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Malachite from
Copper Hills, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Hills, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:159070
Long-form Identifier:1:3:159070:8
GUID (UUID V4):195fb9e0-bdfd-4534-a9d8-ba6bf4942a2f
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
5.5km (3.4 miles) Emu Creek East Mine, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
6.9km (4.3 miles) Copper Hills Mine, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
7.5km (4.7 miles) Copper Hills West Mine, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
8.1km (5.0 miles) Lionel copper deposit, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
9.8km (6.1 miles) Boobina Creek prospect, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
16.3km (10.2 miles) Sunday Hill (Quartz Circle), Ripon Hills District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
24.0km (14.9 miles) Kellys Copper Mine (Mondana Mine), Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
27.4km (17.0 miles) Copper Hills South Mine, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
28.2km (17.5 miles) Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
30.3km (18.9 miles) Eastern Mine, Yandicoogina Goldfield, Mount Edgar Station, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pt, Au, Ag AND Hg MINERALS IN THE PILBARA REGION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ERNEST H. NICKEL§ Exploration & Mining...CSIRO, Private Bag no. 5, PO Wembley, W.A., 6913, Australia ABSTRACT A small high-grade occurrence of palladium...selenium and mercury at Copper Hills in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia exhibits a remarkable...occurs within a malachite–quartz host, with particularly high concentrations in malachite nodules. The primary...arborescent fronds, and as larger inclusions in the malachite nodules. The native silver has been partially
Report (issue)
OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 13 COPPER MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R...Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244 8002 11 1 PREFATORY NOTE Western Australia has never...never been a major producer of copper in the national context, but copper deposits are abundant and occur...Despite the unstable nature of the international copper market, exploration interest has remained high...Goldfields, Pilbara and East Kimberley regions. Zinc, lead, nickel, or molybdenum may accompany copper in such
Report (issue)
SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by K. M. Ferguson < < EWG1CAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTWCA DEPARTMENT...SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 . , .- FRONTISPIECE Sulfur and copper staining in creek draining...Sulphur Springs deposit, Pilbara Craton GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN... Ranford DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA David Blight Copy editors: I. R. Nowak and...Lead, zinc and silver deposits of Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA L RESOURCES SULLETIN No. 8 OF WE G. H. LOW, 8.Sc. ISSUED UNDER...knowledge of the known copper deposits i n Western Australia. Although no large copper mines have been developed...locality map at the end of the bulletin shows t h a t copper is widely distributed throughout the S t a t e... initiated this compilation, reallsing t h a t copper could become as important t o this S t a t e as...iocalities mentioned t o gather first-hand informat The copper deposits have been divided according t o standard
Report (issue)
(Ag2.01Cu0.02)Σ=2.03Pd3.02Se3.95. (2) Copper Hills prospect, Australia; by electron microprobe, corresponding...(Tilkerode, Germany); in malachite nodules (Copper Hills prospect, Australia). In a telethermal selenide...tiemannite, chalcomenite, malachite, quartz (Copper Hills prospect, Australia). Jaguéite, clausthalite...Mountains, Germany. In the Copper Hills prospect, East Pilbara region, Western Australia. From the El Chire prospect...the village of Vinchina, Los Llantenes mining district, La Rioja Province, Argentina. Name: In honor
Report (edition)
maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Department of Mines and Petroleum 100 Plain Street East Perth WA 6004 Phone: (08) 9222 3459 Fax: (08) 9222...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist...et al. The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response
Report (edition)
Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...VC 2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Archean North Pilbara Terrain, Western Australia DAVID L. HUSTON,† Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378,...2601, Australia SHEN-SU SUN, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, and Department...0200, Australia RICHARD BLEWETT, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia ARTHUR...Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia DAVID PHILLIPS,...Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia DARCY BAKER, School of Geosciences, University
Report (issue)
chalcomenite, chalcopyrite, cobaltite, pyrite, malachite, calcite. Distribution: In Argentina, from the...Kalgoorlie, and from the Copper Hills prospect, East Pilbara region, Western Australia; in the Iron Monarch...Monarch quarry, Iron Knob, South Australia. In the Frederik VII’s mine, near Julianehåb, southern Greenland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077, U.S.A. 3...2005). The world’s largest Hg deposit, the Almadén district of central Spain, is representative of concentrations...reworking of the mercury-hosting rocks of the Almadén district (primary mineralization 427–380 Ma) led to at...or minor element in solid solution with zinc and copper sulfide ores, such as Hg-rich tetrahedrite [(Cu...Hg)12Sb4S13; e.g., Dana 1958], as well as in amalgams with copper, lead, silver, and gold (e.g., Chen et al. 1985)
Journal (issue)
Arizona Chris Whitney-Smith Photo COPPER 8.1cm Rocklands Mine, Australia Jeff Scovil Photo Editors Message...Meeting Highlights Mineral Of The Month Arizona Copper Minerals--Les Presmyk Collection Spotlight--Hannah...1 ISSN 2572-7486 M INERAL OF THE MONTH: COPPER Copper “The Rabbit” 13.3cm Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan...Michigan Jeff Scovil Photo Properties of copper Formula: Cu Color: Copper-red. Tarnishes to black or green in...Member of: Copper Group Name Orgin: From Greek "kyprios", of Cyprus, the location of ancient copper mines;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
These fluids collect certain elements producing a district mineralogical specialization with inhomogeneities...(Derby, 2012). Examples of this type of deposit are District Artillery Park, Arizona, USA (Derby, 2012); Santa...Otish Mountains, Canada (Johan et al., 1987); Kitka River Valley, Finland (Vuorelaine et al., 1964); Santa...2007; Grainger et al., 2008), Brazil; Copper Hills, Australia (Nickel, 2002); Bleïda Far West, Morocco...found. Supergene processes produced azurite, malachite, calcomenite, schmiederite, atacamite and paraatacamite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Review Sustainable Use of Copper Resources: Beneficiation of Low-Grade Copper Ores Silpa Sweta Jena 1 ...and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Egaila 54200, Kuwait; saeed.farrokhpay@aum.edu...com Abstract: The global market has announced copper as a modern energy metal and finds its extensive...etc. Copper ore is primarily beneficiated from sulphide mineral deposits. Due to high-grade copper sulphide...The present paper summarizes the utilization of copper as a clean energy mineral and its importance in
Book
Survey of Western Australia Perth, Australia R. HUGH SMITHIES Geological Survey of Western Australia Perth...Perth, Australia VICKIE C. BENNETT Research School of Earth Sciences The Australian National University...University Canberra, Australia Amsterdam - Boston - Heidelberg - London - New York - Oxford Paris - San Diego...Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia (vickie. bennett@anu.edu.au) A.W.R. BEVAN Department...Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia (bevana@museum.wa
Book
Survey of Western Australia Perth, Australia R. HUGH SMITHIES Geological Survey of Western Australia Perth...Perth, Australia VICKIE C. BENNETT Research School of Earth Sciences The Australian National University...University Canberra, Australia Amsterdam - Boston - Heidelberg - London - New York - Oxford Paris - San Diego...Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia (vickie. bennett@anu.edu.au) A.W.R. BEVAN Department...Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia (bevana@museum.wa
Book
Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia Foreword by Peter A. Cawood 13...Survey of Western Australia Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia 100 Plain St. East Perth...Perth WA 6004 Australia franco.pirajno@doir.wa.gov.au ISBN: 978-1-4020-8612-0 e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8613-7...and since 1993, the Geological Survey of Western Australia. He has held visiting professorships at vii...peer-reviewed papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his career
Report (issue)
This commod ity profile provides an overview of copper, with up-to-data information on world production...mineralogy and deposits Definition and characteristics Copper is a non-ferrous base meta l and its average concentration...million). The average minimum exploitable grade for a copper deposit is 0.4% which equates to a concentration...of around 80 based on average crustal abundance. Copper occurs naturally in all plants and animals, as...chalcopyrite the main copper ore (CuFeS) , and copper ions (Cu+ or Cu2+) in solution. Copper metal has a c::
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
three magma subchambers; the west, west-central, and east subchambers which host ore bodies 24, 1, and 2,...powders were analyzed at Genalysis in Perth Western Australia as a check and at Genalysis PGE concentrations...(2005) was analyzed at Genalysis Plc., Perth, Australia and detection limits for the Genalysis results...Palladseite (Pd17Se15) milotaite (PdSbSe) Copper Hills, Australia Oosterboschite (Pd,Cu)7Se luberoite (Pt5Se4)...(1998), Stanley et al. (1990) Coronation Hill, Australia Au-bearing carbonate veins in Middle Devonian
Book (edition)
departamento district municipio Saint Sainte island mount, mountain...mountain Mts. R. Penin. Vole. Plat. mountains river peninsula volcano platform Australian Journal of Mineralogy...white. Cleavage {00I} perfect. D = 2.18. ern Australia. J. ofGeoscience 56, 249-255, 2011. 9 Agricolaite...65(6) - 2.44(5). At Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. IMA 2010-029. Aleksandrovite KLi3CaSn 2 [F2 J(Si6O...of the Lloyd mine, Burraga, New South Wales, Australia. AM 91, 261-269, 2006. Alum-K renamed, former
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
org Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations...million tonnes of ore containing 67 100 tonnes of copper, 51 700 tonnes of silver and 1,9 tonnes of gold...area of the Kristineberg VHMS deposit, Skellefte district, Sweden .......................................A. Massive Zn-Cu-Pb deposits in the Røros ore district, Norway: setting and formation ................ The Jörn granitoid complex, Skellefte mining district, Sweden: petrography, lithogeochemistry and emplacement
Book (volume)
Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller + GEMSTONES OF AFGHANISTAN...densely populated regions, the Appalachians of the East, and the Sierras and Cascades of the West, for examples...that have been found in Appalachia and in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevadas to appreciate that...project could be the systematic prospecting of the western flank of the Sierra Nevadas by club members. Searches...Services, Summerland, BC; David LeRose, Kettle River Resources, Huntington Beach, CA; Byron Lewis, The
Book
John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd, 33 Park Road, Milton, Queensland 4064, Australia John Wiley & Sons...and that the majority of our work has been in Australia. We had the view that perhaps our experience being...traditional Northern Hemisphere ideas and concepts. In Australia our geological and geomorphological science has...challenged as research has led to new understandings. Australia, while not unique, is a continent that experienced...book may show and hope that the work sourced in Australia will serve to open others’ minds as they pursue
Report (volume)
concentration of metallic values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum...to suit all of your requirements. Gt. Falls Type Copper Converter Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation...THE ANACONDA COPPER MINING Co., WHOSE BUTTE MlNES YIELD 10% OF THE WORLD'S COPPER SUPPLY. (...EDITION THE MINES HANDBOOK AN ENLARGEMENT THE COPPER OF HANDBOOK Founded by Horace J. Stevens, 1900...America; Fellow Geological Society of America; Author: Copper Mines of the World; Geology of Butte, Montana;
Report (volume)
concentration of metallic values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum...to suit all of your requirements. Gt. Falls Type Copper Converter Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation...Paramount YOUR Grinding Medium* needs a Set of the Copper Handbooks. Your clients want to know about many...INTERNATIONAL EDITION THE MINES HANDBOOK SUCCEEDING THE COPPER Founded HANDBOOK by Horace J. Stevens, 1900...Fellow Geological Society of America ; Author : Copper Mlines of the World ; Geology of Butte, Montana
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...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...several intrusions. These include the East Bull Lake, Agnew Lake, and River Valley intrusions, as well as the
 
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