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Biotite from
Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:550444
Long-form Identifier:1:3:550444:2
GUID (UUID V4):e825429f-66d4-44c3-8792-b2d1b808c6ef
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘMonakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
29.4km (18.3 miles) ⓘSnake Creek, Roxmere Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘErnest Henry Cu-Au deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
55.3km (34.4 miles) ⓘEloise Mine (Eloise Copper Mine), McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia
60.1km (37.4 miles) ⓘCattle Creek, Cattle Creek area, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘStraight 8 deposit (Straight Eight Mine), Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
62.8km (39.0 miles) ⓘWee Macgregor Mine, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
63.7km (39.6 miles) ⓘDugald River Zn-Pb-Ag deposit (Dugald River mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
67.3km (41.8 miles) ⓘKalman Mo-Re-Cu-Au deposit, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
77.8km (48.3 miles) ⓘQueen Sally Mine, Kajabbi, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
iron-oxide–copper–gold mineralisation, eastern Mt Isa Block, Australia Received: 12 November 2004 / Accepted: 1 May 2006...Proterozoic eastern Mt Isa Block of Northwest Queensland, Australia. Isotopic analyses are supported by petrography...Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia G. J. Davidson Centre for Ore Deposit...Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Present address: L. J. Marshall (*) Teck Cominco...mineralisation. Keywords IOCG . Fluid sources . Australia . Stable isotopes . Carbonate minerals Introduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...economic geology of the Mt Isa Eastern Succession, Queensland P. J. Williams a a National Key Centre in...James Cook University , Townsville, Qld, 4811, Australia Published online: 09 May 2007. To cite this article:...economic geology of the Mt Isa Eastern Succession, Queensland, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: An International...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 45:3, 329-341, DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728395
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Tasmania, GPOBox252-79,Hobart,Tasmania 7001,Australia Abstract GreatAustralia isa smallCu-Codeposit...zonedmagnetite-albite-dominant alteration grading outto biotite-dominant alteration (sodic-calcic II) thatwascontemporaneous...fluidswereintroduced andwererapidlyreduced by earliermagnetite,biotite,andpyrite-bearing alteration. Reduction of flu...andminorgold,commonly replacing pyrite,magnetite, biotite,amphibole, and carbonate. Introduction of this...zoie Mount Isa inlier, northwesternQueensland,Australia, are particularlyprevalentin the AustralianProterozoiccontains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
major lineament in the eastern Mount Isa Inlier, Australia: Review and analysis with autocorrelation and...Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...limited use for detailed target generation. The Cloncurry Lineament in the Eastern part of the Mount Isa...deposits have a positive spatial correlation to the Cloncurry Lineament, which suggests it that acted as a primary...copper–gold) mineralisation. This implies that the Cloncurry Lineament, a major north–northwest geophysical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Elliott Cu±Au(±Co±Ni) deposit, Cloncurry district, NW Queensland, Australia Received: 1 September 1999...in the Cloncurry district of the Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic Mount Isa Block. The mine sequence...of most of the nearby batholithic granitoids. The mine sequence is locally intruded by 1- to 10-m-thick...Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia e-mail: Patrick.Williams@jcu.edu.au ...occurrences in the Cloncurry district in the eastern Mount Isa Block (northwestern Queensland), including a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
4811, Australia. 2 Laing Exploration Pty Ltd, 11 McLauchlan Crescent, Kelso, Qld 4815, Australia. The...fluid channel similar to the parallel Mt Dore and Cloncurry Fault Zones to the west. Alteration and mineralisation...high temperature (>450°C) stage II hornblende + biotite alteration. Stage III sulfide mineralisation fractured...INTRODUCTION The Proterozoic Mt Isa Inlier in northwest Queensland (Figure 1) has long been recognised as a world-class...Gazette February 1995) lies 60 km southeast of Cloncurry (Figure 1). It was discovered by BHP Minerals
Report (issue)
- 3), AUSTRALIA warps REE % BMR Bulletin spate aeeiemnnnent D. H. Blake Spee 8 gh on TAT ...Geology of the Mount Isa Inlier and environs, Queensland and Northern Territory D. H. BLAKE AUSTRALIAN...Government Publishing Service © Commonwealth of Australia 1987 ISBN 0 644 061774 ISSN 0084-7089 This Bulletin...Hartig, P Corbett and A. Retter Cover: Mount Isa mine—with 270 m-high concrete stack for the lead smelter... Porphyroblasts . Scapolite porphyroblasts in biotite schist, Corella Formation ....................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization, particularly in the Mt. Isa Inlier, Australia (Fig. 1), suggests that alteration results from...Au ‹ REE deposits that include Olympic Dam in Australia, and Fe± Cu±Au deposits in the coastal batholith...fold belt (also referred to as the Cloncurry district), Australia (Williams 1998; Fig. 1), where the...Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia e-mail: peter.pollard@jcu.edu.au Tel...discussed in the paper. (ModiÂźed from Blake 1987) (biotite and/or K-feldspar) that overprinted earlier sodic(±calcic)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Metallogeny of the McArthurRiver-Mount Isa-Cloncurry MineralsProvince PATRICK j. WILLIAMS t Economic...]amesCookUniversity, Townsville, Queensland 4811,Australia Introduction partsof Australia thatformthe"Diamantina...andprincipal metal deposits oftheMcArthur-Mount Isa-Cloncurry region (adapted from Plumb et al., 1990, and Blakeand...MetalDeposits in theMcArthur River-Mount Isa-Cloncurry Region Resource 1 Deposit Mt Cu (%) Zn Ag...Maramungee 1.4 Starra 7.4 ErnestHenry Eloise Great Australia 167 3.1 4.4 Eastern foldbelt 1.9 3.8
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
disseminations and veinlets, is hosted by garnet–biotite schist. Subeconomic mineralization in the footwall...footwall to the ore is hosted by feldspar–biotite–amphibole gneiss and porphyritic quartz monzodiorite. The...Sweden Introduction Aitik is Sweden’s largest copper mine and one of Europe’s most important copper producers...had been produced since mining began in 1968. The mine has a remaining reserve of 226 Mt of ore with an...structural boundaries and copper grades. Feldspar–biotite–amphibole gneiss and porphyritic quartz monzodiorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Monakoff and E1 Cu–Au deposits, Cloncurry region, Queensland, Australia: Implications for regional F–Ba-rich...Mount Isa Mines, Oban Road, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia c School of Earth and Environmental Science...James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia d School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff...east of Cloncurry within the Eastern Succession of the Mount Isa Inlier, Queensland, Australia, is characterised...mineralisation are recognised: Stage 1 garnet–biotite alteration; Stage 2 biotite–magnetite alteration; Stage 3 main
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits: a case study of the Artemis prospect, Queensland, Australia Manuel Knorsch, Artur P. Deditius, Fang...deposits: a case study of the Artemis prospect, Queensland, Australia, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...deposits: a case study of the Artemis prospect, Queensland, Australia Manuel Knorsch1, 2, Artur P. Deditius1...Education, Murdoch University, Perth, WA 6150, Australia 2 CSIRO Mineral Resources, Australian Resources...Resources Research Centre, Perth, WA 6151, Australia *Corresponding authors: fang.xia@murdoch.edu.au, Mark
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
complex: Lightning creek prospect, Cloncurry district, Northwest Queensland C.S. Perring, P.J. Pollard *,...James Cook Uni6ersity, Towns6ille, Qld. 4811, Australia Received 6 December 1999; accepted 31 May 2000...Such systems include the 1868 Ma Balachey pluton, Great Bear zone, Canada (Hildebrand, 1986); the 160 Ma...situated approximately 120 km south –southeast of Cloncurry, in the Eastern Fold belt of the Proterozoic Mount...those of the Hiltaba suite, Gawler craton, South Australia, which are also spatially and temporally associated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Unit, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia Received 12 May 2006; received in revised...characteristics, collectively all of which define the Cloncurry association of mesothermal ironstone-hosted Cu–Au...Belt into the Mary Kathleen Fold Belt (MKFB) and Cloncurry District. The spatial distribution of Cover Sequences...Isa Inlier The Mount Isa Inlier of Northwest Queensland (Fig. 1) comprises three major tectonic units;...into the Mary Kathleen Fold Belt (MKFB) and the Cloncurry district, which are separated by the Pilgrim fault
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lightning Creek Sill Complex, Cloncurry District, Northwest Queensland: A Source of Fluids for Fe Oxide...Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia 4811 Abstract The Lightning Creek Cu-Au...Cl to the magmatic fluids. Introduction THE CLONCURRY district (Eastern fold belt) of the Proterozoic...Proterozoic Mount Isa inlier in northwest Queensland (Fig. 1) contains a number of copper-gold(-cobalt) deposits... 0361-0128/00/3076/1067-23 $6.00 fold belt (Australia) (e.g., Williams, 1998), whereas hematitedominated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
James Cook University, Townsville, Qld. 4811, Australia. The East Mt Isa Block experienced major metallogenesis...phase of the Isan orogeny. D1 thrusting of the Cloncurry terrane over the Mt Isa terrane interleaved crustal...Phanerozoic tectonic reconstructions for northeastern Australia must be consistent with east-west compressive...(Osborne, Selwyn, Eloise, Kuridala, Maronan, Cloncurry, Tick Hill) and in regional target generation...—present Mt Elliot—past —present Gilded Rose—past Great Australia Monakoff Trekelano—past —present Tick Hill
Journal (issue)
the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ................................................Heyden Mimetite and duftite from the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory .........................................466 by W. D. Birch The Mount Isa-Cloncurry mineral f ie ld ................................University of Wollongong Wollongong, N.S.W. 2500 Australia Thomas G. Vallance Department of Geology University...University of Sydney Sydney, N.S.W. 2006 Australia INTRODUCTION Australia, the island continent with a land
Journal (issue)
Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R... D. (1999) Famous mineral localities: Ting Tang mine, Gwennap, Cornwall 19:18-23 CLARK, A.M. (1998) Earth's...P. (1995) Crystallized Enargite from the Gregory mine, Ashover, Derbyshire 15:28-29 DAY, B. (1998) Collecting...from Boulby mine, Cleveland 14:4-8 __& McCALLUM, D. (1993) Millerite from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead
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 ...
Report (issue)
Aerial view of Main-Barton open pit, Jundee gold mine, WA, viewed from the east, June 1997. The pit is...and Nimary pits in the background. Courtesy of Great Central Mines Limited. ii GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN...Level 3, 15-31 Pelham Street, Carlton Victoria Australia 3053 iii © The Australasian Institute of Mining...knowledge and understanding of the mineral wealth of Australia and Papua New Guinea. v vi Committees MONOGRAPH...Mining and Petroleum Bureau of Resource Sciences Queensland Department of Minerals and Energy Mineral Resources
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mountain on the Nanortalik Peninsula, opening as a mine in the early 2000s (Schlatter and Olsen 2010). Nalunaq...Nalunaq was Greenland’s only producing mine before ceasing operations in January 2014 having produced...Drillcore data and sample data from the interior of the mine were combined with geological and structural data...veins contain a c. 20 cm pyrrhotite–arsenopyrite–biotite+ diopsidebanded alteration zone in areas of high...deposits in Proterozoic sedimentary basins, northern Australia’, in Economic Geology hundredth, 931–963. Romer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by Petersen et al. (2001) in the Rössing uranium mine granite, Namibia, by Wallwork et al. (2002) on decrespignyite-(Y)...decrespignyite-(Y) in the Paratoo copper deposit, Australia, and by Fehér et al. (2003) on ïŹssures in the...amphibole-bearing granodiorites towards a dominant biotite monzogranite and leucogranites. In the most evolved...of copper carbonates at the Northwest Extension mine, Morenci District, Arizona: Implications for conditions...during oxidation of the Great Australia Deposit, Cloncurry, Queesland, Australia. Economic Geology, 96
Report (issue)
MONOGRAPH 17 of Somepats oe ilar ce| + in Australia mail iii DOOO38J0754 oA., eet OF ROME prhge...IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Cover Picture—The Argyle Diamond mine Photo by courtesy of Ashton...DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Editors K. R. GLASSON J. H. RATTIGAN INCORPORATED...House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 1990 © Copyright By THE AUSTRALASIAN ...any of its publications | National Library of Australia Card No. ISBN 6 949106 57 7 Typeset by Abb-typesetting
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ranging from fine-grained, to medium grained biotite granites, porphyritic granites and granodiorites...generally contain perthitic microcline as well as biotite and muscovite and lesser amounts of hornblende...in the evaluation of a deposit and planning of a mine or quarry, completely separate from the exploration...The area is the site of Greenland’s only producing mine, due to close end 2013 (http://angelmining.com/)...gold-quartz veins. A narrow (5–20 cm) alteration halo of biotite, arsenopyrite, rutile¡tourmaline surrounds the
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