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Pyrrhotite from
Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:599332
Long-form Identifier:1:3:599332:1
GUID (UUID V4):6e540d2f-53d0-485b-95b9-4b4f6b638057
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
1.5km (0.9 miles) Lady Bevys Mine (Lady Bevis Mine), Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
9.6km (6.0 miles) Marshalls Monarch Mine (Marshalls Caledonian; White Lead Mine), Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
13.4km (8.3 miles) Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
13.7km (8.5 miles) Black Hill prospect, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
14.3km (8.9 miles) Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine), Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
14.7km (9.1 miles) Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
15.5km (9.6 miles) Central Mine (Block 9; ML 9), Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
16.0km (9.9 miles) Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
16.3km (10.2 miles) CBH Rasp Mine (Rasp Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
17.3km (10.8 miles) Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
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Invited Review Article A classification of Broken Hill-type deposits: A critical review Paul G. Spry...Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords: Broken Hill Pb-Zn-Ag...Pb-Zn-Ag deposit Broken Hill-type deposits Classification Broken Hill Hill-type Pb-Zn-Ag (BHT) deposits...grade ore deposits in the world. The Broken Hill deposit, Australia, is the largest accumulation of Pb...because the type example of this class of deposit (Broken Hill) is not hosted in marble or calc-silicate rocks
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elsevier.com/locate/oregeorev Did the giant Broken Hill (Australia) Zn–Pb–Ag deposit melt? Paul G. Spry a...Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia c Teale & Associates, PO Box 740, North Adelaide, South Australia...Australia 5006, Australia Received 9 May 2007; accepted 11 November 2007 Available online 4 December 2007 ...massive sulfide deposits, including the Broken Hill deposit, Australia, have partially melted. Here we discuss...the evidence for and against this process. The Broken Hill deposit is located in the Curnamona Craton within
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BrokenHill-TypePinnacles Pb-Zn-AgDeposit, Western New South Wales, Australia JOANNA M. PARR* Departmentof Geology...Newcastle, Callaghan,Newcastle, NewSouthWales2308,Australia Abstract ThePb-Zn-AgPinnacles depositliesin theProterozoic...andcrosscutting retrogradeshearzones(Ds). The Pinnacles andBrokenHill deposits havemanyfeaturesin common...ischaracterized by strata- rocks,for example,Broken Hill, New SouthWales BritishColumbia(Hambound orebodies...1983);Sullivan, ilton et al., 1982); and the Pinnacles deposit. tic andchemicalsedimentaryrockswhichhavecomThis
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to Broken Hill-Type Pb-Zn-Ag Mineralization in the Broken Hill Domain, New South Wales, Australia Joshua...Associates, P.O. Box 740, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia Resources Canada, Geological Survey...Perilya Limited, P.O. Box 5001, Broken Hill, New South Wales 2880, Australia Abstract Gahnite-bearing rocks...throughout the Proterozoic Broken Hill domain, New South Wales, Australia, where they are spatially associated...associated with Broken Hill-type Pb-Zn-Ag mineralization, including the supergiant Broken Hill deposit. In
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in pyrite from the Broken Hill-type Pinnacles deposit, New South Wales, Australia JOANNAPARR Dept. of...University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia* Abstract Two distinct generations of pyrite...morphologies, are described from the Proterozoic Broken Hill-type Pinnacles deposit in western NSW. The earlier,...reported here are previously unrecorded for Broken Hill-type mineralisation, and have implications for...regional identification of feeder zones to the Broken Hill deposit. The evidence supports a model in which
Book
MINERAL COLLECTING LOCALITIES OF THE BROKEN HILL DISTRICT I. R. PLIMER Dr Ian Plimer is a lecturer in...University College of the University of New South Wales at Broken Hill First published 1977 Copyright o...Plimer All rights reserved National Library of Australia Card and ISBN 0 909209 06 S Designed and produced...165 King Wiliiam Road, Hyde Park, South Australia Typeset in Australia by Typecraft Pty Ltd, Adelaide Printed...Printed in Hong Kong PREFACE The Broken Hill area is well known not only for its mineral wealth but
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphur isotope signature from the Pinnacles Mine, New South Wales, Australia J. Parr Department of Geology...Geology, Universityof Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Received: September 3, 1991/Accepted:...compositions of 29 sulphide samples from the Broken Hill-type Pinnacles Deposit, NSW, are found to cluster at...which are from the main Pb lode. Sphalerite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite have slightly heavier isotopic... Stratabound, Pb-Zn-Ag, Broken Hill-type deposits, like the Pinnacles Mine, (Plimer 1984, 1986) are
Book (edition)
Oman 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...compilation of this second edition. Many of the new samples had to be prepared as polished sections,...Descriptions section has been expanded by some 70 new minerals, now adding up to a total of 502 species...many minerals. • All Mineral Photos (previous and new) were electronically enhanced through an increased
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
STRATA-BOUND MINERALIZATION IN THE BROKEN HILL BLOCK, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA BRIANL. GULSON,PATRICIAM. PORRITT...Geochemistr•y, P.O. Box 136, North Ryde, New SouthWales 2113, Australia AND ROBERT g. BARNES NewSouthWalesGeological...University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia Introduction The Broken Hill area is...metallogenicprovinces,dominatedby the hugeBroken Hill depositwhich contained180 million metric tonsof...attemptsto discover new BrokenHill-type deposits,the GeologicalSurvey of New South Wales began a detailed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated with Broken Hill-type mineralisation at the Pinnacles deposit, New South Wales, Australia Joanna M...University of Newcastle, Newcastle, N.S. g: 2308, Australia (Received November 24, 1991; revised and accepted...associated with Broken Hill-type mineralisation at the Pinnacles deposit, New South Wales, Australia. Chem. Geol...base-metal (Broken Hill-type) mineralisation, have been measured for the Early Proterozoic Pinnacles deposit...deposit in western New South Wales. Garnetites, garnet-rich rocks and sulphide-rich garnet-gahnite-bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposit at Thackaringa, N.S.W., Australia I. R. Plimer B r o k e n Hill, Australia A stratabound disseminated...pyrite deposit at Thackaringa, 30 km SW. of Broken Hill occurs in banded albite-quartz-biotite rocks...is no evidence that pyrite has reacted to form pyrrhotite. It is suggested that the albite rocks were an...albite gneiss. The deposit is about 30 km SW. of Broken Hill (Fig. I) and has not been mined. • THE SISTERS...PYRITE 14, ,s ..,.L ~,~ Broken 32°s ~ s'rIRLINCVT.~ H tt "THE -*PINNACLES "BIG HILL THACKARINGA "PINE CREEK
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALIZATION IN THE BROKEN HILL BLOCK, AUSTRALIA ROBERT G. B A R N E S New South Wales Geological Survey...and Geophysics, University of New England, Armidale, N.S. W. 2351 (Australia) (Accepted for publication...remobilization of mineralization in the Broken Hill Block, Australia. In. B. Marshall and L.B. Gilligan (Editors)...Willyama Supergroup of the Broken Hill Block in western New South Wales, Australia, hosts a wide range of...deposits with commodities such as Pb, Ag, Zn, W, Cu, Co and Sn. The diversity and time relationships shown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
garnet rocks associated with the Broken Hill Pb–Zn–Ag orebody, Australia I. R. Plimer School of Earth and...Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia Received January 9, 2004; revised version accepted...handling: J. G. Raith Summary The Palaeoproterozoic Broken Hill Pb–Zn–Ag stratiform orebody is intimately associated...considered an indicator to Broken Hilltype Pb–Zn–Ag ore deposits at Broken Hill, Australia (Richards, 1966; Stanton...2000), Cannington, Australia (Walters, 2001; Walters et al., 2002), Gamsberg, South Africa (Rozendaal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Applicationto the MetamorphosedSulfideOres of Broken Hill, Australia L. TARASBRYNDZIA,* STEVEND. SCOTY, Departmentof...For example,sulfideoresof the North mine, Broken Hill, Australia, where NI]gs = 0.966 and X•s --...650øC, from the New Broken Hill Consolidatedmine; the C lode and the Zinc Corporation mine; and the Pinnaclesmine...Pinnaclesmine (12 km southwestof the main Broken Hill lode), indicate pressuresof 6.8, 5.5, 6.2, and 6.3...through 1. The divariant sphaleriteq- pyrite q-pyrrhotite the reaction: geobarometeris restricted in occurrenceto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu-Zn-Pb mineralisation in the Olary Block, South Australia: evidence from fluid inclusions and sulphur...Parlwille, Vic. 3052, Australia b Department of Geology and Geophysics, University o f New England, Armidale...2351, Australia c Department of Geology, University o f Newcastle, Newcastle, N.S.W. 2308, Australia Received...mineralisation recognised in the Olary Block, South Australia, include disseminated to massive stratiform...to the range of deposit types in the adjacent Broken Hill Block. However, it is still unclear as to whether
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1410-1425 SulfidePetrologyof the BrokenHill Begion,New SouthWales S. D. SCOTT, R. A. BOTH, AND S. A. KISSIN...lead-zinc-silver sulfide deposits(including the main Broken Hill lode) distributed acrossthree prograde regional... FeS contents of sphalerites coexisting with pyrrhotite are consistent within a single sample but range...Primary (metamorphic) pyrrhotite was iron rich and now consists of hexagonal pyrrhotite with exsolved troilite...primary pyrrhotites were altered to monoclinic pyrrhotite, pyrite, marcasite, or mixtures of these minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia ANDREW G. TOMKINS Department of Geology, Australian...Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia ABSTRACT Minor elements, such as Ag, As, Au and...the basis of our observations at the Broken Hill orebody in Australia and experimental results in the literature... where arsenopyrite and pyrite react to form pyrrhotite and an As–S melt. The melt forming between 500°...ou au delà. Nos observations au gisement de Broken Hill, en Australie, et les résultats d’études expérimentales
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
................. '................... • Broken Hill Geology .......................................Growth of Ideas Concerning Origin of the Main Broken Hill Lode 4 4 ..................................ANDREWS. In the presentnote, the caseof the Broken Hill igneou.s rocks and ore depositsis used as an...consideredin the accompanying descriptionof Broken Hill in all probability may be matched in many other...the other was equallyamazedat the absencefrom the new surroundingsof the old familiar cirque, roche-moutonnee
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SouthWales, Australia R.A. BOTH ^m)J.W.'SMITH Abstract The Willyama Complex in western New South Wales, Australia...known,respectively,as the Broken Hill type (of which the main Broken Hill Lode is the most importantexample)...Thackaringa-type veins were derived from the Broken Hill-type mineralization,possiblyduring retrograde...in sulfur isotopecompositionamong individual Broken Hill-type deposits are consistentwith a contributionof...n, a temperature of metamorphismof the main Broken Hill Lode of the order of 700øC is indicated. Introduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposita (Berl.) 3, 293--316 (1968) The Broken Hill Ore Body, Australia A R e v i e w of R e c e n t W o r...Geochemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia RON H. VERNON D e p a r t m e n t of G e o l o...o g y and Geophysics, University of Sydney, Australia PAUL F. WILLIAMS D e p a r t m e n t of G e o l...College of Townsvilie, Australia The paper reviews recent works on the Broken Hill ore body to see what...hypothesis that there is a stratigraphic control of Broken Hill type mineralization. It is concluded that any
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lead-Lead Investigationsof Minerals from the Broken Hill Lodes and Mine SequenceRocks BRIAN L. GULSON CSIRO...North Ryde, New SouthWales2113, Australia Abstract Mineral separatesfrom the mainlodesand mine sequencerocksat...Pb-Pbmethods.Apatite separateswere analyzedfrom the mine sequencerocks,from bandediron-formations, and from...agesfor monaziteand Pb-Pb age for sphenefrom the mine sequencerocksof about 1,595m.y.Apparentdifferences...ratiosin the lode,and in the bandediron-formationsand mine sequencerock apatitesprecludea simplegenetic relationshipbetween
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I. R. Plimer * University of New South Wales, Broken Hill, Australia Precambrian and Early Palaeozoic...occurrence of stratiform Sn ~Present address: North ]Broken Hill Ltd., and W deposits to Sn and W deposits 576...3004, associated with granitic rocks. Maucher Australia (1972, 1976) suggested that the "younger" 00...associated with pyrrhotite ! carbonate rocks or quartz-tourmaline rocks. Pyrrhotite + Carbonate + Cassiterite...Association In Western Tasmania (Australia), a numb e r o f pyrrhotite +_ cassiterite ore bodies Plimer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
high grade terrain: the Wfllyama Complex, Broken Hill, Australia G. J. CORBETT & G. N. PHILLIPS LITHOS...high grade terrain: the WiUyama Complex, Broken Hill, Australia. Lithos 14, 59-.73. Oslo. ISSN 002,1-4937...observed lithologies of the Willyama Complex, Broken Hill. Two broad Wpes of retrogression are distinguished:...Kinematic retrogression involves the development era new schistose fabric and, like pseudomorphous retrogression...N.S.W. 2001, Australia. G. N. Phillips, Dept. of Geology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Metasomatic Processes at the Broken Hill Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, Australia: Rare Earth Element Signatures...stratiform Paleoproterozoic Broken Hill lead-zinc-silver deposit, Australia. The deposit was metamorphosed...periods of deformation (D1-D5). Sulfides at Broken Hill are commonly associated with quartz garnetite...Paleoproterozoic Broken Hill deposit, located in the Broken Hill domain of the Curnamona province, Australia, is the...also spatially associated with over 400 minor Broken Hill-type deposits throughout the Curnamona province
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Associates, P.O. Box 740, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia ABSTRACT Zincian spinel [(Zn,Fe,Mg)Al2O4]...spatially associated with Mg-rich alteration zones, shed new light on the use of zincian spinel composition as...deposits, including Broken Hill and Cannington (Australia), and Aggeneys (Namaqualand, South Africa), as well...spinel horizons in the Broken Hill Domain of the Curnamona Province, Australia (e.g., Barnes et al. 1983...spinel from 22 locations in Colorado, by providing new petrological information and compositions of zincian
 
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