 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Serpentinization and Talc-CarbonateAlteration at Black Swan, Western Australia D. I. Giā¢ovā¢.s,D. R. HuDsoN, ^ND T....nickel-iron sulfides in Archean serpentinite at Black Swan consist of the relatively uncommon assembla...metavolcanic association and rock associaTaE Black Swan nickel prospectis situatedin the a felsicmet...Eastern Goldfieldsprovince of Western Australia, about 43 km NNE of Kalgoorlie. It is a small, low-gradedisseminated...ultramafic body (Fig. 1), and differsmarkedlyfrom most Western metamorphosedtholeiitic basalts associatedwith |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | violarite of exsolution origin from Mount Keith, Western Australia: field evidence for a stable pentlandite ^violarite...Box 238, Welshpool Delivery Centre, W.A. 6986, Australia ABSTR ACT In most documented occurrences, violarite...supergene alteration of primary pentlandite or millerite. Earlier experimental phase relations studies...topology in the Ni-Fe-S system involves a pyriteāmillerite tie line. This paper documents the occurrence...sulphide orebody at Mount Keith, central Western Australia. These lamellae are interpreted to be of exsolution |  | Barnes, S. J., Godel, B. M., Locmelis, M., Fiorentini, M. L., Ryan, C. G. (2011) Extremely Ni-rich FeāNi sulfide assemblages in komatiitic dunite at Betheno, Western Australia: results from synchrotron X-ray fluorescence mapping. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 58 (7) 691-709 doi:10.1080/08120099.2011.586048 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | assemblages in komatiitic dunite at Betheno, Western Australia: results from synchrotron X-ray ļ¬uorescence...Kensington, WA 6151, Australia. GEMOC, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia. 3 Centre for Exploration...Targeting, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. 2 Fresh unserpentinised komatiitic...komatiitic dunite at Betheno (Western Australia) contains a distinctive sulļ¬de assemblage of pentlandite...pentlandite, pyrite and millerite. The Ni tenor (i.e. Ni concentration in the original sulļ¬de liquid) of this |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on Sulfide Mineralogy and Ore Textures in the Black Swan Disseminated Nickel Sulfide Deposit, Yilgarn...Dick Perry Ave., Kensington, Western Australia Abstract The Black Swan disseminated orebody occurs predominantly...ultramafic cumulate body of komatiitic parentage. The Black Swan disseminated sulfides depart significantly from...observed in otherwise similar deposits in Western Australia and Canada, which display magnetite-bearing...serpentinites, and S-rich millerite-bearing assemblages in talc carbonates. The Black Swan disseminated ores |  | Caruso, Stefano, Fiorentini, Marco L., Barnes, Stephen J., LaFlamme, Crystal K., Martin, Laure A. J. (2020) Microchemical and sulfur isotope constraints on the magmatic and hydrothermal evolution of the Black Swan Succession, Western Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 55 (3) 535-553 doi:10.1007/s00126-019-00891-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hydrothermal evolution of the Black Swan Succession, Western Australia Stefano Caruso 1 & Marco L....Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019 Abstract The Black Swan Succession consists of an Archean bimodal dacite-komatiite...Subsequent alteration episodes imparted to the Black Swan Succession a concentric zonation consisting of...serpentinite core and talc-carbonate margins. The Black Swan disseminated orebody extends through both alteration...styles without major variations in the dominant millerite-pyrite sulfide assemblage. Pyrite in both serpentinite |  | | Report (issue) | | NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA An oblique aerial view, from the south-southwest, ofthe...concentrating plant lies just north of the township. Kalgoorlie-Boulder is just below the horizon, right of centre...the Surveyor General, Western Australia. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN...BULLETIN 14 NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R. J. MARSTON PERTH, 1984 Issued under...L.C., Minister for Mines National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-publication entry: Marston, R.J |  | Dowling, S. E., Barnes, S. J., Hill, R. E. T., Hicks, J. D. (2004) Komatiites and nickel sulfide ores of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. 2: Geology and genesis of the orebodies. Mineralium Deposita, 39 (7) 707-728 doi:10.1007/s00126-004-0438-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nickel sulfide ores of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. 2: Geology and genesis of...October 2004 Ć Springer-Verlag 2004 Abstract The Black Swan Ultramaļ¬c Succession hosts a number of magmatic... the most economically signiļ¬cant is the Silver Swan massive sulļ¬de orebody, associated with the basal...hybrid layer. Primary contacts between the Silver Swan massive sulļ¬de orebody and overlying ultramaļ¬c rocks...ore emplacement. The disseminated Cygnet and Black Swan orebodies show a number of distinctive features |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | include awaruite, heazlewoodite, pentlanditc,millerite, and violarite but few, if any, iron sulfides...assemblagescharacterizedby high-sulfur minerals such as millerite. The general applicability of the model was testedby...northsulfidedeposits.Early progressreportsconcerning western Quebec, 60 km northeast of the towns of bothobjectives...generally consist only in minor amounts, and finally millerite, in mainly of pyrrhotite,with lesserpentlandite...Ʊheazlewoodite Magnetite +pentlandire +heazlewoodite_+ millerite c. Magnetite + pentlandite -+heazlewoodite Magnet |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Mount Keith nickel deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Australia Stephen J. Barnes & Marco L. Fiorentini & Michael...Resource Engineering, Kensington, Perth 6151 WA, Australia e-mail: steve.barnes@csiro.au M. L. Fiorentini...Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia M. C. Fardon Department of...University, Clayton, VIC, Australia Present Address: M. C. Fardon URS Australia Pty Ltd., Level 4, 70 Light...Light Square, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia and PGE tenors of Mount Keith sulphide ores have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rocks at Mount Keith, Agnew-Wiluna belt, Western Australia Martin J. Gole Received: 4 July 2013 / Accepted:...pentlandite-heazlewoodite (or millerite), heazlewoodite (or millerite), and rarely to heazlewooditenative...Associates, 8 Landor Road, Gooseberry Hill, WA, Australia 6076 e-mail: mgole@westnet.com.au the ultramafic...pentlandite-heazlewoodite (or millerite), heazlewoodite (or millerite) assemblages (Grguric 2002; Grguric...and West Jordan disseminated deposits, although millerite is not part of primary assemblages. These deposits |  | Hollis, Steven P., Foury, Sabri, Caruso, Stefano, Johnson, Sean, Barrote, Vitor, Pumphrey, Andrew (2021) Lithogeochemical and Hyperspectral Halos to Ag-Zn-Au Mineralization at Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Minerals, 11 (3) 254 doi:10.3390/min11030254 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia Steven P. Hollis 1,2,3,4, *, Sabri Foury 5...Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Minerals 2021, 11, 254. https://doi.org/10...Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, Perth, WA 6151, Australia Department of Mines and Petroleum, Geological...Survey Division, East Perth, Perth, WA 6004, Australia Department of Geosciences, Institut Polytechnique...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; s.caruso@unsw |  | Konnunaho, J. P., Hanski, E. J., Bekker, A., Halkoaho, T. A. A., Hiebert, R. S., Wing, B. A. (2013) The Archean komatiite-hosted, PGE-bearing NiāCu sulfide deposit at Vaara, eastern Finland: evidence for assimilation of external sulfur and post-depositional desulfurization. Mineralium Deposita, 48 (8) 967-989 doi:10.1007/s00126-013-0469-0 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | resources of Ni, Cu, Co, and PGE, particularly in Western Australia and Canada. In Finland, several small, low-grade...interstitial sulfides consisting of pyrite, pentlandite, millerite, violarite, and chalcopyrite accompanied by abundant...interstitial sulfides by magnetite and the presence of millerite- and violarite-bearing, pyrrhotite-free sulfide...most significant deposits being located in Western Australia and Canada. In Finland, no significant, economically...which contains felsic volcanic rocks and graphitic black schists overlain by tholeiitic and Cr-rich basalts |  | Keays, Reid R., Nickel, E. H., Groves, D. I., McGoldrick, Peter J. (1982) Iridium and palladium as discriminants of volcanic-exhalative, hydrothermal, and magmatic nickel sulfide mineralization. Economic Geology, 77 (6) 1535-1547 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.77.6.1535 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3052, Australia E. H. NICKEL, CSIRO, Division of Mineralogy, Private Bag, P.O. Wembly, Western Australia...Australia 6014, Australia D. I. GROVES, Department of Geology,Universityof WesternAustralia,Nedlands,WesternAustralia6009...WesternAustralia6009, Australia AND PETERJ. MCGOLDRICK Department of Geology, University of Melbourne,... Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia Abstract Neutronactivationof Pd, Au, andIr in samples from (1)...mineralization in peridotiteat Nullagine,Western Australia,(4) hydrothermalreplacement(volcanic-exhalative |  | Vukmanovic, Zoja, Reddy, Steven M., Godel, BĆ©linda, Barnes, Stephen J., Fiorentini, Marco L., Barnes, Sarah-Jane, Kilburn, Matthew R. (2014) Relationship between microstructures and grain-scale trace element distribution in komatiite-hosted magmatic sulphide ores. Lithos, 184. 42-61 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2013.10.037 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Western Australia, Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009, Perth, Western Australia ARC Centre of...Systems, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia CSIRO Earth Science and Resource...Australian Research Centre, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia d Department of Applied Geology, The Institute...Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia e DĆ©partement des Sciences AppliquĆ©es, UnitĆ© d'enseignement...Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, & ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GROVES, GeologyDepartment, Universityof Western Australia,Nedlands,Australia6009 D. R. HUDSON, Com...Australia6014 AND J. R. Ross Western Mining Corporation,Belmont, Australia 6104 Abstract The nickelsulfidedeposits...Yilgarn Block. Nickel sulfide depositsin Western Australia are Ultramafic volcanic and associated intrusive...Groves(1981). Many subsequentobservations derive Perth, Australia 6000. ā¢ All analyticalvaluesare expressed on a...the percentof the total nickel mined to date in Western mineralizeddunitic lensesare not specificallyassoAustralia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nickelsulfidedeposits associated with volcanicperidotitesin Western Australia.A magmaticorigin is supportedby the localizationof...fumarolicactivitywas found at the southend of the mine, but its importanceas an oreformingprocess wasnot...deposits By the mid-1970sfurther studiesof the Western and as a majorsourceof nickel.While studiesof the...andregionalstudies by theauthorscontinued until closureof the mine in May 1978. The studyaddressedthree questions:(1)...generalthe flowsto- 9), ore in the shallowerlevelsof the mine is largely ward the top of the pile are thinner |  | | Report (issue) | | Aerial view of Main-Barton open pit, Jundee gold mine, WA, viewed from the east, June 1997. The pit is...Level 3, 15-31 Pelham Street, Carlton Victoria Australia 3053 iii Ā© 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...Gold NL WMC Resources Limited Outokumpu Mining Australia Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting |  | Barnes, S. J., Godel, B., Gurer, D., Brenan, J. M., Robertson, J., Paterson, D. (2013) Sulfide-Olivine Fe-Ni Exchange and the Origin of Anomalously Ni Rich Magmatic Sulfides. Economic Geology, 108 (8) 1971-1982 doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.8.1971 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dick Perry Ave., Kensington, Perth, WA 6151, Australia Friedrich-Wilhelms UniversitƤt Bonn, Steinmann...Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Rd., Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia Abstract Equilibration between sulfide liquid...disseminated magmatic sulfide ores at Betheno (Western Australia) and Mirabela (Brazil) are consistent with...komatiitehosted Betheno deposit at Yakabindie, Western Australia. In both of these localities, large tonnage... Al <10,000 ppm, Cu <0.02%) from the Santa Rita mine database (Barnes et al., 2011b). āSulfide-free komatiitesā |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | host rocks of 14 nickel sulfide depositsin Western Australia. The depositsrange from low-grade dissemi...disseminatedsulfides(typically pentlanditc,pyrite, millerite, heazlewoodite)in intrusive ultramarie bodies to...its. The total preciousmetal tenor of typical Western Australian nickel sulfide ore is similar to that...nickelsulfideoresin 1966at Kambaldain Western Australia, Australia has be- gossansfrom ferruginous and...chromite metals in the ores and host rocks of the Western Australian nickel sulfidedeposits. Such informa- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nickel sulfide ores of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. 4. Platinum group element...October 2004 Ć Springer-Verlag 2004 Abstract The Black Swan komatiite sequence, in the Eastern Goldļ¬elds...province of the Archaean Yilgarn Craton in Western Australia, is a body of dominantly olivine-rich cumulates...orebodies, including the Silver Swan massive shoot and the Cygnet and Black Swan disseminated orebodies. The...The massive sulļ¬de orebodies of the Black Swan Succession are pervasively depleted in all platinum group |  | Barnes, Stephen J., Mungall, James E., Le Vaillant, Margaux, Godel, Belinda, Lesher, C. Michael, Holwell, David, Lightfoot, Peter C., Krivolutskaya, Nadya, Wei, Bo (2017) Sulfide-silicate textures in magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide ore deposits: Disseminated and net-textured ores. American Mineralogist, 102 (3) 473-506 doi:10.2138/am-2017-5754 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, Western Australia 6151, Australia Department of Earth Sciences, University...spherical globules with smooth menisci, as in the Black Swan disseminated ores, are associated with silicate-filled...synonymous terms: āmatrix ore,ā commonly used in Australia, and ānet-textured ore,ā used in Canada and elsewhere...CSIRO-Australian Resource Research Centre (both in Perth, Australia). Details for the Skyscan instrumental conditions...net-textured, massive Houle et al. (2012) Black Swan, Western Australia Komatiitic Ni Disseminated interstitial |  | Locmelis, M., Barnes, S. J., Pearson, N. J., Fiorentini, M. L. (2009) Anomalous Sulfur-Poor Platinum Group Element Mineralization in Komatiitic Cumulates, Mount Clifford, Western Australia. Economic Geology, 104 (6) 841-855 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.104.6.841 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Komatiitic Cumulates, Mount Clifford, Western Australia* MAREK LOCMELIS,1 STEPHEN J. BARNES,2 NORMAN...NSW 2109 Australia 2 CSIRO 3 Centre Exploration and Mining, Kensington, Western Australia for Exploration...School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia Abstract An unusual occurrence of sulfur-poor...Mount Clifford in the Agnew-Wiluna belt, Western Australia, within the lower part of a 1,000-m-thick...1990), the Munni Munni layered intrusion in Western Australia (Barnes, 1993; Barnes and Hoatson, 1994), |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Resources, PO Box 7229, Karawara, WA 6152, Australia; jian.li@csiro.au (J.L.); peter.austin@csiro.au...dry) from Poseidon Nickel Limited (Subiaco, WA, Australia) was screened to ā75 Āµm to generate the sulfidic...421 0.324 0.082 0.091 2.48 2.46 30.3 33.8 By Western Australian standards, typically 20% and even up...violarite, and millerite, for example in the Black Swan deposit [42,43], in which millerite replaces the...evidence for the oxidation of vaesite to form millerite. While vaesite is scarce in nature, it has been |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Engineering, Bayview Ave., Clayton Vic 3168, Australia Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill...and pressures up to 2000 bar. The solubility of millerite (NiS) and pentlandite (Ni4.5Fe4.5S8) calculated...notably, the Avebury nickel deposit in Tasmania, Australia, which is thought to have formed as a result of...to be extended to much higher temperatures. As millerite (NiS) is the principal nickel mineral encountered...this paper (Eq. (2)). The thermodynamic data for millerite are from Wagman et al. (1982), and for pentlandite |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology, University of Western Australia. ^B.H.P. Minerals, Perth, Western Australia. ^Geological Survey...mineralization or ore deposit or dissemination or mine ultramafic or ultrabasic or dunite or peridptite...deposits of Western Australian includes all relevant references cited in Geological Survey of Western Australia...Resource Bulletin 14, "Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia," by R. J. Marston. This 271-page volume contains...short articles are contained in University of Western Australia Geology Department and Extension Service Publication |
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