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Pyrite from
Tuvatu Mine, Navilawa, Viti Levu, Fiji


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tuvatu Mine, Navilawa, Viti Levu, Fiji
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:267584
Long-form Identifier:1:3:267584:8
GUID (UUID V4):dc3d6314-1854-4c2c-a870-43e02faa5331
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Au- and Porphyry Cu-Style Mineralization, Navilawa Caldera, Fiji Nathan A. Forsythe 1 , Paul G. Spry 1,...Abstract: The Navilawa caldera is the remnant of a shoshonitic volcano on Viti Levu, Fiji, and sits adjacent...low-sulfidation Tuvatu epithermal Auā€“Te deposit. The caldera occurs along the Viti Levu lineament, approximately...from the Tuvatu Auā€“Te deposit towards the central, northern, and eastern parts of the Navilawa caldera...Auā€“(Te) vein systems, including the Banana Creek and Tuvatu North prospects. Chalcopyrite, and minor bornite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Inclusion Characteristics of the Tuvatu Gold-Silver Telluride Deposit, Fiji: Comparisons with the Emperor...State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 Abstract The Tuvatu gold-silver telluride deposit with reserves of...of 13 t Au is the second largest gold deposit in Fiji after the large Emperor gold telluride deposit (production...occur along the >250-km east-northeastā€“trending Viti Levu lineament. They are spatially associated with...along the margins of the Tavua volcano whereas the Tuvatu deposit may occur adjacent to an eroded shoshonite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
goldā€“vanadiumā€“tellurium association at the Tuvatu goldā€“silver prospect, Fiji: conditions of ore deposition P. G...Springer-Verlag 2006 Editorial handling: N. Cook Summary The Tuvatu goldā€“telluride prospect is one of several epithermal...along the >250 km northeast trending Viti Levu lineament, Fiji, which are genetically associated with...formation of the telluride-native gold stage at Tuvatu (250  C, Au Ā¼ 1 ppb, Te Ā¼ 1 ppb, S Ā¼ 0.001...that these minerals were deposited together at Tuvatu and likely explain the common coexistence of roscoelite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
low-sulfidation epithermal Emperor gold deposit, Vatukoula, Fiji D. W. Pals and P. G. Spry Department of Geological...low sulfidation Emperor gold telluride deposit in Fiji, hosted by Late Miocene-Early Pliocene shoshonitic...largely in the form of ā€˜ā€˜invisibleā€™ā€™ gold in arsenian pyrite but 10 to 50% of gold is in the form of precious...hosted in quartz, and to a lesser extent arsenian pyrite and tetrahedrite group minerals. Sylvanite followed...rocks is the Emperor goldā€“silver telluride deposit, Fiji, which contains approximately 10 Moz of Au. The
Report (issue)
Total 99.62 100.00 100.30 100.00 (1) Zavodinskii mine, Kazakhstan. (2) San SebastiaĢn, Mexico. (3) BotesĢ§...veins; also in small quantities in some massive pyrite deposits. Association: Calaverite, sylvanite, altaite...petzite, empressite, rickardite, gold, tellurium, pyrite, galena, tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite. Distribution:...near Zlatna. In Kazakhstan, from the Zavodinskii mine, near Ziryanovsk, Altai Mountains. In the Bereznyakov...Bereznyakov gold deposit and the Yaman-Kasy Cuā€“Znā€“pyrite deposits, Southern Ural Mountains, Russia. At Sulitjelma
Report (issue)
14.62(2) Ī² = 145.35(5)ā—¦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Fiji Islands. 3.05 (100), 2.15 (50), 2.25 (30), 1.989...krennerite, altaite, hessite, petzite, acanthite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, quartz, ā€œchalcedonyā€...Yaman-Kasy Cuā€“Znā€“pyrite deposits, Southern Ural Mountains, Russia. In Canada, from the Dome mine, Porcupine...from the Mayflower mine, Tobacco Root Mountains, Madison Co., and the at Gies mine, Judith Mountains,...the San Francisco mine, 145 km north of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. At the El Indio mine, east of La Serena
Report (issue)
Altaite, calaverite, krennerite, petzite, gold, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, pyrrhotite,...Distribution: In the USA, in Colorado, at the Good Hope mine, Vulcan, Gunnison Co.; in the La Plata district...the Cresson mine, Cripple Creek district, Teller Co.; in California, at the Norwegian mine, near Tuttletown...Tuttletown, and the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne Co.; in Nevada, at the Twin Creeks and Getchell mines, Potosi...Potosi district, Humboldt Co.; from the Outlaw mine, Round Mountain district, Nye Co.; and at the Gus Schave
Report (issue)
)Ī£=1.04 Te2.00 . (2) Moose mine, Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA; Fe is from pyrite; corresponds to (Au0.80...krennerite, petzite, hessite, tellurium, gold, pyrite, quartz. Distribution: In Romania, from SaĢ†caĢ†rıĢ‚mb...mines in Cripple Creek, Teller Co.; the Smoky Hill mine, Boulder Co.; the Central City district, Gilpin...Campbell mine, Bisbee, and at Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona; from the Golden Sunlight mine, near Whitehall...Jefferson Co., Montana. In Canada, at the Bencourt mine, Louvricourt, Quebec. At Kalgoorlie and Mulgabbie
Report (issue)
00 100.2 100.00 (1) Red Cloud mine, Colorado, USA. (2) Campbell mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA; by electron...silver, antimony, tellurium, tellurantimony, galena, pyrite, hessite, nagyaĢgite, tetrahedrite, sylvanite,...list. Selected localities are: in the Zavodinskii mine, near Ziryanovsk, Altai Mountains, Kazakhstan [TL]...Western Australia. In the Fiji Islands, in the Tuvatu Auā€“Agā€“Te deposit, Viti Levu. From the Bulawan deposit... in the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina; the Red Cloud mine, Gold Hill, Boulder
Report (issue)
12.726(6) Z = 2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Moctezuma mine, Mexico. 2.936 (100), 12.7 (70), 2.608 (35), 2.158...10 7.20 Total 100.0 99.06 100.00 (1) Moctezuma mine, Mexico; by electron microprobe, average of 14 analyses...(Moctezuma mine, Mexico); in a limestone-hosted disseminated Auā€“Agā€“Te deposit (Mayflower mine, Montana...sediments (Gies mine, Montana, USA). Association: Silver, acanthite, hessite, cervelleite, pyrite, sphalerite...quartz (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); tetrahedrite, hessite, gold, sphalerite (Mayflower mine, Montana, USA);
Report (issue)
frohbergite, tetradymite, rickardite, vulcanite, pyrite. Distribution: Noted in small amounts at a number...and Norwegian mines, Tuttletown, and the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne Co., in the Stanislaus and Melones mines...other mines along the Mother Lode; from the Buster mine, Olinghouse district, Washoe Co., and elsewhere...Nevada. In Canada, at the Hollinger mine, Timmins, and the Lake Shore mine, Kirkland Lake, Ontario; in Quebec...the Robb-Montbray mine, Montbray Township, the Noranda mine at Rouyn, the Horne mine at Noranda, and many
Report (issue)
eucairite, argentian tetrahedrite, argentian gold, pyrite, chalcopyrite. Distribution: In Germany, in the...Co., and in the L-D mine, Wenatchee, Chelan Co., Washington; at the De Lamar mine, Silver City district...of July mine, Yankee Fork, Custer Co., Idaho; in Nevada, large crystals in the Ken Snyder mine, Gold Circle...Kidd Creek mine, near Timmins, Ontario, Canada. At Guanajuato, Mexico. From the Pacajake mine, Hiaco, 24...Australia. In the Emperor mine, Vatukoula, and the Tuvatu Auā€“Agā€“Te deposit, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands. From the
Report (issue)
coloradoite, krennerite, rickardite, other tellurides, pyrite, arsenopyrite, tetrahedrite, tennantite, sphalerite...Co.; at the Spotted Horse mine, Maiden, Fergus Co., and the Mayflower mine, Tobacco Root Mountains, Madison...the San Francisco mine, 145 km north of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. At the El Indio mine, east of La Serena...Thunder Bay district, Ontario; and the Robb-Montbray mine, Quebec, Canada. From the Lake View and North Kalgoorlie...the Date mine, Hokkaido, and the Susaki mine, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In the Emperor mine, Vatukoula
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wainaulo Cu-Au Porphyry Deposit, Namosi District, Fiji* Evan A. Orovan,1,2,ā€  David R. Cooke,1,2 Anthony...Wainaulo Cu-Au porphyry deposit of the Namosi district, Fiji, hosts distinct styles of alteration and mineralization...quartz diorite intrusions. Late-stage anhydrite-pyrite veins and chlorite-illite alteration overprinted...part of the Namosi district in southeast Viti Levu Island, Fiji. The district is confined within the Special...177Ā°E Mt. Kasi 0.24 Moz Au1 B N 2.5 km Vanua Levu Yasawa Islands 1 2 3 Taveuni 4 17Ā°S Emperor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicate minerals crystallize on the margins of pyrite and V-bearing pyrrhotite lenses, which are cross-cut...vanadifĆØre sont formĆ©es en bordure de lentilles de pyrite et de pyrrhotite vanadifĆØre, et recoupĆ©es par des...quartz veinlets formed along the edge of pyrrhotiteā€“pyrite lenses. In this study, we present the first results...are concentrated in quartz veins with graphite, pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. High-temperature...and the primary Uā€“V ores from the Mounana uranium mine in Gabon (Gauthier-Lafaye & Weber 2003). It is also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Mariposa County, California, USA). In the Janggun mine area, Republic of Korea, V-bearing muscovite (5...gold-vanadium-tellurium association at the Tuvatu gold-silver prospect, Fiji, Spry & Scherbarth (2006) showed that...that the most common mica at Tuvatu is roscoelite rather than V-bearing muscovite. In their analyses...village of Amstall, Lower Austria, occurs with pyrite in small quartz veins in graphite schist. Structural...with graphite, sillimanite, violet corundum, and pyrite. The graphite deposit near Amstall occurs within
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
porphyry-style (Stage 1) metallic minerals consist of pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, bornite, sphalerite, molybdenite...associated with sericitic alteration and disseminated pyrite and molybdenite, whereas Stage 3, epithermal-style...characterized by polymetallic veins containing pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, enargite, bournonite...magmatic-hydrothermal fluids. Sulfur isotope values of pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and molybdenite range from...Pure elements (for Re, Ag, Au, Bi, Se, and Te), pyrite, and chalcopyrite (for Fe, Cu, and S), galena (for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/oregeo The Engineer Mine, British Columbia: An example of epithermal Au-Ag...Roscoelite Vanadium a b s t r a c t The Engineer Mine epithermal precious metal deposit in British Columbia...style of epithermal mineralization at the Engineer Mine we conducted detailed petrographic, mineralogical...studies. The principal ore assemblage of the Engineer Mine epithermal veins precipitated in response to boiling...25 Ma. During this event electrum, arsenopyrite, pyrite Ā± chalcopyrite Ā± sphalerite Ā± lƶllingite Ā± tetrahedrite-group
Book (edition)
. . . . . . . 6.3.2 Emperor Gold Deposit, Viti Levu, Fiji. . . . 6.3.3 Dinkidi Copper-Gold Deposit, Didipio...New Guinea, 13 Roumania, 14 Mariana Islands, 15 Fiji, 16 Kuril Islands, 17 Vanuatu, 18 Sunda Arc, 19.... . Samples from oceanic arcs (Lihir Island, Viti Levu, Goonumbla) plotted on the (TiO2/10)(Lax10)-(P2O5/10)...Fig. 6.14 Fig. 6.15 Fig. 6.16 pyrite Ā± chalcopyrite and cut by pyrite Ā± quartz stockwork veining (early-stage...approximately 20 vol.% of fine-grained auriferous pyrite in the matrix (transitional style) [FOV 4 Ɨ 8 cm];
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogical trends within deposits of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, Marcoux et al. (1996) considered Biā€“tellurides...(Zhang and Spry, 1994b; Spry et al., 1997), Emperor, Fiji (Pals and Spry, 2003), Kalgoorlie, Australia (Shackleton...ā€˜epithermal goldā€“tellurideā€™ deposits include Emperor (Fiji), Ladolam (Papua New Guinea), occurrences in Boulder...system contains low metal grades (e.g., Tuvatu and Emperor, Fiji; Golden Sunlight, Montana; northeastern...mineralization of magmatic-hydrothermal affiliation in Fiji and Eurasia, the following two papers concern VHMS
Report (issue)
............................................U22 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................U25 Mine Closure...........................................V/L microgram of vanadium per liter AMD acid mine drainage Ga giga-annum HSLA high-strength, low-alloy...deposits contain sulfide minerals such as chalcocite, pyrite, and sphalerite, high levels of acidity may be...reserves Source of data ID Deposit 1 Lueca Mine Angola NA Vanadate ā€“7.92 13.65 n.d. n.d.
Book (edition)
. . . . . . . 6.3.2 Emperor Gold Deposit, Viti Levu, Fiji . . . . . . . . 6.3.3 Dinkidi Copper-Gold Deposit...resources of 200,000 oz. gold both at Kanowna Belle Gold Mine, Australia, and at the Jabal Shayban Gold Project...New Guinea, 13 Roumania, 14 Mariana Islands, 15 Fiji, 16 Kuril Islands, 17 Vanuatu, 18 Sunda Arc, 19...monzodiorite with disseminated pyrite Ā± chalcopyrite and cut by pyrite Ā± quartz stockwork veining (early-stage...approximately 20 vol.% of ļ¬ne-grained auriferous pyrite in the matrix (transitional style) [FOV 4  8 cm];
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz-albite-carbonate-pyrite veins and sericitepyrite seams (Stage II), quartz-pyrite veins (Stage III),...and the gold grains are strongly associated with pyrite. Intense albite and hematite alteration surround...metamorphism. Opaque minerals in these veins include pyrite + magnetite + chalcopyrite + pyrrhotite. Magnetite...quartz-albite-carbonate-pyrite veins and sericite-pyrite seams; Stage III, quartz-pyrite veins; and Stage IV...are locally 983 accompanied by rare apatite and pyrite. The veins are not common and mostly occur at the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1985; Spry et al. 1997), the Emperor deposit in Fiji (Ahmad et al. 1987; Pals and Spry 2003; Scherbarth...3), where abundant coarse-grained and euhedral pyrite forms cubes and pyritohedra (~0.1 to 0.3 cm). The...and synthetic mineral standards of chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena, CoNiAs, SnO2, MnTi and native...and disseminated type ores, which mainly include pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite (Fig. 5a-c) and...(Fig. 6). Stage I (pyrite-quartz stage) is dominated by intergrowths of quartz, pyrite and to a lesser extent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
secondary feldspars, coupled with comparatively low pyrite contents. Sillitoe (2010) provided a comprehensive...porphyry, Philippines, and the Emperor deposit, Fiji (e.g., Richards, 1995; Harris et al., 2013; Fig...Emperor Pliocene Port Moresby Darwin Suva -20Ā° FIJI Brisbane Macquarie Arc Cadia, Northparkes, Lake...chalcopyrite and then pyrite + chalcopyrite zones, with an outer barren zone where pyrite is the dominant sulfide...2003). Overall, the sulfide content, especially pyrite, is low compared to calc-alkalic porphyry deposits
 
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