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Biotite from
Tropicana Gold Mine, Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, 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 Tropicana Gold Mine, Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:844476
Long-form Identifier:1:3:844476:9
GUID (UUID V4):d236d3da-9c91-48a7-b0e7-b70f9dce6821
Localities for Biotite in this Region
Tropicana deposit, Tropicana Gold Mine, Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘTropicana deposit, Tropicana Gold Mine, Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘBobbies Point Outcrops, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Constraints on the Tropicana Gold Deposit and Albany-Fraser Orogen, Western Australia Mark G. Doyle,1,†...Tower, 44 St. Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia 2 Institute for Geoscience Research...Research, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia 3 CODES, 4 Department 5 John 6 Centre...University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia of Geology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore Street...Research, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia for Microscopy, Characterization
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Granulite-Hosted Gold: Tectonic Setting and Lithogeochemistry of the Tropicana Deposit, Western Australia Anthony...7000, Australia 2 AngloGold 3 School Ashanti Australia Ltd, PO Box Z5046, Perth, Western Australia 6831...6831, Australia of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811...4811, Australia Abstract The Tropicana gold deposit (7.9 Moz) is hosted by the Neoarchean, amphibolite-...amphibolite- to granulite-grade Tropicana Gneiss. These rocks form part of the Plumridge terrane, a tectonic unit
Report (chapter)
at Cornell University Library on May 24, 2017 Tropicana translated: a foreland thrust system imbricate...orogenic gold mineralization at the northern margin of the Albany – Fraser Orogen, Western Australia S. A...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia 2 Geological...Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street East, Perth, Western Australia, 6004, Australia 3 Formerly...Formerly, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 4 Centre for Exploration Targeting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Orogen boundary: implications for gold mineralization in the Tropicana Zone Author: C.L. Kirkland C.V....Orogen boundary: implications for gold mineralization in the Tropicana Zone, Precambrian Research (2015)...Hercules Gneiss (Tropicana Zone) represents a suite of Au hosting sanukitoid magmas 2. Tropicana Zone is the...2718–2554 Ma; fracturing and one phase of gold at 2100 Ma 5. Gold was precipitated during several greenschist...Orogen boundary: implications for gold mineralization in the Tropicana Zone ip t 12 by CL Kirkland1
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exploration in the NE Albany-Fraser Orogen, Western Australia Walid Salama, Ignacio González- Álvarez...exploration in the NE Albany-Fraser Orogen, Western Australia, Ore Geology Reviews (2015), doi: 10.1016/j...exploration in the NE Albany-Fraser Orogen, Western Australia CSIRO, Mineral Resources Flagship, 26 Dick...Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, WA 6151, Western Australia SC R Email: walid.salama@csiro.au IP 1 T...The Albany-Fraser Orogen (AFO), southeast Western Australia, is an underexplored, deeply NU weathered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of regolith in the Albany–Fraser Orogen (Western Australia) C. Laukamp ⁎, W. Salama, I. González-Álvarez...Flagship, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Albany–Fraser Orogen (Western Australia), which is prospective for Tropicana-style gold mineralisation. By...delineation of hydrothermal alteration associated with gold mineralisation (Witt et al., 2013). The HyLoggingℱ...of Kalgoorlie and 60 km northeast from the Tropicana gold deposit, in the Eastern Biranup Zone of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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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Sanukitoid Gold Porphyry Deposits: A New Understanding and Genetic Model from the Lac Bachelor Gold Deposit...craton, Canada, recognition of intrusion-related gold deposits is improving, but their formation remains...quartz-syenite to alkali-granite centered deposit. Gold is associated with pyrite in localized alkaline...alkaline-oxidized magma, which favors sulfur and gold solubility and transport, migrates through the crust...volcanic host rock caused sulfide precipitation and gold deposition. This genetic model is applied to the
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ARTICLE A holistic model for the origin of orogenic gold deposits and its implications for exploration David...GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019 Abstract The term orogenic gold deposits has been widely accepted...sources. Several features of Precambrian orogenic gold deposits are inconsistent with derivation from a...isotopic compositions, and problems of derivation of gold-related elements from devolatilization of dominant...notable exception is the Jiaodong gold deposits of China, where ca. 120-Ma gold deposits are hosted in Precambrian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrothermal systems at the Big Bell gold deposit, Western Australia Andreas G. Mueller 1 & Neal J. McNaughton...(75 t gold) is located in a narrow spur of the Meekatharra greenstone belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia...temperature to 670 ± 50 °C. In contrast, garnet-biotite thermometry provides estimates of 578 ± 50 and...and 608 ± 50 °C for garnetcordierite-biotite schist bordering the skarn and enveloping the Main Lode. Garnet-cordierite...granodiorite-tonalite batholith (2740–2700 Ma), followed by gold mineralization at Editorial handling: B. Lehmann
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Processes in the Archean Orogenic Gold Deposit of the Pampalo Mine, Hattu Schist Belt, Eastern Finland*...Hattu schist belt is an emerging gold-producing ore district in the western part of the Archean Karelian...(550° ± 50°C; 3–5 kbar) at ca. 2.70 Ga. Orogenic gold deposits are hosted by the highly strained zones...quartz-tourmaline-biotite-muscovite veining characterize this hydrothermal activity. The major stage of gold ore deposition...tuffaceous unit (mafic schist) characterized by biotite-carbonatepyrite alteration. Ar-Ar studies revealed
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framework for the Tanzanian Shield: Implications for gold metallogeny and undiscovered endowment J.M. Kabete...Laeter Centre, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia d Geological Survey of Tanzania, P.O Box 903...Available online 5 March 2012 Keywords: Tanzania Craton Gold endowment Tectonic framework Lake Victoria Region...Tanzania Region a b s t r a c t The lack of new gold discoveries in recent times has prompted suggestions...Tanzania is mature or approaching maturity, in terms of gold exploration. New tectonic–metallogenic subdivisions
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)
isotope of fluids in the Wulong lode gold deposit, NE China: Linking gold mineralization with craton destruction...Sciences, Beijing 100029, China e Liaoning Wulong Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Dandong 118012, China b c A R...Craton destruction Wulong gold deposit Liaodong Wulong is the largest lode gold deposit in the Liaodong...Peninsula, northeastern North China Craton (NCC). Gold mineralization mainly occurs in the quartz-sulfide...unequivocally of hydrothermal origin and co-precipitate with gold. The rutile grains are characterized by high W and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotopes: a case study from the Fraser Zone, Western Australia A.T. Walker, K.A. Evans, C.L. Kirkland, L...isotopes: a case study from the Fraser Zone, Western Australia, Precambrian Research (2019), doi: https://doi...isotopes: a case study from the Fraser Zone, Western Australia A.T. Walkera,∗, K.A. Evansb , C.L. Kirklanda...Planetary Science, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University, WA 6102, Australia of Earth and...Planetary Science, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University, WA 6102, Australia for Microscopy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
breakdown and re-equilibration of primary magmatic biotite and Ti-magnetite, and substituted by Sn4+ , high...generated Arc, Xinjiang (Figure 1) contains ore reserve of 557 MtThey at average grade ofto0.58 wt % Cu...Dananhu-Tousuquan Arc, Xinjiang (Figure 1) contains ore reserve of 557 Mt at average grade of 0.58 wt % Cu and...represented byincluding two typesquartz-magnetite-biotite of veins, including quartz-magnetitebiotite and±quartz-magnetite...replaced replaced early early formed formed biotite biotite (reflected (reflected light light and and BSE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(2009) 1666–1683 www.elsevier.com/locate/gca Ionic gold in calcrete revealed by LA-ICP-MS, SXRF and XANES...and Mining, P.O. Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia CSIRO Exploration and Mining, School of Geosciences...Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia c University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia Received 1 October...were discovered in 1987 at the Bounty Gold Deposit, Western Australia. A strong correlation was noted between...soil scientists, metallurgists and climatologists. Gold has been considered an inert element and so its
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comminution can significantly improve cost efficiency. The mine-to-mill concept can be utilized to optimize the...mill performance and the place of origin in the mine. Today, technology enables the accurate positioning...of drilling, loading, and dumping points in the mine, making the ore flow between loading and crushing...between the crusher and the mill for Boliden’s Aitik mine in northern Sweden. The proposed model helps to...Keywords: ore transport; virtual silo; mine-to-mill; Aitik mine min12020147 Academic Editor: Saija Luukkanen
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University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth WA 6009, Australia CSIRO Earth Science...Resource Engineering, PO Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics...Statistics, Graham Rd, Highett, VIC 3190, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 4 November...is the nature of the chemical reactions taking place. In this particular instance the nature of the chemical...behaviour of the system; this in turn inïŹ‚uences the nature of the chemical reactions. Many models of the hydrothermal
 
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