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Chalcopyrite from
Wheal Ellen, Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Galena1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Galena at this locality.
Sphalerite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Ellen, Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:142936
Long-form Identifier:1:3:142936:7
GUID (UUID V4):b0585a97-b4f7-460f-a764-7eb24d2bf2c7
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
6.0km (3.7 miles) Strathalbyn Mine (Strathalbyn North; Monster Lode), Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
6.5km (4.0 miles) Mount Barker Creek Copper Mine, Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
7.2km (4.5 miles) Angas Mine, Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
12.0km (7.4 miles) Pioneer Mine (Century; Raisbeck; Raisbeck's), Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
12.8km (7.9 miles) Kanmantoo Mine (Kanmantoo West; Kanmantoo North), Kanmantoo, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
13.0km (8.1 miles) Bremer Mine (Callington Mine), Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
20.5km (12.7 miles) Onkaparinga mine, Echunga goldfield, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
20.6km (12.8 miles) Shepherd Hill Quarry (Brukunga Quarry), Nairne, Mount Barker, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
21.6km (13.4 miles) New Woodside Mine, Woodside, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
22.1km (13.7 miles) Preamimma Mine, Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BaseMetal Mineralizationin the KanmantooGroup, South Australia:A RegionalSulfur IsotopeStudy P. K. SECCOMBE...Geology,The Universityof Newcastle,N.S.W. 2308, Australia P. G. SPRY, Departmentof Earth Sciences, Iowa...EconomicGeology,The Universityof Adelaide,Box498 G.P.O.,Adelaide,S.A.5001, Australia M. T. JONES, Gold FieldsExplorationPty...FieldsExplorationPty. Ltd., Box590 P.O., Fyshwick,A.C.T. 2609, Australia AND J. C. SCHILLER C.R.A.ExplorationPty. Ltd...Ltd., Box467 P.O., Kalgoorlie,W.A. 6430, Australia Abstract A numberof basemetalsulfidedepositsare hostedby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the sediment-hosted Kanmantoo Cu-Au deposit, South Australia: Mineralogical considerations Meaghan V. Pollock...the sediment-hosted Kanmantoo Cu-Au deposit, South Australia: Mineralogical considerations, Ore Geology...the sediment-hosted Kanmantoo Cu-Au deposit, South Australia: 2 Mineralogical considerations 3 4 Meaghan...Iowa 50011-3212, U.S.A. 9 b 10 c 11 d 12 Australia 2000 Department of Geological and Atmospheric... 23 Windsor Street, Fullarton, 5063, South Australia, Australia, Robust Resources, Level 34, Gateway
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
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EXCHANGE V** I ^ is- CATALOGUE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MINERALS, WITH THE MINES AND OTHER LOCALITIES... LL, BKQWN, F.G.S., GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST. ADELAIDE BY AUTHORITY: C. E. BRISTOW, : GOVERNMENT PRINTER...PRINTER, NORTH-TERRACE. 1893. CATALOGUE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MINERALS, WITH THE MINES AND OTHER LOCALITIES...Y. L, BROWN, F.G.S., GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST. ADELAIDE BY AUTHORITY: C. E. : BRISTOW, GOVERNMENT PRINTER...Remarks on the Geology and Mineralogy of : South Australia, by Thomas Burr, Esq., at one time Deputy SurveyorGeneral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cambrian Nairne Pyrite Member, Kanmantoo Group, South Australia T ⁎ C. Dakota Conna, Paul G. Sprya, , Dan...elements Pyrite Pyrrhotite Nairne Pyrite Member Australia The trace element composition of pyrite has been...pyrrhotite, along with minor amounts of sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and galena, are used to evaluate the effects...Cambrian Nairne Pyrite Member (NPM), South Australia. The NPM and the Mt. Torrens Pb-Zn-Ag prospect, which...Cu, 25 ppm Zn, and 15 ppm Pb, whereas Py1 in the Mt. Torrens prospect contains mean values of 2312 ppm
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MINERALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA by J. E. Johnson and J. M. Scrymgour * i *• 1 £• ? -ts-7. mm? m ty... ■- y Extract from “South Australian Year Book 1975“ Minerals of South Australia Contributed by J. E...and J. M. Scrymgour, South Australian Museum The mineral potential of South Australia was recognised from...his services as a geologist to the newly-formed South Australian Company in May 1836 and was appointed...Glen Osmond a few miles from Adelaide, and the colony’s first mine, the Wheal Gawler, began operations in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND METALLOGENY OF THE KANMANTOO TROUGH IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA A.J. P A R K E R Sou th Australian l)epartment...and metallogeny of the Kanmantoo Trough in South Australia. In: E. Scheibner (Editor), Metallogeny and...and Tectonic Development of Eastern Australia. Ore. Geol. Roy., 1: 203--212. The Kanmantoo Trough is the...the sedimentary and tectonic link between the Adelaide Geosyncline, com. posed of Late Proterozoic sediments...sequences of the Tasman F'old Belt System in eastern Australia. Cambrian flyschoid sediments of the Kanmantoo
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KPF WIDENER LIBRARY HX M9GL H MINING SOUTH RECORDS AUSTRALIA . HENRY Y. F. Brown, F.G.S. GOVERNMENT...named : -United States, about 1,586,500oz. ; Australia, 1,469,200oz. ; and Russia , 1,019,000oz. As the...already done is confined to about 150 ft. north and south of Singleton's Shaft. Thus only a very small proportion...block Above the 120-ft. containing 4,500 tons. south another block with 1,000 tons. In the 180 ft. porth...on a low estimate of 3,000 tons. The 180 - ft. south contains the best show of ore, and the block already
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Associates Pty Ltd, PO Box 740, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia A R T I C L E I N F O A B S...deposits in the world. The Broken Hill deposit, Australia, is the largest accumulation of Pb, Zn, and Ag...deposits (i.e., ~2 Mt or greater), only deposits in the Diamantina Orogen in eastern Australia, which includes...(Curnamona, Georgetown Inlier, Eastern Succession of the Mt. Isa Inler) are considered to be BHT deposits (Broken... In addition, the Menninnie PbZn deposit, South Australia, is not a BHT deposit since mineralization
Report (issue)
GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA N. H. LUDBROOK HPRM 2018D037863 Cover Parabarana...and Energy South Australia A GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA by N. H...Government Pri nter South Australia , 1980 Frontispiece Cliffs of the Murray River south of Morgan. Geology...Hutch i nson and Co . Ltd (quotation from 'The hills is lonely'), Australian Petroleum Exploration Association...Basement rocks of the Mount Lofty Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Adelaide Geosyncline and Stuart
Report (Issue volume)
+ 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia and™ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...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...New Zealand Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and 1982 Eds D.A. Berkman and W. Ryall Ed. D
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 9 LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER DEPOSITS...available for this important work. Although Western Australia has never been a major producer of lead, zinc... . . Lead. zinc and silver mining in Western Australia .... History and production . . . . . . . . ..... . . Nooka mine . . . . . . . . . . . . Nooka South prospect .... Nooka West mine ........ Lucky Lou.... Kirtons mine . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirtons South mine . . . . . . . . .... .... .... .... .
Report (issue)
15 LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by K. M. Ferguson < < EWG1CAL SURVEY OF WESTERN...ENERGY LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 . , .- FRONTISPIECE Sulfur and copper staining...Pilbara Craton GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 15 S by K. M. Ferguson...Ranford DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA David Blight Copy editors: I. R. Nowak and I...zinc and silver deposits of Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources
Report (issue)
THEREUNDER. A obtainable at the Department of Mines, Adelaide, also at the issuing stations in the various mining...5s. per annum, and they are obtainable at the Adelaide Mines Office, Tarcoola, Port Augusta, Beltana...14 days. The registration must be made at the Adelaide Office, and the form of application is simple...certificate of registration is then issued from the Adelaide Office, and the miner's right returned to );hc...mines that are over one day's railway journey from Adelaide the Christmas exemption A : — ; ; ; ;
Report (issue)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 13 COPPER MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R. J...Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244 8002 11 1 PREFATORY NOTE Western Australia has never...DIVERSITY OF COPPER MINERALIZATION I N WESTERN AUSTRALIA The geological setting: tectonic provinces ............................................ Durack Ranges ........................................................................................ Copper Hills copper mine ...................................
Book (edition)
19th centuries, which for a while made this far south-west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining... but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in South Wales, the small schooners returning with coal for...were deposited at a final stage in mainly north-south lodes (crosscourses) which are found further away...which was worked profitably by several mines to the south of Carn Brea. They may also be displaced by faulting...worked by opencast methods such as at Mulberry and Wheal Prosper near Lanivet. minerals in the lodes include
Book (edition)
nineteenth centuries, which for a while made this far south- west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper... but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in South Wales, the small schooners returning with coal for...lower temperatures in a final stage in mainly north-south lodes (crosscourses) which are found further away...which was worked profitably by several mines to the south of Carn Brea. They may also be displaced by faulting...worked by opencast methods such as at Mulberry and Wheal Prosper near Lanivet. Tin ore is cassiterite,
Report (volume)
Cornwall a.nd Devon District, pp. 54---61. VI. The South Molton District, pp. 61-62 CHAPTER 42 Plans of...Lode 20 3.-Dolcoath Mine. Transverse section 22 4.-Wheal Seton. Section at Tilly's Shaft 22 5.- Viheal Seton...bornite or horseflesh ore Cu3FeS3 55· 58 % ,, Chalcopyrite, copper pyrites, or yellow copper-ore CuFeS2...principal ore won with the tin-ore has been chalcopyrite. DISTRIBUTION OF THE ORES. During the early...rich deposits of copper-ores were discovered in South America and afterwards in l\-1exico and the Uniterl
Journal (issue)
........ ........... ...... W&W Branch and the South Wales RIGS project: An update ........ NW Branch...eymouth . Before long, however, he had moved to Australia where he served for a while as the "flying doctor''...National Museum in Cardiff and was organised by the South Wales Geologists' Association. Talks on geology...Society Wales and West Branch was invited by the South Wales Geologists' Association to display the AO...Dave Wellings. Lynda Garfield at the South Wales GA stand. Th e South Wales RIGS Project - A Final Update
Book (edition)
mining, but that definition has become too narrow. Australia in the 1960s found oil and natural gas and phosphate...September 1968 PREFACE For more than a century Australia has been one of the world’s important mining countries...and base metals that were mined vigorously in Australia. It also touches on iron because Australia’s steel...accurately for any year of the last century the wealth Australia earned from metals or the export of metals. The...Isa Mines Ltd, the Chamber of Mines of Western Australia, Broken Hill Mine Managers’ Associa- tion, Broken
Book (edition)
1963, 1969, 1978, 1993 National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Blainey, Geoffrey...Mines and mineral resources—Australia—History. 2. Mineral industries—Australia—History. I. Title. 622’.0994...gas on the North-West Shelf, the emergence of Australia as the world’s largest producer of diamonds, pic...and the finding of the huge Olym- field in South Australia, the swift revival of gold downs of uranium...March 1993 Preface For more than a century Australia has been one of the world’s important mining countries
Book (volume)
GREAT BRITAIN THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY...AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume I Ву H. G. Dines, A.R.S.M... PREFACE This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information...Ordnance Survey one-inch maps, his work in the south -west of England was the first to be published ...geology was attempted. Several publications on the south -western region, some from the more technical mining
Book (volume)
GREAT BRITAIN The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant Director' s copy...AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume I By H. G. DINES, A.R.S.M... PREFACE This account of the mining geology of south-west England summarizes the .iological information...the Ordnance Survey one-inch maps, his work n the south-west of England was the first to be published, and...geology was attempted. Several publications on the south-western region, some from the more technical mining
Book (volume)
AIICH COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0...GREATBRI'IAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with...EH14 4AP TI1e metalliferous mining region of the south-west England.Economic Cardi.tl"University lvfemoir... Ill PREFACE This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation...Ordnance Survey one-inch maps, his work in the south-west of Englm1d was the first to be published, and
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publishing his first work on the minerals of the Mendip Hills (Kingsbury 1935). he aspired to become a professional...specimens of crystallized gold from K.anowna.Western Australia, and Kingsbury's specimens labelled "Porthcurnick...labelled "South Tcrras mine, St Stcphen-in-Brannel, Cornwall". As a result of this work, South Terras mine...include: age determinations on pitchblende from South Terras mine (Pockley 1964, Darnley et al. 1965);...Sussex are drawn as single regions: North, West and South Yorkshire are combined. as are East and \Vest Sussex)
 
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