| Huston, D. L., Sun, S.-S., Blewett, R., Hickman, A. H., Kranendonk, M. V., Phillips, D., Baker, D., Brauhart, C. (2002) The Timing of Mineralization in the Archean North Pilbara Terrain, WesternAustralia. Economic Geology, 97 (4) 733-755 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.733 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Archean North Pilbara Terrain, Western Australia DAVID L. HUSTON,† Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378,...2601, Australia SHEN-SU SUN, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, and Department...0200, Australia RICHARD BLEWETT, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia ARTHUR...Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia DAVID PHILLIPS,...Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia DARCY BAKER, School of Geosciences, University | | Thorpe, R.I., Hickman, A.H., Davis, D.W., Mortensen, J.K., Trendall, A.F. (1992) UPb zircon geochronology of Archaean felsic units in the Marble Bar region, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Precambrian Research, 56 (3) 169-189 doi:10.1016/0301-9268(92)90100-3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Archaean felsic units in the Marble Bar region, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia" R . I . T h o r p e a,...bGeological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, Perth 6004, W.A., Australia CRoyal Ontario Museum...Archaean felsic units in the Marble Bar region, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Precambrian Res., 56:169-189...supracrustal rocks that are well exposed in the Marble Bar region, Pilbara Craton, have been assigned to the Warrawoona...the ore deposits in the area, especially the Big Stubby, North Pole (barite), and Miralga Creek ( Z n | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 16:7-30 MINERALIUM DEPOSITA © Springer-Verlag 1981 Pilbara Galenas: Precise Isotopic Assay of the Oldest Australian...University of Toronto 3 Geological Survey of Western Australia Precise Pb isotopic data are reported for...other minerals from the Archaean Pilbara District of Western Australia. Repeated measurements on the Broken...volcanics correlatable with the host-rocks. Other minor galena occurrences, with quartz-vein association, appear...generally-observable trend in the Archaean of Australia, Southern Africa and West Greenland is that the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Massive Sulfide and Sulfate Mineralization in Western Australia Mapo: E. BARLEY KeyCentre for Strategic MineralDeposit...Geology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands,WesternAustralia 6009, Australia Abstract Archcanvolcanic-hosted...relativelyhighlargeion lithophileelementcontents. In the east Yilgarncraton,Cu-Znmineralization occursin a bimodalassemblage...Distributionof Mineralizationin Time and Space THE Western AustralianShield comprisestwo Archcancratons,the...licicvolcanicandtuffaceous sedimentary rocksat Big The Pilbara craton (Fig. 1) containsthe oldest StubbyandLennonsFind | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | DEPOSITS IN THE PROTEROZOIC THROSSELL GROUP, WESTERN AUSTRALIA BRUCE R. ANDERSON,†,* J. BRUCE GEMMELL, Centre...Tasmania 7001, Australia AND DAVID R. NELSON Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street...Street, Perth, Western Australia Abstract The Meso-Neoproterozoic Throssell Group of the Paterson orogen...orogen in Western Australia hosts the Nifty and Maroochydore sediment-hosted, replacement Cu deposits, as...trend where Pb from a primitive, mantle source (Pilbara Craton, µ = 9.88) is mixed with crustal Pb (Throssell | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | age of the Warrawoona Group, eastern Pilbara Block, Western Australia N.J. McNaughton a, W. Compston b and...Geology, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W..A. 6009, Australia bResearch School of Earth...National University, Canberra, A. C. T., 2601, Australia (Received March 15, 1991 ; accepted after revision...age of the Warrawoona Group, eastern Pilbara Block, Western Australia. In: T.S. Blake and A.L. Meakins (Editors)...Early Proterozoic Geology of the Pilbara Region, Western Australia. Precambrian Res., 60: 69-98. Zircons | | | Report (issue) | RESOURCES BULLETIN 17 ARITE AND FLUORITE WESTE AUSTRALIA * by R 6. Abeysinghe and J. M. Fetherston DVERNMENT...SURVEY OF WESTERN DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OFWESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL... Ranford DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Pietro Guj Copy editor: A. S. George The...M., 1997, Barite and fluorite in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources...of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 7309 6539 2 Abeysinghe, P. B. Barite and fluorite in Western Australia | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | GRANITOIDS AND GREENSTONES IN THE EAST PILBARA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA J.A. COOPER, P.R. JAMES and R.W.R...Adelaide, G.P.O. Box 498, Adelaide, S.A. 5001 (Australia) (Received December 12, 1980; second revision...granitoids and greenstones in the East Pilbara, Western Australia. Precambrian Res., 18: 199--236. A...on two small areas in the eastern Pilbara block, Western Australia. The sites were chosen because they...granitoid and greenstone units. At Warrery Gap, on the western side of the Corunna granitic dome, the acid volcanics | | | Report (issue) | OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 13 COPPER MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R...Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244 8002 11 1 PREFATORY NOTE Western Australia has never...in the Murchison, Northeastern Goldfields, Pilbara and East Kimberley regions. Zinc, lead, nickel, or...D DIVERSITY OF COPPER MINERALIZATION I N WESTERN AUSTRALIA The geological setting: tectonic provinces................................................. East Kimberley region .............................. | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | different ages which could have each produced a given galena at hand. Galenas of different ages. derived from...the ancient terrestrial sources, the concept of galena ~n~uen~y is introduced and, used to dei?ne the...ages, each of which could have produced the same galena under consideration. Galenas of different compositions...(is) is determ@d from the expression Is = 1/137.8[(eAsT- l)/(e”*’ - l)] where ~235U/23EU~~ = i/137.8 and...Pilbura. Western Australia is taken from the data of OVERSBY of Cooglegon from the Pilbara, Western Australia | | | Report (issue) | SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by K. M. Ferguson < < EWG1CAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTWCA DEPARTMENT...ENERGY LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 . , .- FRONTISPIECE Sulfur and copper...Sulphur Springs deposit, Pilbara Craton GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN... Ranford DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA David Blight Copy editors: I. R. Nowak and...Lead, zinc and silver deposits of Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | rocks of the Yilgarn and Pilbara sequences in western Australia ( Big Stubby, Mons Capri, etc. ) (Economic...in the USA, and Mons Capri and Beam Creek in Australia) ; 2) volcanic, consisting of lavas mainly of...and Millenbach, etc. , in Canada, and Big Stubby in Australia) ; 3) tuffogenic-chert -black shale, in...position of the deposits a t Vauze, Millenbach, and East Waite and Old Waite Amulet in the Noranda ore region...Abitibi volcanic belt in Canada, and the Big Stubby deposit in Australia. A completely different type of paleostructural | | | Report (issue) | 1975). Pyrite is the most pervasive sulfide, but galena and sphalerite are often reported in trace to economic...shale of the Cretaceous Gearle Siltstone in Western Australia; 2) several deposits, in addition to Uribe...COUNTRY CODES AUNS Australia, New South Wales AUSA Australia, South Australia AUTS Australia, Tasmania AUUA...AUUA Australia, Western Australia BRZL Brazil CNBC Canada, British Columbia CNNF Canada, Newfoundland CNNS...Minerals/Commodities Ages/Modifiers Ag anhy ank ara argn Au bar cal eel ceru cin cpyr Cu fl gal hem hydroz jar mag | | | Report (issue) | GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA GEOLOGY OF THE FORTESCUE GROUP PILBARA CRATON WESTERN AUSTRALIA by A. M....OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY GEOLOGY OF THE FORTESCUE GROUP, PILBARA CRATON...CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE Landsat image (bands 4, 5 7) of the Fortescue Group unconformably...Rocklea dome (right centre) in the south central Pilbara. Here, the Fortescue Group consists of the Mount...SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA BULLETIN 144 GEOLOGY OF THE FORTESCUE GROUP, PILBARA CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of Mineralogy, North Ryde, N.S.W. 2113, Australia April 28, 1981; accepted in revised form September...proposal was based on data from Yilgarn, Western Australia (Hallberg, 1970) and his own data for ORIGIN...other high quality data on samples from West Australia (e.g. Nesbitt and Sun, 1976; Naldrett and Turner...Africa (e.g. Nesbitt er al., 1979; Glikson, 1979), western Greenland (Nesbitt, unpublished data) and Canada...Archaean terrains in South Africa and in the Pilbara, Western Australia (e.g. Nesbitt et al., 1979). The PHN | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | early Archaean metasedimentary sequence in Western Australia is also discussed. Several cases are reviewed...metasedimentary horizon at Mount Narryer in Western Australia suggest that a small proportion of these...1977); 3813+z/ --14 (Baadsgaard et al., 1984 ). A galena sample from a vein in the centre of the supracrustal...) 3.2.1. Zimbabwe. From a Pb isotopic study of galena occurrences throughout the Archaean of Zimbabwe...relative ages of the BGB and AGC. 3.2.3. Western Australia. The recognition of the early Archaean history | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Exhalative Sulphide Deposits I. R. Plimer Broken Hill~ AustraLia T. Finlow-Bates Leoben, Austria Older and deeper-water...Iberian pyrite and Carpentarian deposits of N. Australia). Depth of formation for most deposits cannot...reduction by bacterial action beof chalcopyrite~ galena and sphalerite cause the average fractionation...realistic a Archean deposits Deposit(s) Depth Big Stubby shallow? (Reynolds, et al. 1975) Depth indicator...1975) and the barite at Big Stubby (Reynolds et al., 1975) in Western Australia show that these sulphur | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | “conformable” or “stratiform” lead ores. These are galena-rich ore deposits that lie parallel to the stratification...unit. In many such deposits, primary and pristine galena is characterized by homogeneous Pb isotope ratios...to the isotopic compositions of Pb ores, i.e., galena from stratiform deposits. This is unexpected because...%) among the volcanic suites, but also from the galena growth curve, which argues against a uniform deep-seated...time-integrated model composition relative to that of galena, is better than 1 % at any time before 3 Ga (Table | | | Book | al.: Geological Structure of Mac. Robertson Land (East Antarctica) 25: L.A. Timokhov (editor): Dynamics...ARCHAEAN SUPRACRUSTAL BELTS General Characteristics Western Australian Shield Superior Province Karnataka...continents: on the Siberian Platform from 1.6 Ga, on the East European Platform from 1.0 Ga etc. It has been emphasised...Aldan, Guiana, Indian and Southern, Central and Western African etc.). The conclusion of this stage is...in the Archaean than today. The presence of thin marble-orthoquartzite-K pelite beds in the Archaean high-grade | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | (4) we obtain: 2°6pb/2°4pb = a +/xte x~e°- ~t east +fte°( -- ~--~-~t)eX"'dt (5) and after replacing... 3.122 3.116 350 370 330 360 10 11 12 13 Australia Hall's Peak Cobar Captains Flat Rosebery [9]...[23] [13] [13] [23] [23] - Australia 51 Big Stubby 52 Isua (galena) West Greenland i n /~ c h...French Bob's Daylight Old Star Old Star Big Stubby Isua (galena) 2622 2565 2973 2975 3081 3102 3158 3135...R. Richards, I.R. Fletcher and J.G. Blockley, Pilbara galenas: Precise isotopic assay of the oldest australian | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 2Geological 3Saskatchewan 4CODES Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia Survey of Canada, 601 Booth...Private Bag 126, University of Tasmania, TAS 7001, Australia Abstract Analysis of metallogenic data, including...spreading ridge) volcanoes (e.g., Pito Seamount, East Pacific Rise) and intraplate volcanoes (e.g., low-temperature...estimated drift rates for the MesoNeoarchean from the Pilbara craton range between 12 to 112 cm/yr (Suganuma...juxtaposed early Paleo- to Mesoarchean successions (cf. Pilbara craton: Pease et al., 2008). Tectonic settings | | | Book | Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia Foreword by Peter A. Cawood 13...Survey of Western Australia Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia 100 Plain St. East Perth...Perth WA 6004 Australia franco.pirajno@doir.wa.gov.au ISBN: 978-1-4020-8612-0 e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8613-7...and since 1993, the Geological Survey of Western Australia. He has held visiting professorships at vii...peer-reviewed papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his career | | | Journal (issue) | MERCIAN Geologist VOLUME 18 PART 1 AUGUST 2012 East Midlands Geological Society Contents President...characterisation of airborne inorganic particulate matter in western Derby Colin A Baker The Holocene 8200 BP event:...from the Late Triassic Arden Sandstone Formation, Western Park, Leicester 55 Albert Horton The occurrence...is printed by John Browns, and published by the East Midlands Geological Society. No part of this publication...prior consent of the Society. ISSN 0025 990X © 2012 East Midlands Geological Society Registered Charity No | | | Book | the Paleoarchean through to the Neoarchean. Scale bar in centimetres. Photo by T. Iizuka. (Frontcover)...Survey of Western Australia Perth, Australia R. HUGH SMITHIES Geological Survey of Western Australia Perth...Perth, Australia VICKIE C. BENNETT Research School of Earth Sciences The Australian National University...University Canberra, Australia Amsterdam - Boston - Heidelberg - London - New York - Oxford Paris - San Diego...Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia (vickie. bennett@anu.edu.au) A.W.R. BEVAN Department | | | Book | the Paleoarchean through to the Neoarchean. Scale bar in centimetres. Photo by T. Iizuka. (Frontcover)...Survey of Western Australia Perth, Australia R. HUGH SMITHIES Geological Survey of Western Australia Perth...Perth, Australia VICKIE C. BENNETT Research School of Earth Sciences The Australian National University...University Canberra, Australia Amsterdam - Boston - Heidelberg - London - New York - Oxford Paris - San Diego...Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia (vickie. bennett@anu.edu.au) A.W.R. BEVAN Department |
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