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Sericite from
Tower Hill Gold Mine, Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tower Hill Gold Mine, Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:831280
Long-form Identifier:1:3:831280:8
GUID (UUID V4):a297dc15-369c-4c8f-9f2b-18948fcf37fd
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
2.2km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Gwalia Mine (Sons of Gwalia Gold Mine), Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
6.7km (4.1 miles) ā“˜Trump Gold Mine (Gwalia Central), Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
7.5km (4.7 miles) ā“˜Kailis Gold Mine, Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
21.7km (13.5 miles) ā“˜Gambier Lass Gold Mine, Mertondale Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
29.8km (18.5 miles) ā“˜King of the Hills Gold Mine (Tarmoola; KoTH), Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
32.8km (20.4 miles) ā“˜Merton's Reward Gold Mine (Merton's Find; Mertondale 1), Mertondale Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
38.2km (23.8 miles) ā“˜Tonto gold prospect, Mertondale Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
41.0km (25.5 miles) ā“˜Mertondale 5 Gold Mine, Mertondale Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
49.4km (30.7 miles) ā“˜Wendys Bore, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
57.2km (35.6 miles) ā“˜Nambi Gold Mine (Mount Redcliffe), Mertondale Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00126-015-0609-9 DISCUSSION Discussion: The timing of gold mineralization across the eastern Yilgarn Craton...on orogenic gold deposits in the Eastern Goldfields of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, claims to...to prove that there is a single broad event of gold mineralization and that structural work demonstrating...demonstrating that there are a number of discrete gold mineralization events is wrong. This new data demonstrates...Orogenic gold . Yilgarn . Kalgoorlie . Leonora the conclusions of several workers that gold mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Accepted Manuscript The Invincible Deposit: Early gold mineralisation truncated by unaltered c. 2665 Ma...conglomerate, St Ives, Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia Sarah Jones, David Doutch, Tim Lutter PII:...Doutch, T. Lutter, The Invincible Deposit: Early gold mineralisation truncated by unaltered c. 2665 Ma...conglomerate, St Ives, Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...journal pertain. The Invincible Deposit: Early gold mineralisation truncated by unaltered c. 2665 Ma
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/precamres Komatiites of the Wildara-Leonora Belt, Yilgarn Craton, WA: The missing link in the...(M006), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia CSIRO Australian Resources... 26 Dick Perry Ave., Kensington, Western Australia 6151, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...Craton Nickelā€“sulļ¬de a b s t r a c t The Wildara-Leonora Belt in the Kalgoorlie Terrane is located between...extends from the Wildara station to the gold mining center of Leonora and consists of a deformed package of
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...(D1ā€“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)
Precambrian Research 161 (2008) 77ā€“88 Extension and gold mineralization in the Archean Kalgoorlie Terrane...Victoria 3800, Australia School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, WA 6009...6009, Australia Received 11 May 2005; received in revised form 21 July 2006; accepted 7 April 2007 Abstract...Eastern Goldfields, and which are associated with gold mineralization. These events bracket the duration...and produced recumbent folds. Gold, including the large deposits at Leonora, was deposited in normal shear
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kalgoorlieā€“Kurnalpi Rift, a world-class Archean gold province Walter K. Witt 1,2 & Kevin F. Cassidy 3...continental margin subduction zone setting. World-class gold deposits formed in reactivated margins of the KKR...heat during 2675ā€“2620 Ma orogenesis. The orogenic gold mineralisation can be subdivided into proximal intrusion-related...Yilgarn . Tectonics . Geochronology . Geochemistry . Gold Editorial handling: A.G. Mueller Electronic supplementary... WA 6052, Australia 2 Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metal deposits in the Archean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia P. Duuring a,āŽ, 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 Goldļ¬elds, 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)
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,ā€  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)
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,ā€  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
Report (Issue volume)
+ 4, Mineral Fe # ā€” of Australia andā„¢ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The Ladolam gold deposit lies within the caldera floor which has...1962 1967 A.E. Jenkins and G.M. Willis 3. Broken Hill Mines ā€” 1968 1968 and Papua New Ed. C.L. Knight...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 2. Coal 7
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Economic Geology Vol. 98, 2003, pp. 1ā€“29 Gold Deposits in Metamorphic Belts: Overview of Current Understanding...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...Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, W.A., Australia 6009 Abstract Metamorphic belts...collision has added to, or thickened, continental crust. Gold-rich deposits can be formed at all stages of orogen
Book
Gold Mining87 C.O. BriWwaen editor GIETY oo Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with funding...org/details/goldmining87firsO00Ointe GOLD MINING 87 First International Conference on Gold Mining November 23, 24...related to Gold such as geology, mineral processing, placer mining, heap leaching, small mine development...development, etc. This is the first major conference on gold to present an overview from geology to environmental...Program in BC, the State Electric Commission of Australia, and Pine Point Mines Ltd. Brawner has been a
 
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