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Pyrite from
Kanowna Belle Gold Mine, Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia


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 Kanowna Belle Gold Mine, Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:779610
Long-form Identifier:1:3:779610:4
GUID (UUID V4):ec6feb5b-a84d-4d15-9eb1-96e4f3cd40e3
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
2.2km (1.3 miles) Kanowna Main Lode, Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.3km (1.4 miles) Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
3.1km (1.9 miles) Robinson Gold Mine, Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
3.3km (2.1 miles) Red Hill Gold Mine (Gentle Polly), Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
3.5km (2.2 miles) White Feather Main Reefs Mine, Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
16.8km (10.5 miles) Union Club Gold Mine, Mullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
16.9km (10.5 miles) Mount Percy Gold Mine, Mullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
17.1km (10.6 miles) Sir John Gold Mine, Mullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
17.2km (10.7 miles) Hannans North Gold Mine, Mullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
17.3km (10.7 miles) Mystery Gold Mine (Mystery Zone), Mullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Kalgoorlie-Kambalda area, Western Australia: constraints on gold mineralization in the Boulder Lefroy-Golden...Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016 Abstract The Boulder Lefroy-Golden Mile (BLF-GMF) fault system is the...Archean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. The fault system links the Kalgoorlie and Kambalda mining districts...continental-margin orogen subdivided into the western Kalgoorlie ensialic rift and the eastern Kurnalpi volcanic...66 Ga greenstone-greywacke succession in the Kalgoorlie-Kambalda area underwent five phases of orogenic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00126-015-0589-9 INVITED PAPER The timing of gold mineralization across the eastern Yilgarn craton...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...(D1–D2) and the majority of granitoid magmatism. Minor gold was also deposited throughout the entire tectonic...systems. However, such mineralization (mostly<0.3 g/t gold) is nowhere economic unless it overprints, or is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new constraints on the timing of deformation and gold mineralisation in the Eastern Goldfields from SHRIMP...SHRIMP U–Pb zircon dating at the Kanowna Belle Gold Mine, Western Australia A.A. Ross a , M.E. Barley a,∗...The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia b Department of Earth...2109, Australia Received 10 June 2002; accepted 22 August 2003 Abstract The Kanowna Belle Gold Mine is...is a Late Archaean orogenic lode-gold deposit hosted by felsic volcaniclastic and intrusive rocks (porphyries)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Identifying gold losses through application of SIMS technology N. Chapman*1, K. Prince1, P. Evans1, F...maximising metal recovery. Identification of how gold losses occur within an operating plant is crucial...size and mineral associations, however, how the gold is hosted within the mineral grains (for example...concentrations. Further, SIMS can be used to quantify gold in sulphide minerals, through comparison with implanted...the processing circuit of the Kanowna Belle Gold Mine, in Western Australia using a combination of mineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Exploration for the Sunrise Dam and Kanowna Belle Gold Deposits, Western Australia* Rui Wang,1,†,** Tom Cudahy...Kensington, Western Australia 6151 2 CSIRO 3 Saracen Mineral Resources, Clayton, Victoria 3168 Gold Mines...Ltd., Perth, Western Australia 6000 4 AngloGold 5 CMCA, Ashanti, Perth, Western Australia 6000 University...University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009 6 Northern Star Pty. Ltd., Perth, Western Australia...Archean Kanowna Belle and Sunrise Dam gold deposits in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, using
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
   Pyrite compositions from VHMS and orogenic Au deposits in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia:...Australia: Implications for gold and copper exploration I. Belousov, R.R. Large, S. Meffre, L.V. Danyushevsky...Beardsmore, T., Pyrite compositions from VHMS and orogenic Au deposits in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia:...Australia: Implications for gold and copper exploration, Ore Geology Reviews (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...MANUSCRIPT Pyrite compositions from VHMS and Orogenic Au Deposits in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
controls of gold mineralisation within the Bardoc Tectonic Zone, Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia:...Australia: implications for gold endowment in shear systems Anthony A. Morey & Roberto F. Weinberg & Frank...Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, is physically linked along strike to the Boulder-Lefroy Shear Zone...one of the richest orogenic gold shear systems in the world. However, gold production in the BTZ has only...distribution and style(s) of deformation that controlled gold deposition in the two shear systems. Deformation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BELLEROPHON-NELSON TELLURIDE-BEARING GOLD DEPOSIT, ST. IVES CAMP, YILGARN CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA YUNXING XUE§ AND IAN...ACT 0200, Australia ABSTRACT The newly discovered Bellerophon-Nelson telluride-bearing gold deposit at...at the St. Ives camp, Western Australia, is hosted by meta-sedimentary rocks of the lower Black Flag...quartz-albite-carbonate-pyrite veins and sericitepyrite seams (Stage II), quartz-pyrite veins (Stage III),...contain economic gold mineralization, and the gold grains are strongly associated with pyrite. Intense albite
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)
in the Eastern Goldfields, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: A record of early thrusting? Louis Cohalan...Environment, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia Institute for Future Environments, Queensland...Campus, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Keywords: Early deformation Thrusting Structural control Gold mineralization Yilgarn Craton a b s t r a c t The...played in controlling regional architecture and gold mineralization in this world-class metallogenic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Golden Mile Dolerite sill and gold mineralization at the Mt Charlotte mine, Eastern Goldfields Province...Province, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia Birger Rasmussen Æ Andreas G. Mueller Æ Ian R. Fletcher Received:...Dolerite from the Mt Charlotte gold deposit (Yilgarn Craton, Australia) has yielded the first robust emplacement...for the principle host-rock of gold mineralization in the Kalgoorlie district. In contrast, comagmatic...xenotime (YPO4), which co-exists with gold in alteration pyrite, provided a Pb/Pb isochron age of 2,655
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the St. Ives gold camp, Western Australia: vectors to high-grade ore bodies in Archaean gold deposits? Peter...sulfide–oxide–gold mineral assemblages in gold deposits in the Archaean St. Ives gold camp in Western Australia...alteration and gold mineralization in space and time. Reduced alteration assemblages (pyrrhotite–pyrite) occur...strongly oxidized assemblages (magnetite– pyrite, hematite–pyrite) occur in deposits in the Central Corridor...Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia e-mail: pneumayr@segs.uwa.edu
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Archean orogenic gold deposits, Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn, Western Australia P. F. Hodkiewicz...δ34S 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 δ34S 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
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)
Hagemann Gold mineralisation throughout about 45 Ma of Archaean orogenesis: protracted flux of gold in the...the Golden Mile, Yilgarn craton, Western Australia Received: 21 June 2002 / Accepted: 2 July 2004 / Published...largest Archaean orogenic lode gold system in the world (50 M oz produced gold). The Golden Mile deposit comprises...comprises three major styles of gold mineralisation: Fimiston, Oroya and Charlotte styles. Fimiston-style...content of carbonates. Lodes contain siderite, pyrite, native gold, 17 different telluride minerals (Au–Ag tellurides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zircons, Dikes, and Gold Mineralization at Jundee-Nimary: Post ca. 2.66 Ga Archean Lode Gold in the Yandal...Yandal Belt, Western Australia M. S. BAGGOTT,† N. M. VIELREICHER, D. I. GROVES, N. J. MCNAUGHTON, Centre for...Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia 6009 AND M. GEBRE-MARIAM...GEBRE-MARIAM Newmont Australia, 10 Richardson Street, West Perth, Western Australia, Australia 6005 Abstract...considerable controversy concerning the timing of lode gold mineralization in the Yilgarn craton. The majority
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
water quality on flotation performance of gold bearing pyrite A. Rabieh, B. Albijanic, J.J. Eksteen MARK...Mining Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University,... GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords: Grinding...Grinding media Water chemistry Gold pyritic ore Flotation performance is strongly dependent on the surface...floatability of gold bearing pyrite using XPS and EDTA extraction technique. The grinding of pyrite ore was performed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Queensland, 40 Isles Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD 4068, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Froth flotation Modelling Simulation Sulphide ores Gold ores Flotation machines a b s t r a c t The measured...industrial flash flotation cell treating a refractory gold ore have been tested using a number of different...relative to the mixing zone. Valuable mineral (pyrite) recovery is observed to decrease with increasing...area of froth at the top of the cell. Fig. 2. Kanowna Belle flash flotation cell detail (Murphy, 2012). occur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Resources, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, WA 6014, Australia; thomas.cudahy@c3dmm.com; Tel.: +61-407-662-369...and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia spanning a 30-year history of developments in...Minerals and Energy Research Industry of Western Australia (MERIWA, now MRIWA) [34] and the National...exploration challenges for the resource industry in Australia, namely: (i) can the nature of the regolith [36]...Journey 2.1. AMIRA P243—Remote Sensing for Gold in Western Australia Project 2.1.1. Background The AMIRA P243
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oroya-style gold lodes in the Paringa South mine, Golden Mile, Kalgoorlie: 2. Muscovite-pyrite and sili...Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, is located in a km-scale envelope of chl...extends > 1.5 km northwest to the Paringa South mine. In the mine, D2 faults control Fimiston ore locally overprinted...20 g/t Au) is refractory, characterized by 10% pyrite ± chalcopyrite ± tennantite, and varies in oxidation...stable to hematite stable). Gold and tellurides form inclusions in pyrite. In propylitic GMD, lode alteration
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...Jupiter 15. Clastic metasedimentary host rocks 15.1 Kanowna 15.2 Granny Smith 15.3 Sunrise Dam 15.4 Lancefield...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Maidens b b a AurionGold, P.O. Box 862, Kalgoorlie, WA, 6433, Australia Placer (Granny Smith) Pty Ltd, P.O...O. Box 33, Laverton, WA, 6430, Australia Accepted 10 April 2003 Abstract Evidence for a previously undocumented...Craton is presented, based on detailed studies of gold deposits in the Laverton region. It is suggested...the farfield effects of the waning stages of D2 . Gold mineralisation in a number of deposits, including...including the world-class Sunrise and Wallaby gold deposits, shows intimate temporal and spatial relationships
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution processes precisely [16,25]. Since 2000, Australia, the United Kingdom, China, and other countries...Research Center of the University of Tasmania in Australia has yielded some noteworthy achievements [12,16...chlorite, epidote, alunite, REE-bearing minerals, pyrite, quartz, tourmaline, and calcite. Specific research...sericite and epidote. Cpy—chalcopyrite; Bn—bornite; Py—pyrite; Sph—sphalerite; Gn—galena. In the porphyry Cu-Mo...of the Sunrise Dam and Kanowna Belle orogenic Au deposits in western Australia present regular variation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...a hyperspectral tool in exploration for Archean gold a a b b b c T. J. Roache , J. L. Walshe ,... 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, WA, 6151, Australia b CSIRO Earth Science & Resource Engineering...Engineering , 11 Julius Avenue, North Ryde, NSW, 2113, Australia c AGH-University of Science and Technology ,...Advanced Analytical Centre , Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia e SPECIM, Spectral Imaging Ltd , Teknologiantie
Report (chapter)
properties of the ore fluids from five orogenic gold deposits. The most common ore fluid is a low salinity...in equilibrium with vein minerals at the time of gold deposition, and that its vapour phase was distinctly...enriched in Au, B, As and Sb. The proposed mechanism of gold precipitation is a combination of fluid decompression...Orogenic deposits provide about a third of the global gold production (Goldfarb et al. 2001; Frimmel 2008)...through the vein networks along which they deposit gold. A number of studies (Kerrich et al. 2000; Ridley
 
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