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


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Hills, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:159071
Long-form Identifier:1:3:159071:5
GUID (UUID V4):a3fcd9c0-8a8a-420a-8a1f-e511712dd46c
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
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
16.3km (10.2 miles) Sunday Hill (Quartz Circle), Ripon Hills District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
22.7km (14.1 miles) Coongan babingtonite deposit, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
24.0km (14.9 miles) Kellys Copper Mine (Mondana Mine), Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
25.8km (16.0 miles) Invincible Gold Mine, Yandicoogina Goldfield, Mount Edgar Station, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
27.0km (16.8 miles) Beaton's Hill Gold Mine, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
27.4km (17.0 miles) Copper Hills South Mine, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
27.7km (17.2 miles) Grant's Hill Gold Mine (Trinity No. 1), Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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...of the mineralization occurs within a malachite–quartz host, with particularly high concentrations in...with the precious metals, mercury, selenium and copper. Interaction of these solutions with dolomitic
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia ISSN: 0812-0099 (Print) 1440-0952 (Online) Journal...of the Archean–Paleoproterozoic Tabletop Domain, Rudall Province, and its endemic relationship to the West...of the Archean–Paleoproterozoic Tabletop Domain, Rudall Province, and its endemic relationship to the West...of the Archean–Paleoproterozoic Tabletop Domain, Rudall Province, and its endemic relationship to the West...University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia; bDepartment of Earth
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ma silicic volcanoplutonic suite in the eastern Pilbara Craton: evidence from the Kelly Belt, McPhee Dome...Deposits, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Nedlands 6907, Australia Received 9 April 1998; accepted...zircon U–Pb dating indicates that the eastern Pilbara Craton contains an extensive suite of variably...deformed 3325 to 3310 Ma rhyolites, high-level quartz–feldspar porphyries and granitoids. These range...granitoid–greenstone terranes. Evidence from the eastern Pilbara indicates that magmatic recycling of continental
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 (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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tesa•sociatedwith volcanogenw•ulfides, Ambler district, northwestAlaskalabs.l:Geol. Soc.America, Abstractswith...ASSOCIATED EASTERN WITH PILBARA, EARLY WESTERN ARCHEAN CALC- AUSTRALIA M. E. BARLEY Departmentof...sulfidedepositsoccur in the easternPilbara of fracturing and quartz veining hostedby calc-alBlockin WesternAustralia...Geology The Pilbara Block is the smaller of the two Archcan crustal blocks within the Western Australian...(U/Pb zircon,Sm/Nd, Rb/Sr) of between$.55 X 109 Copper Hills (Barley, 1981a) and in the vicinity of yrsand$
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
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 vein deposit...tiemannite, chalcomenite, malachite, quartz (Copper Hills prospect, Australia). Jaguéite, clausthalite, naumannite...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SHALLOW-WATER VOLCANIC-SEDIMENTARY FACIES, EASTERN PILBARA BLOCK, WESTERN A U S T R A L I A M.E. BARLEY, J.S.R. DUNLOP...of Geology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6009 (Australia) Received September 13, 1978...3.5 b.y. Warrawoona Group, eastern Pilbara Block, Western Australia, indicate widespread shallow-water...old Warrawoona Group of the eastern Pilbara Block, Western Australia. The extensive shallow-water environments...thick) terminal associations (e.g. Barberton, Pilbara, Yilgarn) or as important intravolcanic associations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the Archaean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Tectonic, stratigraphic and geochemical associations夽...Perry Avenue, Kensington, Perth, Western Australia 6151, Australia Geological Survey Division, Department...Petroleum, East Perth, Western Australia 6004, Australia c P.O. Box 1212, Fremantle 6959, Australia d ARC...7001, Australia e AngloGold Ashanti Australia Ltd, Level 13, 44 St. Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia...Australia 6000, Australia b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 31 March 2014 Received in
Report (issue)
veins in serpentine (Skrikerum, Sweden); in a gold-quartz-orthoclase deposit (Redjang-Lebong, Sumatra). Association:...Kalgoorlie and in the Copper Hills prospect, East Pilbara region, Western Australia, and at El Sharana,... Northern Territory, Australia. In the Pinky Fault uranium deposit, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada...Canada. From the Durant vein, Aurora district, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA. Name: For Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Archaean acid igneous rocks from the Pilbara. Western Australia V. M. OVERSBY Research School of Earth...Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. Australia (Received 23 July 1975; accepted in revised form...granite and granodiorite from the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. For four of the localities Rb-Sr...the granite dome structures in the southeastern Pilbara. At least two of these localities were also affected...Canning Basin (Phanerozoic), and to the south and east by a major regional unconformity at the base of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LAYERED GREENSTONE SUCCESSION OF THE PILBARA BLOCK, WESTERN AUSTRALIA R.T. PIDGEON Research School of Earth...Australian National University, Canberra, A. C T. (Australia) Received August 11, 1977 Revised version received...layered "greenstone" succession of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, indicate an age of 3452 -+ 16 (2o)...oldest age so far determined from the Archaean of Australia. This confirms the antiquity of the Warrawoona...relationship between the Warrawoona Group in the Pilbara and the Onverwacht Group in South Africa. The Rb-Sr
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GRANITOIDS AND GREENSTONES IN THE EAST PILBARA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA J.A. COOPER, P.R. JAMES and R.W.R...Adelaide, G.P.O. Box 498, Adelaide, S.A. 5001 (Australia) (Received December 12, 1980; second revision...granitoids and greenstones in the East Pilbara, Western Australia. Precambrian Res., 18: 199--236. A...on two small areas in the eastern Pilbara block, Western Australia. The sites were chosen because they...granitoid and greenstone units. At Warrery Gap, on the western side of the Corunna granitic dome, the acid volcanics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evolution of the Archean North Pilbara Terrain, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia MARTIN J. VAN KRANENDONK...Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, Western Australia 6004, Australia AND GEOFF...28E, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia Abstract Results from a multidisciplinary geoscience...since 1994 are summarized for the North Pilbara terrain of the Pilbara Craton. Major findings include the...to 2.85 Ga East Pilbara granite-greenstone terrane, the ca. 3.27 to 2.92 Ga West Pilbara granite-greenstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences M006, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis...Microanalysis M010, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Received 9 March 2006; accepted...from the mid-Archean Soanesville Group in the Pilbara Craton, yields ages for provenance, diagenesis...reworking in the Capricorn Orogen along the southern Pilbara margin. The prolonged history of monazite growth...unrecognized history of crustal fluid flow in the Pilbara Craton has implications for chemical, mineralogical
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)
Book
Perth, W.A., Australia and R.C. MORRIS Division of Mineralogy, CSIRO, Wembley, W.A., Australia ELSEVIER...6 9 5 Burke Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia. P. CLOUD Department of Geological Sciences...House, 6 6 Adelaide Terrace, Perth Western Australia 6000, Australia. W.E. EWERS Unit 1 6 , 1 2 8 Forrest...Forrest Street, Peppermint Grove, Western Australia 6011. Australia. B.J. FRYER Department o f Geology...6 9 5 Burke Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia. G.A. GROSS Geological Survey of Canada, 6 0
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)
States, Canada, England, Den¬ mark, West Germany, Australia, and the People’s Republic of China. Sessions...generation of highpotash minimum-melting granites (East Labrador Trough; Hepburn batholith in Wopmay orogen)...Shield 1.83-1.70 Bowes, 1980 Musgrave Range, Australia 1.38 Davidson, 1973 Telemarkian, Southern Norway...Proterozoic examples lie on the west (Wopmay orogen) and east (Thelon Suture) borders of the Slave Craton, along...that the gravity model of the Churchill Province east of the trough is comparable in morphology and scale
 
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