1-10 doi:10.1007/s12613-010-0101-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1007/s12613-010-0101-6 Processing technologies for gold-telluride ores Jian Zhang1), Yao Zhang1), William...accepted: 1 March 2009) Abstract: Gold telluride ores are important gold refractory ores due to the presence...The classification and main physical properties of gold telluride ores were described, and possible treatment...procedures are much easier for gold tellurides compared to other refractory gold-bearing ores. For the conventional...pretreatment such as oxidation is required to achieve high gold recovery. Roasting is a relatively simple but not |  | | Report (issue) | | Te1.00 . (4) HgTe. Occurrence: In hydrothermal tellurium-bearing precious metal veins. Mineral Group:...Association: Altaite, calaverite, krennerite, petzite, gold, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, pyrrhotite...Distribution: In the USA, in Colorado, at the Good Hope mine, Vulcan, Gunnison Co.; in the La Plata district...the Cresson mine, Cripple Creek district, Teller Co.; in California, at the Norwegian mine, near Tuttletown...Tuttletown, and the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne Co.; in Nevada, at the Twin Creeks and Getchell mines, Potosi |  | | Report (issue) | | Total 99.62 100.00 100.30 100.00 (1) Zavodinskii mine, Kazakhstan. (2) San SebastiaĢn, Mexico. (3) BotesĢ§...altaite, petzite, empressite, rickardite, gold, tellurium, pyrite, galena, tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite...from the Zavodinskii mine, near Ziryanovsk, Altai Mountains. In the Bereznyakov gold deposit and the Yaman-Kasy...Australia. In the Emperor mine, Vatukoula, and in the Tuvatu AuāAgāTe deposit, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands. At...Occidental, Phillipines. In Chile, from the Condorriaco mine, near Coquimbo, and in the Wendy open pit, El Indio-Tambo |  | | Report (issue) | | corresponds to (Au1.02 Ag0.02 )Ī£=1.04 Te2.00 . (2) Moose mine, Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA; Fe is from pyrite;... sylvanite, krennerite, petzite, hessite, tellurium, gold, pyrite, quartz. Distribution: In Romania,...the Konstantin-Ovkoye gold deposit, Krasnoyarskii region, and the Bereznyakov gold deposit, Southern Ural...mines in Cripple Creek, Teller Co.; the Smoky Hill mine, Boulder Co.; the Central City district, Gilpin...Campbell mine, Bisbee, and at Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona; from the Golden Sunlight mine, near Whitehall |  | | Report (issue) | | Co.; at the Spotted Horse mine, Maiden, Fergus Co., and the Mayflower mine, Tobacco Root Mountains, Madison...Teller Co.; the Central City district, Gilpin Co.; Gold Hill, Boulder Co.; and the Bessie G and Mayday mines...the San Francisco mine, 145 km north of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. At the El Indio mine, east of La Serena...and in the Hemlo gold deposit, Thunder Bay district, Ontario; and the Robb-Montbray mine, Quebec, Canada...the Date mine, Hokkaido, and the Susaki mine, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In the Emperor mine, Vatukoula |  | | Report (issue) | | 5.265 Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Robb-Montbray mine, Canada. 2.82 (100), 1.549 (60), 2.06 (50), 1.918...Stanislaus mine, California, USA; corresponding to (Ni0.99 Ag0.02 )Ī£=1.01 Te2.00 . (2) Strathcona mine, Canada;...merenskyite. Melonite group. Occurrence: With other tellurium minerals in the late stages of hydrothermal veins...coloradoite, krennerite, tellurobismuthite, montbrayite, gold, pyrite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, pyrrhotite....Calaveras Co., and the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne Co.; in Colorado, at the Cresson mine, Cripple Creek, Teller Co |  | | Report (issue) | | 12.726(6) Z = 2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Moctezuma mine, Mexico. 2.936 (100), 12.7 (70), 2.608 (35), 2.158...10 7.20 Total 100.0 99.06 100.00 (1) Moctezuma mine, Mexico; by electron microprobe, average of 14 analyses...(Moctezuma mine, Mexico); in a limestone-hosted disseminated AuāAgāTe deposit (Mayflower mine, Montana...between alkaline intrusives and sediments (Gies mine, Montana, USA). Association: Silver, acanthite,...quartz (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); tetrahedrite, hessite, gold, sphalerite (Mayflower mine, Montana, USA); |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MAY-JUNE, 1970 NEW ELECTRON PROBE AND OPTICAL DATA ON GOLD TELLURIDES of Geology,University E. F. Sfuuprt,...variations in specimens from difierent deposits. Gold contents are frequently higher than suggested by...Spectral reflectivity values increase with increasing gold content In spite of deviations from stoichiometry...correction procedure. Pure elements as well as synthetic gold and silver tellurides, kindly made available by...Cripple Creek, Colorado, and from the Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Fiji. Figure 1 illustrates a telluride associa- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the low-sulfidation epithermal Emperor gold deposit, Vatukoula, Fijiāā (2003) by D. W. Pals and P. G...paper on telluride mineralogy in the Emperor gold mine in Fiji, Pals and Spry (2003) referred several...distribution of individual tellurides in the Emperor mine, Pals and Spry (2003, pp 302ā304) noted that...that, in a general sense, I had found that the gold-rich assemblage calaverite-krennerite-sylvanite occurred...the silver-rich assemblage petzitehessite-native gold extended down to deeper levels. They then commented |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1007/s00710-006-0128-6 The goldāvanadiumātellurium association at the Tuvatu goldāsilver prospect, Fiji: conditions...Cook Summary The Tuvatu goldātelluride prospect is one of several epithermal gold systems along the >250...>250 km northeast trending Viti Levu lineament, Fiji, which are genetically associated with alkalic magmatism...conditions of formation of the telluride-native gold stage at Tuvatu (250 C, Au Ā¼ 1 ppb, Te Ā¼ 1...coexistence of roscoelite and calaverite in epithermal gold systems elsewhere. The presence of magnetite with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pp. 592-596 Te'3Ćø-Xe '3ĆøAge Determinationsof Tellurium Minerals B. SRINIVASAN,E. C. ALEXANDER,JR., AND...q-0.30)102ā¢ years from an analysisof xenon and tellurium in the tellurides from Kalgoorlie, Australia....determination method for hydrothermal deposits rich in tellurium. Three telluride samples from different geographiclocations...TMconstituting as much as 70% of the total xenon in tellurium ores is strong evidence of the Te TM(ā¢-ā¢-)Xe ā¢Ćø...(Kirsten and Mfiller, 1969). Sinceselenium and tellurium are enriched in hydrothermal deposits, the use |
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