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Pyrrhotite from
Chalice Gold Mine, Higginsville Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chalice Gold Mine, Higginsville Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:779482
Long-form Identifier:1:3:779482:7
GUID (UUID V4):145527d3-7bdb-4da8-bd7d-264f645e84a2
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
33.7km (21.0 miles) ⓘPioneer JH prospect, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
36.3km (22.6 miles) ⓘWannaway North Ni prospect, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘWannaway Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
39.0km (24.2 miles) ⓘRedross Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
43.1km (26.8 miles) ⓘMariners deposit, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
44.2km (27.4 miles) ⓘDordie Rocks North deposit, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
45.9km (28.5 miles) ⓘMiitel Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
46.7km (29.0 miles) ⓘMunda deposit, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
46.8km (29.1 miles) ⓘUnimin 1 prospect, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
48.0km (29.9 miles) ⓘWidgiemooltha 3 Deposit, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
High-Temperature Gold Mineralization and Spatially Associated Granitoid Magmatism at Chalice, Yilgarn Craton...Craton, Western Australia LOUIS A. BUCCI, Centre for Global Metallogeny, School of Earth and Geographical... 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...granitoid-associated metallogenic systems: orogenic gold, intrusion-related, and porphyry systems. These...structural controls. Features of Archean orogenic gold systems spatially associated with granitoids include
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Implications for gold and copper exploration I. Belousov...deposits in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Implications for gold and copper exploration, Ore Geology...Deposits in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: implications for gold and copper exploration ARC Centre...7001, Australia Geological Survey Division, Department of Mines and Petroleum, East Perth, Western Australia...NU 2 6004, Australia MA Abstract D The Archaean Yilgarn Craton (Western Australia) is a world-class
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453–478 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...(production 11.88 t Au, 0.41 t Ag) is one of more than 20 gold skarns mined in the 3.1 to 3.0 Ga Southern Cross...setting differs from that of the mezozonal lode gold deposits in the adjacent fold belt, which are controlled
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00126-013-0466-3 ARTICLE Multistage gold mineralization at the Lapa mine, Abitibi Subprovince: insights into...Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 Abstract The Lapa gold deposit contains reserves of 2.4 Mt at 6.5 g/t Au...Subprovince from the Pontiac Subprovince to the south. Gold mineralization is predominantly hosted in highly...disseminated auriferous arsenopyrite–pyrrhotite±pyrite and native gold disseminated in biotite- and carbonate-altered...carbonate-altered wall rocks. Native gold, which is also present in quartz ± dolomite–calcite veinlets, is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Archean orogenic gold deposits, Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn, Western Australia P. F. Hodkiewicz...ή34S values of ore-related pyrites from orogenic gold deposits of the Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn...Craton lie between −4‰ and +4‰. As for orogenic gold deposits worldwide, most deposits have positive...state and hence the distribution of ή34S values in gold-related pyrites. Shear-hosted deposits appear to...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia P. F. Hodkiewicz
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...Cosmo Howley 15.8 Yilgarn Star 15.9 Kundana 15.10 Chalice 15.11 Griffin's Find 16. Banded iron formation...oxide-copper-gold deposits 17.1 Osborne Acknowledgements References Appendix 1. Location of Finnish gold occurrences...described in the report Appendix 2. Location of gold occurrences from Central Lapland described in the
Report (issue)
photograph: Aerial view of Main-Barton open pit, Jundee gold mine, WA, viewed from the east, June 1997. The pit...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...New South Wales Department of Mineral Resources Western Australian Department of Minerals and Energy David...Smith Pty Limited Delta Gold NL WMC Resources Limited Outokumpu Mining Australia Hamersley Iron Pty Limited
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Orogenic Gold Mineralization from a Deep-Seated Fluid Source at ca 2.65 Ga in the Laverton Gold Province...Province, Western Australia BROCK P. SALIER, DAVID I. GROVES,† NEAL J. MCNAUGHTON, AND IAN R. FLETCHER Centre... University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Western Australia Abstract Many gold deposits in the...were structural traps controlling the siting of the gold deposits. New regional-scale stable isotope data...compositions of ore and gangue minerals from nine different gold deposits in the Laverton greenstone belt fall in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia ANDREW G. TOMKINS Department of Geology, Australian...Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia ABSTRACT Minor elements, such as Ag, As, Au and...our observations at the Broken Hill orebody in Australia and experimental results in the literature, we... where arsenopyrite and pyrite react to form pyrrhotite and an As–S melt. The melt forming between 500°...arsĂ©nopyrite + pyrite rĂ©agissent pour former pyrrhotite et un liquide As–S. Entre 500° et 600°C, dĂ©pendant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00126-012-0416-5 ARTICLE Two stages of gold mineralization at Hutti mine, India A. J. Rogers & J. Kolb & F...2012 # Springer-Verlag 2012 Abstract The Hutti gold mine is located in a high-angle, NNW–SSE-trending shear...occurred synchronous with two distinct stages of gold mineralization, both of which were associated with...central to the shear zone, containing locally visible gold at concentrations of up to 1 kg Au/t. The laminated...overall gold mineralization; however, it was the second fluid pulse, which gave the Hutti mine its status
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...metamorphism and prior to gold-quartz vein formation. The ca. 1783–1762-Ma gold-quartz veins are hosted...halo of biotite-arsenopyrite-sericite-actinolite-pyrrhotite(-chloriteplagioclase-löllingite-tourmaline-titanite)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alteration, and Gold Mineralization in the Genetic Context of the Granodiorite-Hosted Gold Deposit at Jonnagiri...of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India Abstract Gold mineralization at Jonnagiri is hosted in laminated...involving peak conditions at ~5 kbar and 500°C. Gold mineralization is characterized by a chlorite +...changes and constrain the possible fluid composition. Gold occurs as fracture fillings in the quartz matrix...associated with the fS2-buffering assemblage pyrite + pyrrhotite. Arsenopyrite compositions in the pyrite-arsenopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Controls on Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia I.J. Basson, M.-J. McCall...Controls on Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia, Ore Geology Reviews (2018)...Controls on Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia I.J. Bassona,c,*, M.-J. McCalla...Africa Abstract The Namib Lead and Zinc (Pb-Zn) Mine is hosted within the Karibib Formation of the Swakop...Introduction The Namib Pb-Zn Mine, previously known as the Deblin Mine, is situated east of Swakopmund
Report (issue)
2 osmium 190.2 iridium 192.2 platinum 195.1 gold 197.0 mercury 200.5 thallium 204.4 lead 207.2....pdf. Cover. Underground photo of the Skuterud Mine in Norway showing pink secondary erythrite (a hydrated.......................................F13 Typical Mine Life..........................................................................................F16 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................F18 Mine Closure........................................
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...copper, 51 700 tonnes of silver and 1,9 tonnes of gold. Photo: Olof Martinsson, LuleÄ University of Technology...from the Lac-des-Iles palladium ore deposits, Western Ontario, Canada ........ 978 Charley J. Duran...variation of chromite in the UG-2 chromitite, western Bushveld Complex, South Africa .................Lusty Platinum mineralization at Owendale, NSW, Australia: new insights into the genesis of Pt mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
spectroscopy investigations on the Pedra Branca orogenic gold Deposit, Troia Massif, Northeast Brazil: Implications...spectroscopy investigations on the Pedra Branca orogenic gold Deposit, Troia Massif, Northeast Brazil: Implications...spectroscopy investigations on the Pedra Branca orogenic gold Deposit, Troia Massif, Northeast Brazil: Implications...Declarations of interest: none Abstract The Pedra Branca gold Deposit is a recent discovery conducted by private...Province, Northeast Brazil. It comprises an orogenic gold deposit hosted by the amphibolite-facies Serra das
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1080/00206814.2014.935964 Re-Os geochronology of gold mineralization in the Fawakhir area, Eastern Desert...report the ïŹrst Re-Os data on gold-associated arsenopyrite from mesothermal gold-quartz veins in the ancient...ancient Egyptian Fawakhir–El Sid gold mining district in the central Eastern Desert. This mining district...geographic map, as well as the oldest geologic and mine map. The Fawakhir–El Sid district is part of a regional...corridor (15 km wide) that hosts several other historic gold mines associated with left-lateral wrench structures
Report (issue)
2 osmium 190.2 iridium 192.2 platinum 195.1 gold 197.0 mercury 200.5 thallium 204.4 lead 207.2...Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration. Back cover. A handful....B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012............................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine and refinery production and apparent consumption
Book
Evolution of Ore-Forming Fluid and Gold-Deposition Processes at the Sanshandao Gold Deposit, Jiaodong Peninsula...Liu Ore-Fluid Evolution of the Sizhuang Orogenic Gold Deposit, Jiaodong Peninsula, China Reprinted from:...Wenshuai Xiang and Yi-Qu Xiong Genesis of the Koka Gold Deposit in Northwest Eritrea, NE Africa: Constraints...in the Jinqingding Gold Deposit, Jiaodong Peninsula, China: Implications for the Gold Precipitation Mechanism...Reaction and Ore-Forming Processes in the Phapon Gold Deposit, NW Laos Reprinted from: Minerals 2018,
 
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