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Sphalerite from
Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Bismuthinite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Bismuthinite at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:203424
Long-form Identifier:1:3:203424:9
GUID (UUID V4):13f96b32-641f-4e0c-825e-96ea566be2ba
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
12.7km (7.9 miles) Mount Shamrock Mine, Degilbo, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
17.2km (10.7 miles) Coalstoun Lakes porphyry copper prospect, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
26.2km (16.3 miles) Ban Ban zinc deposit, Gayndah, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
92.3km (57.4 miles) Neerdie Mine (Neardie Mine), Neerdie, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia
92.9km (57.7 miles) Neerdie, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W. 2351, Australia 2 Department of Geology, University of Newcastle, N.S.W. 2308, Australia Abstract...target, which, in the Tasman Fold Belt of eastern Australia, has been manifest in the search for Cu, Zn, Au...operations (e.g. Red Dome and Browns Creek (Au), Biggenden (magnetite), King Island and Kara (W) and Renison...sulphidebearing Ban Ban skarn in southeastern Queensland (25°47'S, 151°58'E; Ashley 1980), the Sn-bearing...1976; Barnes 1983; Plimer 1984a, 1986), Pegmont, Queensland (Vaughan and Stanton 1986), Broken Hill, Aggeneys
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BanBanZincDeposit,A Sulfide-bearing Skarn, Southeast Queensland, Australia P.M. ASHLEY Abstract Skarn lensesat the...the Ban Ban zinc deposit, Queensland,are conformably enclosedin steeply dipping siliceousmetasedimentaryrocks...stage assemblageswhich. although dominated by sphalerite, pyrite, and, to a lesser extent, magnetite,..._+magnetite assemblagecontaining low Cu to the north and at depth, passing sharply along strike into...the Ban Ban district, the low-grade regional Queensland(Fig. 1). metamorphosed Biggendenbeds appear to
Book (volume)
Chalcopyrite) Cata Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 10 Adamite (Manganoadamite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,...Amethyst (scepter) Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia, 60 (on Quartz) Jackson Crossroads, Wilkes...Apatite (with Bikitaite) Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, 46 Oaksaungtaung, Pein-Pyit...Div., Myanmar, 22 Aphthitalite PCA Intrepid Potash Mine, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 22 Axinite (Magnesio-Axinite)...Pakistan, 7 Azurite (& Malachite) "Sams Pocket", Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 20-21 Bastnaesite (on Calcite)
Report (issue)
List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject Index, p....Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95...95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject Index...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...to as “ 30 miles from A,” “ 40 miles from B,” “ north-west of C.”; A, B, and C may all be in the same
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
volcanic-intrusive complex at Mt. Shamrock-Mt. Ophir, SE Queensland P.J. Wilfiams Department of Geologyand Key Centre...Geology,James Cook Universityof North Queensland, Townsville,Q4811, Australia Received: April 18, 1989/Accepted:...mineralization in the Mt-Shamrock Mt. Ophir area of SE Queensland is related to a geographically-isolated calc-alkaline...Brisbane in SE Queensland (Fig. 1). At the time of writing the area formed part of Queensland State Authority...while the author was employed by BP Minerals Australia during a previous joint venture between that company
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Coalst(u P(n'plyryCopperProspect, Southeast Queensland, Australia P.M. ASHLEY, W. G. BILLI>4C•:OX,R. L. GRA•4A•r...pectin southeastQueensland lies adjacentto the north-northwest-trending Perry fault zone near the intersectionwith...has led to the discoveryof numerous of eastern Queensland (e.g., Lacy, 1974a; Ford 945 946 ,4SHLEY,BILLINGTON...Coalstounprospectis adjacentto the Perry fault zone, a major north-northwest-trending structure in southeastQueenslandwhich...of the Coalstounporphyry copper prospect, Queensland,Australia. boniferous metasediments of the Coastal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ilvaite from Broken Hill, N.S.W. and Ban Ban, Queensland, Australia I. R. PLIMER University of New South Wales...2880 AND P. M. ASHLEY Minerals Department, Esso Australia Ltd., G.P.O. Box 4o47, Sydney, N.S.W. 2ooi SUMMARY...Broken Hill and these are zoned from relatively sphalerite(+ chalcopyrite + quartz)-rich at the base to...are characterized by abundant galena, iron-rich sphalerite, and manganese-iron-calcium silicates. Ramdohr...ilvaite in manganese silicates from the Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill and Lawrence (I968) records its presence
Report (issue)
Experanza Exploration's Red Dome deposit, Queensland, Australia. These and many other deposits have been...g/tonne. These deposits include: Tennent Creek, Australia; Landusky-Zortman, Montana; Ertsberg, Indonesia;...Lorn, Thailand; and others. Although the Mt. Biggenden, Austrialia magnetite-bismuth-gold skarn is classified...Au ore. Total Au production to 1969 from Mt. Biggenden is more than 7,000 oz, of which 5,751 oz were...known in the Moina Mining District, Tasmania, Australia, which is largely known for its Sn-W skarn and
Journal (issue)
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 Ausytralia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Magnetite Zinc Corporation of America Mine No. 4, St. Lawrence County, New York T he technological...recent decades have come not from a New York iron mine but from one of its interesting zinc mines. One...fine specimen from the Zinc Corporation of America mine No. 4 at Balmat. Magnetite is one of many black...several stand out. The famous Tilly Foster iron mine near Brewster, Putnam County (see Cook 2008 and...deep in the Zinc Corporation of America’s No. 4 mine at Balmat, St. Lawrence County, is well known for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TASMAN FOLD BELT SYSTEM IN QUEENSLAND C.G. MURRAY Geological Survey of Queensland, G.PO. Box 194, Brisbane...Brisbane, Qld. 4001 (Australia) (Accepted for publication F e b r u a r y 26, 1986) Abstract Murray, C.G....o p m e n t of the Tasman Fold Belt System in Queensland. In: E. Scheibner (Editor), Metallogeny and T...T e c t o n i c Development of Eastern Australia. Ore Geol. Rev., 1: 315--400. The n o r t h e r n part...part of the Tasman Fold Belt System in Queensland comprises three segments, the T h o m s o n , Hodgkinson--
Report (volume)
Schematic cross sections of Au-skarn deposits in north-central Nevada 8 Map showing distribution of Au-skarn...geological provinces in the cordillera of western North America 10 Map showing worldwide distribution of...complexly zoned garnets from oxidized skarn, Surprise Mine, Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of garnet...representative samples from five Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges...samples from three Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 17 Photomicrograph showing massive
Journal (issue)
course of investigation of the economic geology of north-eastern Victoria. several pyrope garnet crystals...Corryong batholith. Garnet is reasonably common i n north-eastern Victoria, being found in granite gneiss...southern Africa. Siberia. and rcccntlv in Western Australia. The Koctong garnets arc the onlv indication of...of a small -kimbcrlite intrusion in the Koetong region. Pyrope garnet could not have been derived from...Lcggo. op.cit.). Thus the igneous rocks in the region appear to have formed and equilibrated in the upper
Journal (issue)
Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03) 9723 5041...Mineralogical Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 3, Number...Articles: The Coolgardie pegmatite field, Western Australia Mark I. Jacobson ......................... 91...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
Journal (issue)
FERROAN JOHANNSENITE FROM THE NORTH MINE, BROKEN HILL, N.S.W., AUSTRALIA W.R. Ryall CSI RO Division of...of M ineralogy, P.O. Box 1 36, North Ryde, N.S. W. 2 1 1 3, and Albert Chapman 290 G lebe Point Road,...cavity on the 12th level of the Zinc Corporation mine. Binns ( 1968) reported asbestiform bustamite from...oft he New Broken H ill Consolidated (N .B.H.C.) mine in 1966. This material was very fine­ grained with...but being only 10 to 20 micrometres in width. NORTH BROKEN HILL BUSTAMITE AND JOHANNSENITE Bustamite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals mainly of galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and pyrrhotite are published by Jensen (1957/59)...(veins) - W Cornwall (England) Ukalunda (Queensland) Meymac hydrothermal (France) veins - Ag-Co-Ni...District) Sin Loa (Mexico) (Italy) Kilkivan (Queensland) exhalative-fumarolic - Pb-Bi Vulcano Contact...Ukalunda the sulfides were determined by a gas(Queensland) with +3.3O/oo, Jiangxi mass-spectrometer measuring...ccp-chalcopyrite, py-pyrite, po-porrhotite, sph-sphalerite, IIT-ccp- high temperature chalcopyrite, emplect
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the iron skarns of the Traversella magnetite mine (Western Alps, Italy) was studied by reflected-light...Analytical standards were pyrite (for S and Fe), sphalerite (for Zn), stibnite (for Sb), galena (for Pb)...cobaltbearing sulphide arsenide assemblage from the Nord Mine (Finnshytteberg), Sweden: a new occurrence of clinosafflorite...Geology of the Mount Biggenden gold and bismuth mine and environs. Geological Survey of Queensland, Report no...no. 32, Queensland Department of Mines, 16 pp. Compagnoni, R., Dal Piaz, G.V., Hunziker, J.C., Gosso
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PALAONTOLOGY OF QUEENSLAND AND NEW GUINEA, WITH SIXTY-KIGHT PLATES AND A GEOLOGICAL MAP OF QUEENSLAND. BY ... ROBERT GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST FOR L. JACK, QUEENSLAND; F.G.S., FORMERLY OF THE F.R.G.S., GEOLOGICAL..., Minister for Mines and Public Instruction, Queensland. BRISBANE: JAMES CHARLES BEAL, GOVERNMENT...the collection as a record of the Geology of Queensland up to date. My labours in the field, occupying...say that this beau ideal has been reached in Queensland. In every country, and especially in every new
Report (Issue volume)
+ 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia and™ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 4. Industrial...New Zealand Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and 1982 Eds D.A. Berkman and W. Ryall Ed. D
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CONCEPTUAL MODELS IN EXPLORATION GEOCHEMISTRY, 4 Australia 14. G.BAR DOSS Y KARSTIC BAUXITES 15. A.W. ROSE..."Broadly regarded, the depth ta which a metalliferous region has been eroded affects its present characteristics...sills), if they are exposed in outcrop or in the mine workings at all. The Climax Mo complex is the best...Buddington (1959) in his classical paper on the North American granites, proposed a three-fold depth subdivision...Verde district; in the centre, Morococha and in the north, Michiquillay) straddle the intrusive contacts and
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CONCEPTUAL MODELS IN EXPLORATION GEOCHEMISTRY, 4 Australia 14. G.BÄRDOSSY KARSTIC BAUXITES 15. A.W. ROSE..."Broadly regarded, the depth to which a metalliferous region has been eroded affects its present characteristics...sills), if they are exposed in outcrop or in the mine workings at all. The Climax Mo complex is the best...Buddington (1959) in his classical paper on the North American granites, proposed a three-fold depth subdivision...Verde district; in the centre, Morococha and in the north, Michiquillay) straddle the intrusive contacts and
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Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...County, California, USA and in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Fine dendritic aggregates occurred in the Hope's...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from
Report (issue)
• • • • India • • • Republic of Cyprus Australia • New Hebrides New Zealand COBALT DEPOSITS IN...• • • • China • • • • • Japan • • • • • Korea (North and South) • Laos • • • • • Nepal • • • • • Persia...deposits of Canada . . . . Cobalt occurrences in Australia . . . . Cobalt mines and treatment plant, Katanga...Selection Trust Ltd.; Rhokana Corporation Ltd.; Rhoanglo Mine Services Ltd.; Anglo-American Corporation of South...Rhodesia and Canada with a small proportion from Australia, but of the total, about 660 tons of cobalt was
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(Arizona), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Surra Burra (Australia). C Cu Colour: light rose-red on fresh surface... and one of 93kg (2051b), found in Hill End (Australia). Gold is found in igneous rocks, often associated...(South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia, South America and Siberia. G Au Colour: characteristi...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...mining areas include the Argyle pipe (Western Australia), Kimberley (South Africa), Golconda (India),
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(Arizona), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Surra Burra (Australia). C Cu Colour: light rose-red on fresh surface... and one of 93kg (2051b), found in Hill End (Australia). Gold is found in igneous rocks, often associated...(South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia, South America and Siberia. G Au Colour: characteristi...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...mining areas include the Argyle pipe (Western Australia), Kimberley (South Africa), Golconda (India),
 
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