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Andalusite from
Mount Howden Mine, Bimbowrie Conservation Park, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Howden Mine, Bimbowrie Conservation Park, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:986906
Long-form Identifier:1:3:986906:6
GUID (UUID V4):fdfb84ae-83e4-47b0-97b6-7372f4116c52
Nearest other occurrences of Andalusite
10.8km (6.7 miles) Alconie Hill, Bimbowrie Conservation Park, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
21.1km (13.1 miles) Baxters Diggings (Maggie Claim), Ameroo Hill, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
22.2km (13.8 miles) Black Maria Mine, Old Boolcoomata Station, Bimbowrie Conservation Park, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
22.6km (14.0 miles) Ameroo Norwest, Outalpa Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
25.1km (15.6 miles) Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station), Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
28.5km (17.7 miles) Wiperaminga Hill (McMahon's Pegmatite; McMahon Quarry; Wiperaminga East; MC 2464; McMahon Feldspar Pty. Ltd; ML 4536), Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station), Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
MINERALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA by J. E. Johnson and J. M. Scrymgour * i *• 1 £• ? -ts-7. mm? m ty... ■- y Extract from “South Australian Year Book 1975“ Minerals of South Australia Contributed by J. E...and J. M. Scrymgour, South Australian Museum The mineral potential of South Australia was recognised from...his services as a geologist to the newly-formed South Australian Company in May 1836 and was appointed...few miles from Adelaide, and the colony’s first mine, the Wheal Gawler, began operations in May of that
Report (issue)
taken from the Library NN GU 1900 TP CATALOGUE SOUTH OF AUSTRALIAN MINERALS: 1983 by R.J. Noble...Government Printer, South Australia, 1983 REF 349.994, N668c Noble, R. A. Catalogue of South Australian minerals...(Robert John), 1946—supiic LIBRARY Catalogue of South Australian minerals: 1983. Bibliography. ISBN 0...Mineralogy—South Australia. |. Just, J. (Juri). Il. Johnson, J. E. (James Eric). Ill. South Australia. Dept...and Energy. IV. Title. (Series: Handbook (South Australia. Dept. of Mines and Energy); 7) 549.99423
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Correlation of Olary and Broken Hill Domains, Curnamona Province: Possible Relationship to Mount Isa and Other...Centre-pmd*CRC), Australia, and Geoscience Australia, GP Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia C. H. H. CONOR...Industries and Resources, South Australia, GPO Box 1671, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia B. P. J. STEVENS, Geological...2880, Australia G. M. GIBSON, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia W. V...Industries and Resources, South Australia, GPO Box 1671, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia AND P. N. SOUTHGATE
Report (Issue volume)
The geology of South Australia Volume 1 The Precambrian Bulletin 54 BULL 054 (Vol 1) Geological Survey...Survey of South Australia Bulletin 54 The geology of South Australia Volume 1 The Precambrian Edited...Minister of Mineral Resources State Print, South Australia Published 1993 Digital version with minor corrections...corrections 2012 © Government of South Australia 2012. This work is copyright. Apart from any use as...written permission from the Government of South Australia available through the Department for Manufacturing
Report (issue)
RESOURCES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA N. H. LUDBROOK HPRM 2018D037863 Cover Parabarana Hill in the Mount Painter...and Energy South Australia A GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA by N. H...Government Pri nter South Australia , 1980 Frontispiece Cliffs of the Murray River south of Morgan. Geology...(Gawler Province) . . . .. . . . .. ... . . .. .. . . .... . 18 Musgrave Block (Northwest Province) . ...Willyama Inlier (Olary Province) .. .. .. . . ... .. . .... .... . .... 24 Mount Painter and Peake-Denison
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1995 Sulphide mineralisation in the Olary Block, South Australia Evidence for syn-tectonic to late-stage...University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia 2 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University...New South Wales 2351, Australia Received: 21 July 1994/Accepted: 18 April 1995 Abstract. The South Australian...composition. Much of the sulphide mineralisation in the Olary Block has been interpreted as resulting from rift-associated...geochemical study of sulphide mineralisation in the Olary Block demonstrates that due to the lack of abundant
Catalog/List
l½ 11 2/6d., AMBLYGONITE Coolgardie, Western Australia. Massive white cleavable. lxl 1/-, lx2 2/6d.,...2x3 6/-, 3x4 10/-. Variety: AMOSITE Transvaal, South Africa. Grey-green to yellow fibrous. Commercial...3x4 17/6d. Variety: CROCIDOLITE Griqualand West, South Africa. Deep blue fibrous. Blue asbestos. lxl 2/-... 2x2 8/-, 2x3 12/-, 3x4 25/-. Griqualand West, South Africa. Silicified crocidolite. 'Tiger's-eye' Golden..., lx2 5/-, 2x2 8/6d., 2x3 12/6d., 3x4 25/-. ANDALUSITE Arizona, U.S.A. Pink massive in pegmatite. lxl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University, PO Box 28E, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Available online 5 July 2009 Keywords: Curnamona Province Olary Broken Hill Aeromagnetic Delamerian Orogeny...zones in the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Curnamona Province has enabled the deconstruction of a Cambrian fold...terranes to the eastern margin of Precambrian Australia. The regional fold arc is interpreted to have...oblique-slip along shear zones in the south and west of the province indicates an initial WNW transport
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Palaeoproterozoic sequences of Broken Hill and Mount Isa and its bearing on reconstructions of Rodinia...Hutton c a Geoscience Australia, P.O. Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia School of Earth Sciences...Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia c Geological Survey of Queensland, Queensland...Resources and Mines, Indooroopilly, Queensland 4068, Australia b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...2007 Accepted 25 May 2007 Keywords: Broken Hill Mount Isa Rodinia Palaeoproterozoic basins Mid-crustal
Journal (issue)
Mumme explores the mineral wonders of Central Australia 36 A GOLDEN ADRENALIN RUSH Back on the northern...gold trail with Jack Lange 40 THE POVERTY REEF MINE WAS ANYTHING BUT POOR The home of the 953-ounce...clubs, societies and associations throughout Australia 68 TAILINGS Some interesting snippets 69 BACK...SINGAPORE Distribution Network Distribution Co. 54 Park Street, SYDNEY 2000 Phone: (02) 9282 8777 All material...This incredibly beautiful 5-ounce nugget came from south of Maryborough in t he last few months. USING THE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphic study of the Broken Hill Block, NSW, Australia C. J. FORBES,1,2,* P. G. BETTS,2 R. WEINBERG1...Research Centre, Monash University, Clayton, Australia ABSTRACT The prograde pressure–temperature (P–T)...complexly polydeformed Proterozoic Broken Hill Block (Australia) has been reconstructed through detailed structural...Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain St, East Perth WA 6004, Australia. Ó 2005 Blackwell Publishing...Palaeoproterozoic Broken Hill Block, western New South Wales, Australia, is such a terrane where the prolonged
Book (edition)
pink grorudite veins in the mica lamprophyre at South Hill (24). lt ls also found microscopically in several...garnet, fluorite and molybdenite in a geode in the south-east granite quarry at L'Etacq (15). At another...where it ·is accompanied by brookite (19). 6 Andalusite . 4[Al 2Si0s], forms grey, four-sided prlsms...Longueville syenite, and from the lamprophyres at South Hili and Mont Orgueil (25). Blende (Sphalerite)...found in veins at Douet de la Mer (St. Ouen) (12), south of Ouaisne Bay (with galena, hematite, calcite and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
between the London & South-Western Railway-line on the noldh and, on the south, the 'Roof of Devon,'...some 600 yards long. Formerly limestone was raised south of the railway, both on the eastern and on the western...rock were opened several years ago on the flank of South Down, while prospecting work has been executed near...AREA. The mass of the Dartmoor granite lies to the south-east: its northern boundary is accurately shown...and Yes Tor, would if produced pass but 1300 feet south of Black Tor. Near the foot of the Redaven and at
Book (edition)
to note that these include contributors from Australia, Canada, Germany, Thailand, Vietnam, the UK and...prophetically named Kimberley district of Western Australia promise to be of world importance when production...First Edition For two decades, an earlier work of mine – Practical Gemmology – has proved a useful elementary...kilometres in length. Quartz veins in parts of Australia, California and elsewhere are famous for carrying...extruded in considerable volume, one example being Mount St Helens in the Rocky Mountains. At the felsic
Book (volume)
LTD. DURBAN : 33/35 Beach Grove AUSTRALIA: BUTTERWORTH & CO. (AUSTRALIA) SYDNEY : 6/8 O’Connell Street...2 PREFACE For two decades, an earlier work of mine—Practical Gemmology—has proved a useful elementary...or terraces. Emerald is recovered from the Chivor mine in Colombia by such a method. The method of recovering...diamond (4263 carats) recovered from the Premier mine * yon af TINT * . in the Transoaal. This shows how...courtesy of the Anglo-American 14 Corporation of South Africa Ltd.) INDIA Pennar discharges into the
Book (volume)
1. India .... 2. Brazil .... 3. South Africa 4. Borneo 5. Australia 0. North America 7. British Guiana...Cordierite . Idocrase Axinite Kyanite Staurolite . Andalusite (Chiastolite) . . . . Epidote Piedmontite Dioptase...KIMBERLEY DIAMOND MINE IN 1872 . . 197 PLATE VIII. (Facing p. 202.) KIMBERLEY DIAMOND MINE IN 1874 . ,,...200 PLATE V. . . . (Facing p. 152.) DIAMOND MINE AT PANNA, INDIA . PLATE II. 78 . „ 341 cut...Indian cut . . 6, c. ,, new form . . Stewart (from South Africa) . . c. Mr. Dresden’s (from Brazil) . famous
Book
prospect for mineral deposits. In places, ancient mine workings have survived to our time (Fig. 1). Of...of organic matter, and formulated the law of conservation of matter long before Lavoisier. Mineralogy...Petersburg for further study. In 1763 he appealed to the mine owners asking them “ to supply specimens of various...Observing daily the behaviour of ores in mine workings, the mine geologist grasps better than anybody else...pene­ trated by mine openings and oil wells. At the Witwatersrand gold fields in South Africa the maximum
 
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