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Plagioclase from
Nevoria Gold Mine, Marvel Loch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nevoria Gold Mine, Marvel Loch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:227809
Long-form Identifier:1:3:227809:4
GUID (UUID V4):53558fa1-004d-4340-8a24-f3b688f3f90c
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
9.3km (5.8 miles) ā“˜Marvel Loch Gold Mine, Marvel Loch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
32.8km (20.4 miles) ā“˜Cornishman Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
35.8km (22.3 miles) ā“˜Transvaal Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
36.1km (22.4 miles) ā“˜Polaris South Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
38.3km (23.8 miles) ā“˜Fraser's Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
40.1km (24.9 miles) ā“˜Golden Pig Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
69.0km (42.9 miles) ā“˜Bounty Gold Mine, Forrestania Goldfield (Mount Holland), Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
73.2km (45.5 miles) ā“˜Copperhead Gold Mine, Bullfinch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
74.8km (46.5 miles) ā“˜Boorabbin Rock Quarry, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
453ā€“478 The Nevoria Gold Skarn Deposit, Southern Cross Greenstone Belt, Western Australia: II. Pressure-Temperature-Time...Geologist, 12a Belgrave Street, Maylands, Western Australia 6051, Australia ALEXANDER A. NEMCHIN, Department...Technology, Kent Street, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia AND ROBERT FREI Kobenhavns Universitet...Abstract The Nevoria deposit (production 11.88 t Au, 0.41 t Ag) is one of more than 20 gold skarns mined... the youngest Archean orogen of the Yilgarn craton. The Nevoria skarns are confined to iron formations
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TYPES AT THE NEVORIA GOLD DEPOSIT IN THE SOUTHERN CROSS GREENSTONE BELT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: IMPLICATIONS...and Geophysics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6907, Australia Abstract Two main hydrothermal...identified in the banded iron-formation-hosted gold mine at Nevoria. The earlier quartz Ā± garnet Ā± clinopyroxene...group appears to be postmetamorphic and related to gold mineralization. Fluid inclusion characteristics...the breakdown of the gold-transporting complexes. Introduction The Nevoria gold deposit is located in
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ArcheanIron-Formation, SouthernCrossGreenstoneBelt, Western Australia: I. Tectonic Setting, Petrography, andClassification...ofGeology, University of [Vestern Australiaā€¢ Nedlands 6009,Australia Abstract TheNevoria goldskam deposit...intheSouthern Cross beltoftheArchcan Yilgam eraton, Western Australia, andoccurs inamphibolite facies greenstones...platemargins. TheArchcan skarns aredistinct fromthecopper-gold skams inCenozoic continental margins andfromgold-rich...(>9.7 Mt at 10 g/t Au; Bullis et Yilgarn eraton, Western Australia (Fig.1). Since1887,about al., 1994)
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Formation of Gold and W-Mo Skarns in the Southern Cross Area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia ANDREAS G...Geophysics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6907, Australia Abstract Gold mines in the Archean...greenstone belt, central Yilgarn craton, have produced more than 220 metric tons (t) of gold. The deposits are...Southern Cross belt. Drill cores from the Copperhead gold mine provided zircons from an altered quartz porphyry...of quartz porphyry, sampled at the Southern Star mine, which define a single concordant U-Pb age of 2934
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
veins, Southern Cross greenstone belt, Yilgarn Block, Western Australia GOLDMAN1TE, the vanadium analogue...from the Nevoria gold deposit in the Archaean Yilgarn Block of Western Australia. The Nevoria deposit...Microprobe analyses of garnets, Nevoria gold deposit, Western Australia. V-poor gamet cores 1 SiO 2 (wt...hornblende-plagioclase amphibolites in zones adjacent to the stratabound gold orebodies of the mine. In general...zoned from grossular-andradite cores to diopside-plagioclase margins (Fig. 2A). Retrograde clinozoisite, epidote
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Archaean granitoid-greenstone belt, Yilgarn Block, Western Australia Erik J.M. Bloem *, Hilko J. Dalstra...and Geophysics, Universityof Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia 6907 Received 4 April 1996; accepted...granitoid-greenstone terrain in the Yilgarn Block of Western Australia affected by a complex, protracted...deformation and plutonism in this part of the Yilgarn Craton during the late Archaean. Ā© 1997 Elsevier...greenstone belts in the Archaean Yilgarn Block of Western Australia are ca. 3.0-2.65 G a old (e.g. Gee
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hydrothermal systems at the Big Bell gold deposit, Western Australia Andreas G. Mueller 1 & Neal J. McNaughton...(75 t gold) is located in a narrow spur of the Meekatharra greenstone belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia...preto post-metamorphic replacement. Hornblende-plagioclase pairs in amphibolite constrain peak metamorphic...granodiorite-tonalite batholith (2740ā€“2700 Ma), followed by gold mineralization at Editorial handling: B. Lehmann...The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, WA 6001, Australia 2 John de Laeter
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multi-stage hydrothermal alteration system at Nalunaq gold deposit, South Greenland Robin-Marie Bell 1,2 &...Heidelberg 2016 Abstract Nalunaq is an orogenic, high gold grade deposit situated on the Nanortalik Peninsula...operating metalliferous mine until its closure in 2014, having produced 10.67 t of gold. This study uses a...alteration system at Nalunaq. A clinopyroxene-plagioclase-garnet(-sulphide) alteration zone (CPGZ) developed...metamorphism and prior to gold-quartz vein formation. The ca. 1783ā€“1762-Ma gold-quartz veins are hosted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
style metal deposits in the Archean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia P. Duuring a,āŽ, K.F. Cassidy b , S... 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...Available online 10 January 2007 Abstract The Yilgarn Craton hosts three types of Archean granitoid-associated...granitoid-associated metallogenic systems: orogenic gold, intrusion-related, and porphyry systems. These systems
Corporate Document
4788 M 10.2 / 2003 / 1 Exploration for orogenic gold deposits Short course NOTES TO ACCOMPANY HAND SPECIMEN...SOUTH AFRICA 10.1 Western Deeps 10.2 Fairwiew 10.3 Renco 11. CANADA 11.1 Wawa AUSTRALIA 12 Ultramafic host...Crown and Mararoa, Norseman 12.5 Redeemer 12.6 Marvel Loch 12.7 Fraser's 13. Mafic host rocks 13.1 Bulletin...Peaks 15.6 Union Reefs 15.7 Cosmo Howley 15.8 Yilgarn Star 15.9 Kundana 15.10 Chalice 15.11 Griffin's...4 Fraser's 16.5 Golden Pig 16.6 Nevoria 17. Iron oxide-copper-gold deposits 17.1 Osborne Acknowledgements
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusion record of the hypozonal orogenic Renco gold deposit (Zimbabwe) during the retrograde Pā€“T evolution...Springer-Verlag 2002 Abstract The hypozonal Renco gold deposit in Zimbabwe is hosted by a shear zone system...inclusions in the mineralized lithologies of the Renco gold mine are dominated by carbonic inclusions of highly...clearly post-date this event and are related to gold mineralization. The latter type of carbonic inclusions...inclusions of syn-metamorphic lode- as well as vein-style gold deposits worldwide have been widely studied with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
High-Temperature Gold Mineralization and Spatially Associated Granitoid Magmatism at Chalice, Yilgarn Craton,... Western Australia LOUIS A. BUCCI, Centre for Global Metallogeny, School of Earth and Geographical Sciences... The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia SRK Consulting, 1064...Hay St., West Perth, WA, Australia 6005; PO Box 943, West Perth, WA, Australia 6872 NEAL J. MCNAUGHTON... The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia HOLLY J. STEIN, AIRIE
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exploited for tungsten and locally gold. Recently, the discovery of gold in the Bonfim tungsten skarn has...with the exception of the Itajubatiba and Bonfim gold-bearing skarns, which are reduced based on pyrrhotite...almandine and spessartine component, and elevated gold contents. In the Bonfim deposit, pressure estimates...location of high-grade scheelite. The late-stage gold mineralization contains bismite (Bi2O3), fluorine-bearing...epidote, prehnite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite. This goldā€“bismuthā€“tellurium mineralization exhibits a typical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Archean, amphibolite facies-hosted, orogenic lode-gold deposit overprinted by Palaeoproterozoic orogenesis...orogenesis and base metal mineralisation, Western Australia Received: 16 November 2000 / Accepted: 15 January...2002  Springer-Verlag 2002 Abstract The Marymia gold deposit, comprising two orebodies, Keillor 1 and...the southern Capricorn Orogen, just north of the Yilgarn craton. The Marymia Inlier is a discrete faultbounded...geochemically similar to greenstone sequences in the Yilgarn craton, but was subjected to further deformation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Multistage Mineralization at the Hypozonal SĆ£o SebastiĆ£o Gold Deposit, Pitangui Greenstone Belt, Minas Gerais...Multistage Mineralization at the Hypozonal SĆ£o SebastiĆ£o Gold Deposit, Pitangui Greenstone Belt, Minas Gerais... Multistage Mineralization at the Hypozonal SĆ£o SebastiĆ£o Gold Deposit, Pitangui Greenstone Belt, Minas Gerais...Abstract SĆ£o SebastiĆ£o is a recently discovered Archean gold deposit at the northwesternmost part of the QuadrilĆ”tero...(QF), southern SĆ£o Francisco craton, Brazil. The gold ore is strata-confined in two levels of banded iron
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and biotiteā€“sericite gold lodes in the Granny Smithā€“Wallaby district, Australia: Uā€“Pb and Reā€“Os chronometry...the youngest orogenic belt of the Yilgarn craton, Western Australia. At Granny Smith, a zoned monzodioriteā€“granodiorite...dynamothermal metamorphism in the mining district. The local goldā€“pyrite mineralization, controlled by fractured fault...late reduced sericiteā€“dolomiteā€“albite assemblage. Gold-related monazite and xenotime define a Uā€“Pb age...veins, containing magnetite + pyrite and subeconomic goldā€“silver mineralization (Au/Ag=0.2). The veins are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia 4 CODES, 5 Deparment (NZ) Ltd, PO Box 758, Wanaka...University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia of Geography and Geology, Kingston University...change from white- to green-colored skarn. Spatially, gold-rich stage 3 alteration coincides with stage 2 intermediate...orogenic Au mineralization in southwest Ghana and western Mali. Dating provides further evidence that Au...a variety of different processes. Introduction Gold, rather than base metals, is the principal metal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
42:737ā€“769 DOI 10.1007/s00126-007-0132-8 ARTICLE Copper-gold endoskarns and high-Mg monzodioriteā€“ tonalite intrusions...intrusions at Mt. Shea, Kalgoorlie, Australia: implications for the origin of goldā€“pyriteā€“tennantite mineralization...Ga Eastern Goldfields Province of the Archean Yilgarn craton, in greenstones bounded by the Boulder Lefroy...(1,435 t Au) at Kalgoorlie and smaller ā€œorogenicā€ gold deposits at Kambalda. The Cuā€“Au deposits studied...although parts are richer in gold (1.5ā€“4.5 g/t). At the Hannan South mine, the skarns consist of epidote
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Giant Golden Mile Deposit, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia: Ion-Microprobe Zircon and Monazite U-Pb Geochronology...Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia ANDREAS G. MUELLER...Geologist, 12a Belgrave Street, Maylands, Western Australia 6051, Australia AND DAVID I. GROVES Centre for Exploration...Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia Abstract Open-pit and...at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, have produced more than 1,475 metric tons (t) of gold since 1893. Despite
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    Orogenic gold: Common or evolving fluid and metal sources through time Richard J. Goldfarb...Goldfarb, Richard J., Groves, David I., Orogenic gold: Common or evolving ļ¬‚uid and metal sources through...journal pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT OROGENIC GOLD: COMMON OR EVOLVING FLUID AND METAL SOURCES THROUGH...Sciences, University of Western d MA Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia 60094 Orebusters...6149, Australia TE Abstract D *corresponding author: goldfarb@usgs.gov AC CE P Orogenic gold deposits
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C) constraints on the genesis of the Pedra Branca gold deposit, Troia Massif, Borborema Province, NE Brazil:...Brazil: an example of hypozonal orogenic gold mineralization Felipe Grandjean da Costa, Evandro Luiz Klein...C) constraints on the genesis of the Pedra Branca gold deposit, Troia Massif, Borborema Province, NE Brazil:...Brazil: an example of hypozonal orogenic gold mineralization, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...C) constraints on the genesis of the Pedra Branca gold deposit, Troia Massif, Borborema Province, NE Brazil:
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interaction during gold mineralization in carbonate-bearing metasediments: the Navachab gold deposit, Namibia...2009 # Springer-Verlag 2009 Abstract The Navachab gold deposit in the Damara belt of central Namibia is...chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and arsenopyrite, native bismuth, gold, bismuthinite, and bismuth tellurides. Mass balance...Navachab gold deposit . Fluidā€“rock interaction . Rare earth element mobility . Orogenic gold mineralization...Navachab gold deposit is situated in the Damara belt in central Namibia (Fig. 1). The mine was discovered
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Article Multi-Step Gold Refinement and Collection Using Bi-Minerals in the Laozuoshan Gold Deposit, NE China...Y. Multi-Step Gold Refinement and Collection Using Bi-Minerals in the Laozuoshan Gold Deposit, NE China...+86-24-8367-2595 Abstract: Gold and Bi-bearing parageneses are pivotal to understanding gold concentration and...deposition processes. The large-scale Laozuoshan gold deposit is located in the Jiamusi Block, northeastern...abundant gold and Bi-bearing minerals. However, the relationship between Bi-minerals and gold is unclear
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INVITED PAPER The timing of gold mineralization across the eastern Yilgarn craton using Uā€“Pb geochronology...mineralized Eastern Goldfields of the eastern Yilgarn craton is an amalgamation of dominantly Neoarchaean...accretion to the western Yilgarn protocraton between 2.66 and 2.60 billion years ago. The gold deposits that...that define this region as a world-class gold province are the product of orogenic processes that operated...(D1ā€“D2) and the majority of granitoid magmatism. Minor gold was also deposited throughout the entire tectonic
 
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