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Muscovite from
Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43421
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43421:6
GUID (UUID V4):d28b908e-b888-4f62-9024-830e96b76a11
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
62.0km (38.5 miles) ⓘCats Paw Rock site (Westdale prospect), Beverley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
73.6km (45.7 miles) ⓘNorrish and Selkirk's Beryl Show pegmatite, York Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
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Controlson the Locationof Au-Cu Mineralization at the Boddington GoldMine,WesternAustralia ANDREW H. ALLIBONE...Australasia,P.O. Box 250, West Deakin, A.C.T. 2600, Australia DAVID BURTON, GERARD ANDERSON,PETER W. EDWARDS...AluminaPry.Ltd.,Boddington GoldMine,P.O.Box48, Boddington, Western Australia 6390,Australia C. MARK FANNING...G.P.O.Box4, Canberra, A.C.T.0200,Australia Abstract The Boddington goldmineishostedin Archcan volcanic...oftheYilgarn craton, Western Australia. TotalAucontent oftheBoddington gold mine(pastproduction plusin
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Tectonic Zone, Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia: implications for gold endowment in shear...Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, is physically linked along strike to the...28E, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia Keywords Yilgarn Craton . Western Australia . Orogenic gold . Deformation...University, PO Box 28E, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia Introduction F. P. Bierlein Tectonics Special...Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia F. P. Bierlein (*)
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Danyushevsky4 2 NU University of Adelaide, S.A., 5005, Australia Deep Exploration Technology Cooperative Research...of Adelaide, North 3 MA Terrace, SA 5005, Australia Dept. of Geology, State University of New York...CODES, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia PT ED 4 Abstract AC 4 March 2013 CE Revised...Hilltop (NV, USA) and the Archean Boddington Cu-Au deposit (Western Australia). Whereas W and CEs are affected...and is NU also traceable by measurable Au. At Boddington, granite-derived fluids dilute Re in precursor
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and Bardoc Shear Systems, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia ANTHONY A. MOREY, predictive mineral discovery*Cooperative...Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia ANDREW G. TOMKINS,† School of Geosciences, P...28E, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia FRANK P. BIERLEIN, Centre for Exploration Targeting...Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia ROBERTO F. WEINBERG...Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia AND GARRY J. DAVIDSON ARC Centre of Excellence
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duricrust: Insight into laterite formation at Boddington, WA M.A. Wells, M. DaniĆĄĂ­k, B.I.A. McInnes,...duricrust: Insight into laterite formation at Boddington, WA, Chemical Geology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j...duricrust: Insight into laterite formation at Boddington, WA by MA Wells1*, M DaniĆĄĂ­k1,2, BIA McInnes1...de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, Perth WA, Australia RI (martin.wells@curtin.edu.au) PT Affiliations:...WA, Australia 3 Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, East Perth WA, Australia NU
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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 orebodies
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metal deposits in the Archean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia P. Duuring a,⁎, K.F. Cassidy b , S.G. Hagemann... 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...with Archean granitoids in the Yilgarn Craton of Australia are historically considered to be orogenic (Cassidy...dating of magmatic and hydrothermal events (e.g., Boddington, Nevoria, Chalice) have led to the possibility
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Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, W.A., Australia 6009 RICHARD J. GOLDFARB, United...ROBERT, Barrick Gold of Australia Ltd., 10th Floor, 2 Mill St., Perth, W.A., Australia 6000 AND CRAIG J....Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, W.A., Australia 6009 Abstract Metamorphic belts...alteration assemblages (carbonate to diopside, muscovite to biotite/phlogopite) and metal associations...Michibayashi, 1995, and Robert and Poulsen, 1997; Boddington in Roth, 1992, Allibone et al., 1998, and McCuaig
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andGeophysics, TheUniversity of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6907,Australia Abstract Orogenie lodegolddeposits...Yilgarn craton, characterized by eventistheSouth Western gneiss terrain(Fig.1),whereboth igneous charnocldtes...SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS 1120OE POST-ARCHEAN NORTH WESTERN GNEISS TERRAIN N I Wiluna 200 k m I ‱'d o... PERTH \ 3 2þS X Scotia Boddington X ‱ Griffins Find SOUTH WESTERN X‱ GNEISS TERRAIN GOLD ov.O...zircon U-Pb zircon 2627 + 13 2590 + 9 5 3 Boddington, andLG = LakeGrace. Terranes Ba,Bo,andLG formthe
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tonalite intrusions at Mt. Shea, Kalgoorlie, Australia: implications for the origin of gold–pyrite–tennantite...richer in gold (1.5–4.5 g/t). At the Hannan South mine, the skarns consist of epidote, calcite, chlorite...chlorite, magnetite (5–15%), and minor quartz, muscovite, and microcline. Gangue and magnetite are in equilibrium...(*) 12a Belgrave Street, Maylands, Western Australia 6051, Australia e-mail: andreas@v-app.com.au faulting...Epidote . Copper . Gold . Mt. Shea . Kalgoorlie . Australia Skarn terminology Introduction The Cu–Au epidote
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Regolith geology of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: implications for exploration R. R. ANAND*...Avenue, Technology Park, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia. CONTENTS Abstract Introduction Weathering Regolith...resistant primary minerals (quartz, zircon, chromite, muscovite and talc), although neoformation of several generations...incised during the final stages of rifting between Australia and Antarctica during the Early–Middle Tertiary...in the humid region of the Darling Range of the western Yilgarn, ferruginous duricrusts of various morphologies
Journal (issue)
Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03) 9723 5041...Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 3, Number 2 December...Articles: The Coolgardie pegmatite field, Western Australia Mark I. Jacobson ...........................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 ...
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Centre, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin...Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia Abstract 6 The use of detrital rutile as an indicator of...trace element chemistry, mineral exploration, Western Australia, 30 principal component analysis, hierarchical...as many different ore types as possible in Western Australia including 139 from known Au, Au-Cu, lamprophyre...were selected primarily from the University of Western Aus- 141 tralia’s (UWA’s) museum archives (http://www
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Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...Menzies‐Kambalda area, Western Australia W. K. Witt a a Geological Survey of Western Australia , 100 Plain Street...Street, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia Published online: 09 May 2007. To cite this article: W. K. Witt (1993)...mineralization in the Archaean Menzies‐Kambalda area, Western Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: An...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 40:1, 65-86, DOI: 10.1080/08120099308728064 To
Report (volume)
gneiss-hosted gold model (No. 37c) is based on the Tumco mine group and American Girl-Padre y Madre mines in the...epithermal gold model (37d) is based on the Mesquite mine, southern California, which occurs in breccia fillings...made of the amount of gold remaining when a placer mine changes from smallvolume mining (such as panning...are poorly defined, deposits from Guyana, Western Australia, and Surname. Like the thorium-rare-earth...is assigned to Phanerozoic on the worksheet. Muscovite-leucogranite was identified as the major rock
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
through the regolith in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia R. R. ANAND* AND C. R. M. BUTT CSIRO Earth...Avenue, Technology Park, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia. The Yilgarn Craton is one of the world’s principal...regolith-dominated terrains occur elsewhere in Australia and, indeed, in other continents, many of the...1440-0952 online Ó 2010 Geological Society of Australia DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2010.522823 1016 R. R...a generally low relief, except along its south western margin, where an escarpment (the Darling Range)
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Fremantle, WA 6160 3 Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth WA 6004 4 Centre...Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia 5 Centre for Exploration Targeting...Targeting, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Abstract Archean alkali-rich...Superterrane (EGST) of the Archean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, into two major (High-Ca and Low-Ca) and three...the observed occurrence of gold in the buffer. Boddington (McCuaig et al, 2001; Duuring et al., 2007),
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Weipa in north Australia. This region also contains other large deposits, including Boddington, Huntly, and...Around the World Deposit Country Weipa Worsley (Boddington) Gove Huntly and Willowdale Paragominas Trombetas...Moengo Onverdacht Los Pijiguaos Australia Australia Australia Australia Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil...Willowdale 30.0 Itamarati de Minas MiraĂ­ Worsley (Boddington) Tayan 15.0 0.0 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000...Paragominas deposit, and two years later, Alcoa began to mine the Juruti deposit. The Brazilian Company for Aluminum
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granulite-facies Archaean rocks at Dowerin, Western Australia P. J. DOWNES* AND A. W. R. BEVAN Department...Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000 ABSTR ACT ...southwestern region of the Archaean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. The deposit is situated in the northern part...granulite-facies terrains, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Introduction T HE alexandrite gem-variety...deposit (31Âș12.3`S, 117Âș02.63`E) near Dowerin, Western Australia, was Ž rst reported by Simpson (1932) and
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al. 1989), Syama Mine, Mali (Bowell et al. 1996), Kalgoorlie and Boddington, Australia (Davy & El-Ansary...Hydrothermally altered, sheared granite, rich in secondary muscovite/sericite, chlorite and tourmaline, and disseminated...meta-granites. Alternating quartz-rich bands and sericite/muscovite-rich wallrock ribbons define a foliation at the...are preserved. Within this horizon, quartz and muscovite survive towards the top while feldspar totally...regolith, Mystery Zone, Mt. Percy, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. – Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment
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viable examples include the Boddington mine in the Yilgarn block of Australia (Roth and Anderson, 1993)...Superior Province of Canada (Fraser, 1993). In Australia, minor porphyries occur in 30% of gold mines in...the north and marks the contact with the Hunter Mine Group to the south (Fig. 2; Daigneault and Archambault...ca: carbonates; ap: apatite; se: sericite; mu: muscovite; op: opaques; py: pyrite; ol: olivine; ch: chromite...are especially abundant near the southern and western borders of the intrusion. They range in size from
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Sciences (2002) 49, 623–660 Mineral systems of Australia: an overview of resources, settings and processes...WALSHE2 1 2 Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. CSIRO Division of Exploration...and Mining, PO Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia. Australia produces more than 22 mineral commodities...variety of deposit types, but >90% of the value of mine production is obtained from just 10 commodities...relative timing of critical events. KEY WORDS: Australia, geodynamics, giant deposits, metallogeny, mineral
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Abra Pb-Zn-CuAu Deposit Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia Heta M. Lampinen, Carsten Laukamp, Sandra...Abra Pb-Zn-Cu-Au Deposit Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi...Abra Pb-Zn-Cu-Au Deposit Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia Heta M. Lampinen1*, Carsten Laukamp2, Sandra...School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence...Highway, Robert Street Building, Perth, WA 6009, Australia (sandra.occhipinti@uwa.edu.au) 2 CSIRO Mineral
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Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...calcretes in the southern Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Implications for mineral exploration a a...of Canberra , PO Box 1, Belconnen, ACT, 2616, Australia b Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Evolution...and Mining , Private Bag, Wembley, WA, 6014, Australia Published online: 09 May 2007. To cite this article:...calcretes in the southern Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Implications for mineral exploration, Australian
 
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