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Porphyry from
Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Classification
Type:Porphyry
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Porphyry data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1036689
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1036689:9
GUID (UUID V4):553b3f8d-a130-45e3-a6fa-99dc6825ea5c
Nearest other occurrences of Porphyry
0.9km (0.5 miles) Victor Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
1.3km (0.8 miles) Gibb Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
1.4km (0.9 miles) Fischer Shoots (Fisher complex), Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
1.9km (1.2 miles) Ken Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.0km (1.3 miles) Hunt Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.3km (1.4 miles) Otter Juan Mine, Juan complex, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
4.0km (2.5 miles) Beta Hunt Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
7.4km (4.6 miles) Dawn's Hope Gold Mine, South Kal Mines (South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine; HBJ), Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
13.5km (8.4 miles) Revenge Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
17.8km (11.1 miles) South Kal Mines (South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine; HBJ), Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for the emplacement of nickel ores, Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda, Western Australia D. Findlay To cite this...for the emplacement of nickel ores, Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda, Western Australia, Australian Journal of...for the emplacement of nickel ores, Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda, Western Australia D. FINDLAY Downloaded...WA 6151, Australia. Restoration of fault displacements on a section through the Lunnon Shoot is made in...flexural slip and ductile flow in the growth of the Kambalda Anticline. Coupled with the interpretation here
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volcanic-Type NickelDeposits, YilgarnBlock, Western Australia F. M. BARRETT, JR.A. B•NNS,D. I. GROVES, R...Arcbean volcanic-typeFe-Ni sulfide ores of Western Australia occur at the base of relatively small, lenslike...commonlyof dynamic style, although the important Kambalda depositsoccur in a static-style environment. The...of deposits(Juan and Lunnon shoots,Kambalda; Windarra, Redross,and Nepean mines). All ores have undergonea...Introduction THz ArchcanFe-Ni sulfidedepositsof Western Australiaare associated with two main typesof ultramariehost
Report (issue)
NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA An oblique aerial view, from the south-southwest, ofthe...has been used t o define the broad extent ofthe Lunnon and Hunt shoots which plunge south-southeast under...the lake. In the middleground the township of Kambalda East nestles in hills of the metabasaft which...the Surveyor General, Western Australia. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN...BULLETIN 14 NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R. J. MARSTON PERTH, 1984 Issued under
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Petrology,andGenesisof NickelOres at the JuanComplex,Kambalda,WesternAustralia R. J. MARSTONAND B. D. KAY Abstract...Introduction and Geological Setting (Table 1). Tn• Kambalda nickel depositsoccur in a northWith the exceptionof...at the Otter shoot this belt at Kambalda is 4 to 5 km wide and is com(Keele and Nickel, 1974), most publisheddata...tholeiiticand komatiiticaffinities (Fig. 1). Lunnon shoot. The Juan complexof shootsis of Rossand Hopkins...than 3 km in thickness(Table 1), inories for Kambalda nickel ores. The complex occurs trudedby later felsicto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Precious Metals in Volcanic Peridotitc-Associated Nickel SulfideDeposits in WesternAustralia. II: Distribution...Distribution withinthe Oresand Host Rocks at Kambalda REID R. KEA¾S, Departmentof Geology, University of...of Melbourne, Parkville,Victoria3052,Australia JAMESR. Ross, WesternMiningCorporation Ltd., Exploration...Division,P.O.Box91,Belmont6104,WesternAustralia, Australia AND PAUL WOOLRICH Department of Geology, Chelsea...WOOLRICH Introduction Individual ore shoots at Kambalda consist of a zone of contact mineralization which
Report (issue)
Geology, University of Western Australia. ^B.H.P. Minerals, Perth, Western Australia. ^Geological Survey...F or G + F where A B C D E F G = = = = = = = nickel or cobalt or platinum or pentlandite mineralization...with potential. The bibliography on nickel deposits of Western Australian includes all relevant references...Survey of Western Australia Mineral Resource Bulletin 14, "Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia," by...short articles are contained in University of Western Australia Geology Department and Extension Service Publication
Report (issue)
melonite, chalcopyrite, michenerite, hawleyite (Kambalda, Australia). Distribution: In Russia, from the Kochkar...east of Vardenis, Armenia [TL]. In the Aidarly porphyry copper deposit, Kazakhstan. At Oldřichov, near...Columbia. From the Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda, 56 km south of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, and at Crown Reef...Reef, Norseman, Western Australia. From the Yanahara mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. In the Bulawan Au–Ag–Te
Book
of copper deposits, including in Part I: copper-nickel deposits with cobalt and platinum group elements;...deposits in mafic and ultramafic complexes, (2) Porphyry copper deposits, (3) Copper deposits of volcanic-hydrothermal...Controls on the Formation of Komatiite-Associated Nickel-Copper Sulfide Deposits C. M. LESHER and D. I....PeridotiteAssociated Nickel Sulphide Deposits with Special Reference to the Kambalda Dome J. J. GRESHAM.... 91 Sulfide Petrology and Genesis of Copper-Nickel Ore Deposits V. V. DISTLER, A.D. GENKIN, and O
Report (issue)
MONOGRAPH 17 of Somepats oe ilar ce| + in Australia mail iii DOOO38J0754 oA., eet OF ROME prhge...DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Cover Picture—The Argyle Diamond mine Photo by courtesy of Ashton Mines Limited ...DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Editors K. R. GLASSON J. H. RATTIGAN INCORPORATED...House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 1990 © Copyright By THE AUSTRALASIAN ...any of its publications | National Library of Australia Card No. ISBN 6 949106 57 7 Typeset by Abb-typesetting
Report (issue)
pits in the background. Courtesy of Great Central Mines Limited. ii GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN AND PAPUA NEW...Level 3, 15-31 Pelham Street, Carlton Victoria Australia 3053 iii © The Australasian Institute of Mining...knowledge and understanding of the mineral wealth of Australia and Papua New Guinea. v vi Committees MONOGRAPH...Organisation Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy Australian Mineral Industries Research...Resources Tasmania Tenement Administration Services Mines and Energy SA Victorian Department of Natural Resources
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in gold exploration success: Yilgarn Craton, Australia G.N. Phillips, J.R. Vearncombe, R.R. Anand, C...in gold exploration success: Yilgarn Craton, Australia, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...in gold exploration success: Yilgarn Craton, Australia G.N. Phillipsa,b,c,*,neil@phillipsgold.com.au...of Melbourne, Australia cDepartment dSJS P/L, Box 3 Central Park Victoria 3145 Australia of Earth Sciences...Bridge 6153 WA Australia eCSIRO fDGO Mineral Resources, Box 1130, WA 6102 Australia Gold Ltd, Box
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magnetite + quartz (FMQ) buffer to well above the nickelnickel oxide (NNO) buffer. Textural and chemical evidence...magmatic-hydrothermal fluid, ultimately giving rise to porphyry-type or related mineralization. For a melt containing...Bingham, Tintic, Satsuma–Iwojima, Clear Lake, porphyry deposit. SOMMAIRE On accepte en général que les...cas à des conditions au delà du tampon nickel – oxyde de nickel (NNO). D’après les critères texturaux...otherwise might be released, for example, to a porphyry-Cu mineralizing system (e.g., Keith et al. 1996)
Journal (volume)
Geology, geochemistry and mineralogy of two Archean nickel-copper deposits in Suomussalmi, eastern Finland...GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY OF TWO ARCHEAN NICKEL-COPPER DEPOSITS IN SUOMUSSALMI, EASTERN FINLAND...Geology, geochemistry and mineralogy of two Archean nickel-copper deposits in Suomussalmi, eastern Finland...sulphu risation. K ey words: Economic geology, nickel, copper, sulphides, mineralogy, greenstone belt...queneh textures. Analogous textures were found in Australia during prospecting for Ni deposits. They were
Book
Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1, Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19a Boundary...Boundary Street, Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. 2011, Australia FRANCE Pergamon Press S A R L , 24 rue des Ecoles...series was limited to the ore deposits of the western hemi­ sphere, including Greenland. This volume...features. Distances between inhabited places and mines are given in lengths of straight lines between them;...continent or, in the case of Australasia, by Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Papua-New
Report (volume)
560-2652) Australia Australian Mineral Foundation 63 Conyngham Street Glenside South Australia 5065 Australia...deposits in the crust fractals? A study of gold mines in the Zimbabwean craton JOLLEY, S. J., HENDERSON...COWARD, M. P. Nickel ore troughs in Archaean volcanic rocks, Kambalda, Western Australia: indicators of...Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 85, 131-142. Australia Short Course, 33-40. JOHNSTON, J. D., MCCAFFREY...Distribution. MIRO, Lichfield. mineralization in Western Australia. Irish AssociaFITZGERALD, G., FEELY, M., JOHNSTON
Report (issue)
OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 13 COPPER MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R...Mensaros, M.L.A., Minister for Mines 77307-1 i National Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244...7244 8002 11 1 PREFATORY NOTE Western Australia has never been a major producer of copper in the...Pilbara and East Kimberley regions. Zinc, lead, nickel, or molybdenum may accompany copper in such deposits...D DIVERSITY OF COPPER MINERALIZATION I N WESTERN AUSTRALIA The geological setting: tectonic provinces
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Summary 5.11. Recommended Reading ·/CHAPTER 6. NICKEL (-COPPER) SULFIDE DEPOSITS 6.1. Introduction 6..._;CHAPTER 8. PORPHYRY DEPOSITS 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Porphyry Copper Deposits 8.3. Porphyry Molybdenum...Molybdenum Deposits 8.4. Porphyry Tin Deposits 8.5. Summary 8.6. Recommended Reading 353 353 353 397 409 412 413...journal articles, scores of books, visits to many mines around the world, and a life­ time of endeavor to...successful for some kinds of deposits, such as porphyry copper deposits, volcanic-hosted massive sulfide
Report (issue)
Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520 Red Dog Creek, western Brooks Range, Alaska, in 1979, prior to drilling...Genetic Concepts: Concepts of the Genesis of Sulfide Nickel-Copper Deposits: A Historical Review hued. i ...eee R. W. Boyle 164 Porphyry Copper Deposits. ‘ Ai ae Model Development: Porphyry Molybdenum Deposits...dos Cane The Discovery of the Kambalda Nickel Deposits, Western Australia ............. J.J. Gresham 0...HUTCHINSON Department of Geology, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401 AND RICHARD I. GRAUCH
Report (issue)
international collection of authors from both western and eastern affiliations. At about this time the...Finland Chicoutimi, Québec Perth, Australia Ottawa, Ontario Sydney, Australia Durham, North Carolina Cape Town...Andy Miller, Jim Mitrofanov, Felix Naldrett, Tony Nickel, Ernie Nielsen, Troels Oberthür, Thomas Pretoria...Minnesota Apatiti, Russia Toronto, Ontario Perth, Australia Copenhagen, Denmark Hanover, Germany Ohnenstetter...Washington, D.C. Slansky, Ervin Frenchs Forest, Australia Sutcliffe, Richard Tolstykh, Nadezda Toronto
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UK Allen & Unwin (Australia) Ltd, 8 Napier Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia Allen & Unwin (New... and the work of their associates in Canada, Australia and India, showed that we will, eventually, comprehend...Council of Canada (3.10); Geological Society of Australia (3.22,3.29,3.32 & 5.17); John B. Henderson (3...Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology & Geophysics, Australia. Figures 4.4 & 4.5 reproduced by permission from...304 Gold deposits Base metal deposits Archaean nickel deposits Platinum group elements Chrome Asbestos
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Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.. P.O. Box 544. Potts Point. NSW 2011. Australia FRANCE...Precambrian". This project, which was established in Australia in 1 9 7 6 during IGCP session XXVI, operates...Canadian Shield and then in South Africa, Western Australia and India (Wilson, 1972). They include granite-gneiss...anorthosite bodies containing chromite ore horizons (Western 18 Precambrian Mineral Deposits Greenland)...copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, sulphide copper-nickel deposits in association with basic-ultrabasic intrusives
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the Pacific Rim Congress '87 in Gold Coast, Australia, and the Gold '88 symposium held in Melbourne...Mexico. His mining industry experience includes porphyry copper exploration, geologic evaluation of volcanic-hosted...presently is serving as the Chief of the Branch of Western Mineral Resources. Dr B.R. Berger US Geological...volcanic-rock-related epithermal deposits in the Western Great Basin and Pacific Northwestern United States...exploration industry, most recently with Kidd Creek Mines Ltd., and in government research. Dr Coker is currently
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Exploration Symposium held in Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, August 1976 during the 25th International Geological...Division of Mineralogy, Commonwealth Wembley, Western Australia Scientific and Industrial Research Organization...Australian Anglo American Limited, Perth, Western Australia Association of Exploration Geochemists Special...P., 457 Moeskops, P.G., 247 Neuerburg, G.J., 31 Nickel, E.H., 2 3 5 O s m o n d , J.K., 365 Pilot, J....Division of Mineralogy Geological Survey, Western Australia Western Mining Corporation Ltd. CSIRO Division
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Deposits.A. Bjfirlykke and D. F. Sangster 179 Porphyry Copper Deposits Part I. Geologic Settings, Petrology...Franklin, D. M. Sangster, and J. W. Lydon 485 Nickel Sulfide Deposits: Classification, Composition,...examples in some long-recognized classes — such as porphyry coppers—have been multiplied many-fold. With a...to nickel-bearing sulfide segregations over much of geologic time, though the best sulfide nickel ores...much copper as nickel, a sign of progressing geochemical evolution. Kambalda-type nickel deposits are poor
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provinces in North America, southern Africa, and Australia. The high-grade association, which dominates in...Crustal thickening is also recognized along the western boundary of the Superior Province (Mereu and Hunter...between the Yilgam and Pilbara Provinces in western Australia (Horwitz and Smith, 1978). Mafic dike distributions...greenstone succession in the Yilgarn Province of Western Australia (Naldrett and Turner, 1977). Unconformities...areas, while it is present in others (i.e., the western part of the Superior Province). Young (1979) has
 
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