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Chalcopyrite from
Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43418
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43418:2
GUID (UUID V4):ad6ecf76-4b9b-4b44-bffb-4ec7bb8015c8
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
55.1km (34.2 miles) ⓘSerpentine, Serpentine-Jarrahdale Shire, Western Australia, Australia
71.1km (44.2 miles) ⓘCole's Shaft (Kelmscott Mine; Forbes' Mine; Neerigen Brook Mine), City of Armadale, Western Australia, Australia
71.8km (44.6 miles) ⓘArmadale slate quarry, City of Armadale, Western Australia, Australia
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Controlson the Locationof Au-Cu Mineralization at the Boddington GoldMine,WesternAustralia ANDREW H. ALLIBONE...Australasia,P.O. Box 250, West Deakin, A.C.T. 2600, Australia DAVID BURTON, GERARD ANDERSON,PETER W. EDWARDS...AluminaPry.Ltd.,Boddington GoldMine,P.O.Box48, Boddington, Western Australia 6390,Australia C. MARK FANNING...G.P.O.Box4, Canberra, A.C.T.0200,Australia Abstract The Boddington goldmineishostedin Archcan volcanic...oftheYilgarn craton, Western Australia. TotalAucontent oftheBoddington gold mine(pastproduction plusin
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Danyushevsky4 2 NU University of Adelaide, S.A., 5005, Australia Deep Exploration Technology Cooperative Research...of Adelaide, North 3 MA Terrace, SA 5005, Australia Dept. of Geology, State University of New York...CODES, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia PT ED 4 Abstract AC 4 March 2013 CE Revised...Hilltop (NV, USA) and the Archean Boddington Cu-Au deposit (Western Australia). Whereas W and CEs are affected...and is NU also traceable by measurable Au. At Boddington, granite-derived fluids dilute Re in precursor
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metal deposits in the Archean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia P. Duuring a,⁎, K.F. Cassidy b , S.G. Hagemann... Canada V6T1Z4 b Geoscience Australia, Canberra, A.C.T., 2601, Australia Centre for Exploration Targeting...Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6009, Australia Received 8 April 2005; accepted...with Archean granitoids in the Yilgarn Craton of Australia are historically considered to be orogenic (Cassidy...dating of magmatic and hydrothermal events (e.g., Boddington, Nevoria, Chalice) have led to the possibility
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and Bardoc Shear Systems, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia ANTHONY A. MOREY, predictive mineral discovery*Cooperative...Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia ANDREW G. TOMKINS,† School of Geosciences, P...28E, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia FRANK P. BIERLEIN, Centre for Exploration Targeting...Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia ROBERTO F. WEINBERG...Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia AND GARRY J. DAVIDSON ARC Centre of Excellence
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South Au-Cu (Co-Bi) Deposit, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia: Thermodynamic Constraints on the Formation...Maylands, Western Australia 6051, Australia of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, 35...35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia 3 Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia Abstract...Goldfields Orogen of the Archean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Two epidote-quartz-calcite-magnetite orebodies
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Tectonic Zone, Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia: implications for gold endowment in shear...Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, is physically linked along strike to the...28E, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia Keywords Yilgarn Craton . Western Australia . Orogenic gold . Deformation...University, PO Box 28E, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia Introduction F. P. Bierlein Tectonics Special...Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia F. P. Bierlein (*)
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Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, S.A., 5000, Australia and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences...Sciences, University of Adelaide, S.A., 5005, Australia Christopher J. STANLEY Department of Mineralogy...only from the type locality, the Boddington Au deposit, Western Australia. Another phase, unnamed PbBi4Te4S3...tellurobismuthite and tetradymite from St. David’s mine, Clogau, Wales, U.K. Re-investigation of this assemblage...microparagenesis of precious-metal-bearing galena – chalcopyrite – pyrite mineralization in quartz veins at Fragant
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mafic dykes at 2.62 Ga in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: links to cratonisation and the Zimbabwe Craton...mafic dykes at 2.62 Ga in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: links to cratonisation and the Zimbabwe Craton...mafic dykes at 2.62 Ga in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: links to cratonisation and the Zimbabwe Craton...Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia 2. The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR)...Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia 3. Department of Geology, Lund University, SĂślvegatan
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BHP-Billiton, GPO Box 1777, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia NU b SC R Centre for Ore Deposit and...Tasmania, PrivateBag79, Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia MA Abstract CE P TE D A review of previous...deposits. In some deposits (e.g. Witwatersrand, Boddington Cadia, Sukhoi Log or Carlin) the different enrichment...the stockworks are present at the Mt. Charlotte mine. CE P TE D MA A recent study has also highlighted...turbidites in the Victorian Goldfield area, southern Australia. Recent research by (Thomas et al., 2011), based
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Bulgaria (Bonev & Neykov 1990), the Boddington gold deposit, Western Australia (Clarke 1997), the Clogau gold...Niangniangshan biotite granite plutons intruded the western and eastern part of the area, respectively. However...(70–90 vol.%), pyrite (5–15 vol.%), galena, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, carbonates and, locally, molybdenite...the main minerals are pyrite (15–20 vol.%) and chalcopyrite (15–25 vol.%), minor galena 1299 and sphalerite...predominantly with galena, subordinately with chalcopyrite, sphalerite and pyrite (Figs. 2a–d), and it
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deposit in the Agnew– Mt. White district, Western Australia F. Voute & N. Thébaud Received: 18 December...stage associated with pervasive arsenopyrite+chalcopyrite+pyrrhotite+pyrite alteration, followed by (3)...presence of Au–Ag–Cu alloys, native bismuth, chalcopyrite and other Bi–Te–S phases in the mineralisation...Environment, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia e-mail: francois...mineralogy dominated by pyrite and/or arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite (Groves et al. 1998), and (3)
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tonalite intrusions at Mt. Shea, Kalgoorlie, Australia: implications for the origin of gold–pyrite–tennantite...richer in gold (1.5–4.5 g/t). At the Hannan South mine, the skarns consist of epidote, calcite, chlorite...magnetite are in equilibrium contact with pyrite and chalcopyrite. The As–Co–Nibearing pyrite contains inclusions...magnetite are in equilibrium with Co– Ni pyrite and chalcopyrite. Mineral-pair thermometry, mass-balance calculations...(*) 12a Belgrave Street, Maylands, Western Australia 6051, Australia e-mail: andreas@v-app.com.au faulting
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Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, W.A., Australia 6009 RICHARD J. GOLDFARB, United...ROBERT, Barrick Gold of Australia Ltd., 10th Floor, 2 Mill St., Perth, W.A., Australia 6000 AND CRAIG J....Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, W.A., Australia 6009 Abstract Metamorphic belts...Michibayashi, 1995, and Robert and Poulsen, 1997; Boddington in Roth, 1992, Allibone et al., 1998, and McCuaig...mineralization (e.g., Kalgoorlie and Boddington, Western Australia; Timmins and Hemlo, Canada). The major
Report (volume)
gneiss-hosted gold model (No. 37c) is based on the Tumco mine group and American Girl-Padre y Madre mines in the...epithermal gold model (37d) is based on the Mesquite mine, southern California, which occurs in breccia fillings...made of the amount of gold remaining when a placer mine changes from smallvolume mining (such as panning...are poorly defined, deposits from Guyana, Western Australia, and Surname. Like the thorium-rare-earth...granitic rocks. AGE RANGE: Mesozoic-Tertiary in Western United States; may be any age. LOCAL GEOLOGIC
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Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement To The Mineralogical Record, September–October 2020 ... Mineral Collections in Australia Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography...September–October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September–October...1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian...Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western
Journal (issue)
Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03) 9723 5041...Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 3, Number 2 December...Articles: The Coolgardie pegmatite field, Western Australia Mark I. Jacobson ...........................M11se11111 ofVic10ria Associate Editors The Daydream Mine, Silverton, N.S.W. John D. Leach .................associated with ironstones in the Olary region, South Australia P.M. Ashley, B.G. Lottermoser, K.M. Scott ...
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Proterozoic (1,100 Ma) Bangemall Basin in Western Australia. From some 5,000 m of drill core 57 samples...Proterozoic (1,100 Ma) of the Bangemall Basin in Western Australia, named Abra. The samples were analyzed for...Geopeko Pty. (Boddington, in preparation) and Amoco Australia Ltd., the Geological Survey of Western Australia...core meters. The major ore minerals are galena, chalcopyrite, and barite, with subordinate amounts of tetrahedrite...belongs to the central Bangemall Basin in Western Australia During the study of the geochemical data
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framework and metal deposits of southwestern Australia J.S. Myersa and M.E. Barleyb aGeological Survey...WesternAustralia, 100 Plain Street, Perth, W.A. 6004, Australia bKey Centrefor Teachingand Research in Strategic...Universityof WesternAustralta, Nedlands, W.A. 6009, Australia (Received May 10, 1991; accepted after revision...framework and metal deposits of southwestern Australia. Precambrian Res., 58: 345-354. The Proterozoic...evolution and metal deposits of southwestern Australia reflect a dynamic history of repeated aggregation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences (2002) 49, 623–660 Mineral systems of Australia: an overview of resources, settings and processes...WALSHE2 1 2 Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. CSIRO Division of Exploration...and Mining, PO Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia. Australia produces more than 22 mineral commodities...variety of deposit types, but >90% of the value of mine production is obtained from just 10 commodities...relative timing of critical events. KEY WORDS: Australia, geodynamics, giant deposits, metallogeny, mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
al. 1989), Syama Mine, Mali (Bowell et al. 1996), Kalgoorlie and Boddington, Australia (Davy & El-Ansary...tourmaline, and disseminated galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, gold, barite. ** Quartz vein; n. a. = not analysed...association with gold are pyrite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, as well as native silver, hematite/limonite...intimately associated with fractured pyrite and chalcopyrite. Mobilised and reprecipitated gold (contemporaneous...regolith, Mystery Zone, Mt. Percy, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. – Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment
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Fremantle, WA 6160 3 Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth WA 6004 4 Centre...Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia 5 Centre for Exploration Targeting...Targeting, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Abstract Archean alkali-rich...Superterrane (EGST) of the Archean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, into two major (High-Ca and Low-Ca) and three...the observed occurrence of gold in the buffer. Boddington (McCuaig et al, 2001; Duuring et al., 2007),
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through the regolith in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia R. R. ANAND* AND C. R. M. BUTT CSIRO Earth...Avenue, Technology Park, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia. The Yilgarn Craton is one of the world’s principal...regolith-dominated terrains occur elsewhere in Australia and, indeed, in other continents, many of the...1440-0952 online Ó 2010 Geological Society of Australia DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2010.522823 1016 R. R...a generally low relief, except along its south western margin, where an escarpment (the Darling Range)
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and is accompanied by abundant pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite, and accessory pyrite, arsenopyrite, loellingite...and structural elements in the PetraÂcÏkova hora mine workings (ZachariaÂsÏ 1998) and isotopic dating...the two phases is transitional across 20 m in the mine workings. Narrow aplite, leucogranodiorite, and...scheelite, Moly molybdenite, S sul®des (pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pyrite) Vein type Thickness (cm) and orientation...common sul®de minerals are pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. Chalcopyrite is more common in quartz veins than in
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MSSC, being the oldest mineral society in the Western United States (since 1931!) has a great many advanced...stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...find of calcite in complete "balls" from the Herja Mine near Baia Mare. Evidently a large vug, or series
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viable examples include the Boddington mine in the Yilgarn block of Australia (Roth and Anderson, 1993)...Superior Province of Canada (Fraser, 1993). In Australia, minor porphyries occur in 30% of gold mines in...the north and marks the contact with the Hunter Mine Group to the south (Fig. 2; Daigneault and Archambault...are especially abundant near the southern and western borders of the intrusion. They range in size from...mafic and intermediate volcanic rocks, whereas the western margin is characterised by a complex network of
 
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