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Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
Regional Level Types
Boddington MineMine
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Boddington ShireShire
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 43' 59'' South , 116° 22' 0'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Boddington926 (2012)12.6km
Crossman370 (2011)22.5km
Dwellingup347 (2012)28.5km
Wandering355 (2016)28.6km
Quindanning163 (2018)34.8km
Owned/operated by:
Mindat Locality ID:
7624
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:7624:4
GUID (UUID V4):
aee2921b-b800-427d-b90c-2aa82bacdd81


An openpit gold mine located 130 km SE of Perth, in the northeastern jarrah forest, 12 km from the town of Boddington. The mine was a joint venture owned by Newmont Mining Corporation and AngloGold Ashanti.
Production ceased in 2001. In 2009 Newmont purchased AngloGold Ashanti's shares to become the sole owner.

A 1979 survey identified an anomaly in the Saddleback Greenstone Belt. A large open cut operation commenced in 1987, and ceased in 2001, after the known oxide ore resource had been processed. The mine was jointly owned by Normandy Mining, Acacia Resources, and Newcrest Mining. At the time it was the largest gold operation in Australia.

After an extended period the mine was acquired by Newmont Mining, who identified a gold bedrock resource to the north of the original pit. Two pits were opened in 2010, and again forms Australia's largest gold mine (2012), as far as the production of gold. It has estimated reserves of 20 million ounces of gold, and copper production of 30 000 tonnes per year. The estimated life of the mine is 25 years.

The Saddleback Greenstone Belt is a fault bounded sliver of Archaean volcanic and shallow level intrusive rocks, surrounded by granitic and gneissic rocks. The main zone of gold mineralisation occurs reasonably continuously over a strike length of about 5 kilometres long and 1 kilometre wide. This mineralisation forms a semi continuous blanket within the upper iron rich laterite, with more eratic gold distribution in the lower zones. The basement rocks below the oxide zone has gold mineralisation with predominantly andesitic volcanics and diorite dykes. In the primary ore gold is present in millimetre to centimetre scale veinlets in quartz epidote/clinozoisite actinolite.

Gold in the higher grade secondary zone from the base upwards is:
1. Saprolite zone (1-5 metres) of green clay.
2. Clay Zone (30-100 metres)of light brown to white oxidised kaolinitic clay.
3. Laterite Zone (4-10 metres) dark red to brown laterite, mainly gibbsite.

In the primary diorite host the gold is found in dense quartz veins, and surrounding alteration haloes. Relic quartz veins persist in the overlying laterite zone. The gold is closely associated with copper minerals. In the upper levels is malachite and cuprite, intermediate levels chalcocite and native copper, and the lowest level of the weathered zone is chalcopyrite.

A small number of high quality, non gold specimens were recovered during the early days of exploration by enlightened geologist Roger Staley. These were donated to the Brisbane Mineral Museum, who off-loaded some spare specimens onto the collectors market. Copper specimens are usually free of matrix and cleaned of patina. The southern pit the specimens came from is now back-filled with the overlying bauxite ore, and rehabilitated.

During the early stages of the original mining period, white quartz with visible veins of gold were found in one section. Three specimens were studied by the Western Australian Chemical Laboratories in 1993. On one specimen the new species Saddlebackite was found in association with the gold.

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Mineral List


49 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Detailed Mineral List:

Actinolite
Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Aleksite
Formula: PbBi2Te2S2
References:
Altaite
Formula: PbTe
Anatase
Formula: TiO2
Argentopentlandite
Formula: Ag(Fe,Ni)8S8
Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Bismuth
Formula: Bi
Breithauptite
Formula: NiSb
Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
'Chlorite Group'
References:
Clausthalite
Formula: PbSe
Clinozoisite
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Cobaltite
Formula: CoAsS
Copper
Formula: Cu
Cubanite
Formula: CuFe2S3
Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Galena
Formula: PbS
Gibbsite
Formula: Al(OH)3
Gold
Formula: Au
Gold var. Electrum
Formula: (Au,Ag)
Hedleyite
Formula: Bi7Te3
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Hessite
Formula: Ag2Te
'Hornblende Root Name Group'
Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Ikunolite
Formula: Bi4S3
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Laitakarite
Formula: Bi4(Se,S)3
Maghemite
Formula: (Fe3+0.670.33)Fe3+2O4
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Maldonite
Formula: Au2Bi
Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
'Monazite'
Formula: REE(PO4)
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Muscovite var. Illite
Formula: K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Muscovite var. Sericite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Naumannite
Formula: Ag2Se
Pentlandite
Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8
Pilsenite
Formula: Bi4Te3
'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Saddlebackite (TL)
Formula: Pb2Bi2Te2S3
Type Locality:
Scheelite
Formula: Ca(WO4)
Silver
Formula: Ag
'Smectite Group'
Formula: A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O
Stützite
Formula: Ag5-xTe3, x = 0.24-0.36
Tellurobismuthite
Formula: Bi2Te3
Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
Tsumoite
Formula: BiTe
Violarite
Formula: Fe2+Ni3+2S4
Volynskite
Formula: AgBiTe2
Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Gallery:

Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Malachite

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Gold1.AA.05Au
Silver1.AA.05Ag
Gold
var. Electrum
1.AA.05(Au,Ag)
Copper1.AA.05Cu
Bismuth1.CA.05Bi
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Maldonite2.AA.40Au2Bi
Chalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
Naumannite2.BA.55Ag2Se
Hessite2.BA.60Ag2Te
Stützite2.BA.65Ag5-xTe3, x = 0.24-0.36
Pentlandite2.BB.15(NixFey)Σ9S8
Argentopentlandite2.BB.15Ag(Fe,Ni)8S8
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Cubanite2.CB.55aCuFe2S3
Breithauptite2.CC.05NiSb
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Altaite2.CD.10PbTe
Clausthalite2.CD.10PbSe
Violarite2.DA.05Fe2+Ni3+2S4
Pilsenite2.DC.05Bi4Te3
Tellurobismuthite2.DC.05Bi2Te3
Hedleyite2.DC.05Bi7Te3
Tsumoite2.DC.05BiTe
Ikunolite2.DC.05Bi4S3
Laitakarite2.DC.05Bi4(Se,S)3
Molybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Cobaltite2.EB.25CoAsS
Aleksite2.GC.40aPbBi2Te2S2
Saddlebackite (TL)2.GC.40dPb2Bi2Te2S3
Volynskite2.JA.20AgBiTe2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Cuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
Maghemite4.BB.15(Fe3+0.670.33)Fe3+2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Anatase4.DD.05TiO2
Gibbsite4.FE.10Al(OH)3
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Scheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
Titanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Clinozoisite9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Actinolite9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
var. Illite9.EC.15K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
var. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Unclassified
'Monazite'-REE(PO4)
'Chlorite Group'-
'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
'Hornblende Root Name Group'-◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
'Smectite Group'-A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
H BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
H Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H GibbsiteAl(OH)3
H Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
H KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
H Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Smectite GroupA0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O
CCarbon
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
O AnataseTiO2
O BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
O Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O CupriteCu2O
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O GibbsiteAl(OH)3
O HematiteFe2O3
O Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
O IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
O KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O Maghemite(Fe3+0.670.33)Fe23+O4
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O MonaziteREE(PO4)
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O ScheeliteCa(WO4)
O TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
O ZirconZr(SiO4)
O Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
O Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
O Smectite GroupA0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O
FFluorine
F BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
F FluoriteCaF2
F Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
NaSodium
Na Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
MgMagnesium
Mg Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Mg BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
AlAluminium
Al BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Al Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al GibbsiteAl(OH)3
Al Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Al KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Al Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
SiSilicon
Si Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Si BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Si Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Si KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
Si TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Si ZirconZr(SiO4)
Si Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Si Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
PPhosphorus
P MonaziteREE(PO4)
SSulfur
S AleksitePbBi2Te2S2
S ArgentopentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S ChalcociteCu2S
S CobaltiteCoAsS
S CubaniteCuFe2S3
S GalenaPbS
S IkunoliteBi4S3
S LaitakariteBi4(Se,S)3
S MolybdeniteMoS2
S Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
S ViolariteFe2+Ni23+S4
S SaddlebackitePb2Bi2Te2S3
ClChlorine
Cl Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
KPotassium
K BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
K Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Ca Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Ca TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Ca Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Ca Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
TiTitanium
Ti AnataseTiO2
Ti BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Ti IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Ti TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
FeIron
Fe Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Fe ArgentopentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe CubaniteCuFe2S3
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Fe Maghemite(Fe3+0.670.33)Fe23+O4
Fe Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Fe ViolariteFe2+Ni23+S4
CoCobalt
Co CobaltiteCoAsS
NiNickel
Ni ArgentopentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8
Ni BreithauptiteNiSb
Ni Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Ni ViolariteFe2+Ni23+S4
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu ChalcociteCu2S
Cu CubaniteCuFe2S3
Cu CupriteCu2O
Cu CopperCu
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
As CobaltiteCoAsS
SeSelenium
Se ClausthalitePbSe
Se LaitakariteBi4(Se,S)3
Se NaumanniteAg2Se
ZrZirconium
Zr ZirconZr(SiO4)
MoMolybdenum
Mo MolybdeniteMoS2
AgSilver
Ag ArgentopentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8
Ag Gold var. Electrum(Au,Ag)
Ag HessiteAg2Te
Ag NaumanniteAg2Se
Ag SilverAg
Ag StütziteAg5-xTe3, x = 0.24-0.36
Ag VolynskiteAgBiTe2
SbAntimony
Sb BreithauptiteNiSb
TeTellurium
Te AleksitePbBi2Te2S2
Te AltaitePbTe
Te HedleyiteBi7Te3
Te HessiteAg2Te
Te PilseniteBi4Te3
Te StütziteAg5-xTe3, x = 0.24-0.36
Te TellurobismuthiteBi2Te3
Te TsumoiteBiTe
Te VolynskiteAgBiTe2
Te SaddlebackitePb2Bi2Te2S3
WTungsten
W ScheeliteCa(WO4)
AuGold
Au Gold var. Electrum(Au,Ag)
Au GoldAu
Au MaldoniteAu2Bi
PbLead
Pb AleksitePbBi2Te2S2
Pb AltaitePbTe
Pb ClausthalitePbSe
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb SaddlebackitePb2Bi2Te2S3
BiBismuth
Bi AleksitePbBi2Te2S2
Bi BismuthBi
Bi HedleyiteBi7Te3
Bi IkunoliteBi4S3
Bi LaitakariteBi4(Se,S)3
Bi MaldoniteAu2Bi
Bi PilseniteBi4Te3
Bi TellurobismuthiteBi2Te3
Bi TsumoiteBiTe
Bi VolynskiteAgBiTe2
Bi SaddlebackitePb2Bi2Te2S3

Geochronology

Mineralization age: Neoarchean : 2724 Ma to 2595 Ma

Important note: This table is based only on rock and mineral ages recorded on mindat.org for this locality and is not necessarily a complete representation of the geochronology, but does give an indication of possible mineralization events relevant to this locality. As more age information is added this table may expand in the future. A break in the table simply indicates a lack of data entered here, not necessarily a break in the geologic sequence. Grey background entries are from different, related, localities.

Geologic TimeRocks, Minerals and Events
Precambrian
 Archean
  Neoarchean
ⓘ Molybdenite (youngest age)2595 Ma
ⓘ Molybdenite (oldest age)2724 Ma

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