| | 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... exploration interest has remained high. In the last decade this has resulted in the discovery of several...understanding the geology of the State over the last 15 years coupled with a surge in base metal exploration...D DIVERSITY OF COPPER MINERALIZATION I N WESTERN AUSTRALIA The geological setting: tectonic provinces | | | Report (issue) | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA L RESOURCES SULLETIN No. 8 OF WE G. H. LOW, 8.Sc. ISSUED UNDER...knowledge of the known copper deposits i n Western Australia. Although no large copper mines have been...t a t e from the Kimberleys in the north t o Ravensthorpe near the south coast. The former Governvent...Scope of this Bulletin .. ........ ... Minerals in Western Australian Copper Ores Distribution and Mode o... . . . . . . . . Other Deposits (Blaelis Copper Mine and Tarraloola) The Gascoyne GoldfieldThe Mangaroon | | | Report (issue) | OOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 TALC, PYROPHYLLITE AND MAGNESITE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE:...(left) and Three Springs talc (right) The talc mine at Three Springs sits comfortably amongst recently...Talc Asia Pacific GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 16 by P. B. Abeysinghe...R. Perry DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Pietro Guj Copy editor: J. F. Johnston The...Talc, pyrophyllite and magnesite in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources | | | Report (issue) | deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...Nova Scotia, Canada; and Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Barr, 1980). Combinations of the two depositional...British Columbia, Canada; and Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Barr, 1980)). These deposits are primarily worked...of deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent...Junner (1921) made the same mines in Victoria, Australia, and Malcom (1912) in Nova Scotia. Arsenopyrite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | GEOLOGIST 1921. GOLD OCCURRENCES No. 2 OF AUSTRALIA. N. R. Ju•ER. CONTENTS. Introduction ........Surv., •914. GOLD OCCURRENCES OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 81 Apart from the work of the late Dr. A. W...often rich in carbon. The well known gold-fieldsof Western Victoria--Bendigo, Ballarat, Clunes,Maidon, Daylesford...the streams. GOLD OCCURRENCES OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 83 In Miocene (?) time flows of basalt filled...previouslyformedgravelsand sands. At an early stagein the uplift Western Victoria was coveredby widespreadsheetsof newer | | Hodges, C.A., Cox, D.P., Singer, D.A., Case, J.E., Berger, B.R., Albers, J.P. (1984) U.S. Geological Survey-INGEOMINAS mineral resource assessment of Colombia. Open-File Report Vol. 1984 (84-345) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr84345 | Report (issue) | pocket] Plate 1. Mineral Resource Domains of Western Colombia 2. Mineral Resource Domains of Eastern...scale 1:1,000,000 on two mineral resource maps of western and eastern Colombia. Domains in which the geologic...porphyry deposits and prospects are known in the Western and Central Cordilleras of Colombia, mainly in...indicate a ringshaped magnetic low (caused by pyrrhotite or by the pyritization or oxidation of magnetite)...magnetic surveys would identify skarn magnetite and pyrrhotite that may be associated with base-metal deposits | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | `|ÇxÜtÄÉzç Éy g{x Spring Creek Area Last Chance Mining District Plumas County, California Gail E. Dunning...discovered between 1905 and 1909, the mines of the Last Chance mining district produced significant quantities... Figure 1b. Map showing the location of the Last Chance Mining District. The results of our study indicate...of the El Dorado mine collapsed adit. LOCATION The copper mines of the Last Chance mining district are...The earliest record of copper mining in the Last Chance mining district is given by MacBoyle (1920); | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ubiquitousin both districts, and pyrrhotite is known. Sphalerite with pyrrhotite averages higher in iron contentthan...550ø C in the Bingham district. At the Cleveland mine, higher than normal CO• pressuresseem necessaryto...sulfurin the system at the time of equilibrium. Pyrrhotite in nature is slightly deficientin iron relative...second alternative is the partialsolution of pyrrhotite by the ore fluidduringthe deposition of the sphalerite...processdependson the relative ratesof solution of pyrrhotite, mixingof fluid,andprecipitation of sphalerite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | pm to 1:20] Recent Specimen Gold Activities in Australia Mark I. Jacobson [10:20 to 10:40] The Systematic...Ed Raines [2:40 to 3:00] The Round Mountain Gold Mine, Nye County, Nevada R. Scott Werschky LUNCH BREAK...belts of California, Nevada, northern Mexico, Western Australia and Ontario, as well as such unlikely places...areas of the American West, northern Mexico, and Australia. Suddenly new supplies of gold 56 specimens and...California localities such as the Colorado Quartz mine near Mariposa. The Systematic Study of Regolith | | | Report (issue) | ___ .... _...................... ·...... 92 Pyrrhotite ... __ . _...................... _________ ....._._ . .. _................... 144 Golden Chest mine ... ..... _..... _. _. _______________ . _. _...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Buckeye Boy mine .. _._._._ . ________________________ . . .... ...____ . ___ ... _............. .... 147 Crown Point mine ... _._._. _______________ . _____________ ._._... _. __ ._ ... _................. 147 New Jersey mine ... , _. _. ____________________ . ____________ | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | PHILLIPSITE, and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular, malachite...malachite, powellite, and scheelite. Arkansas mine, Seven Devils district: grossular. Blue Jacket claim...and stilbite. Copper Bo~' mine, Seven Devils district: epidote. Helena mine (reportedly just northwest...northwest of the Peacock mine at the present site of a small open pit but also reported to be about 1 mile northwest...ilmenite, magnetite, monazite, and zircon. Peacock mine (also South Peacock), Seven Devils district, in | | | Report (issue) | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 12 THE TIN DEPOSITS OF ~ E S T E...Minister for Mines 77793-1 i National Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244 7617 2 11 PREFACE...Although small by Australian and World standards, Western Australia’s tin deposits have yielded concentrates...interested in searching for tin deposits in Western Australia. J H Lord 19th June 1978. DIRECTOR iii................. ... ... . . Tin mining in Western Australia ......................................... | | Kelley, D. L., Kelley, K. D., Coker, W. B., Caughlin, B., Doherty, M. E. (2006) Beyond the Obvious Limits of Ore Deposits: The Use of Mineralogical, Geochemical, and Biological Features for the Remote Detection of Mineralization. Economic Geology, 101 (4) 729-752 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.101.4.729 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the Last Chance stock interpreted to be autoliths of early crystallized phases of the Last Chance magma...levels in equilibrium with the Last Chance melt. Enclaves from the Last Chance stock are distinct from those...from Alta stock contain only minor pyrrhotite. The lack of pyrrhotite and high Cu content of autoliths...autoliths suggest that the Last Chance stock formed from partial melting of a source region containing Cu-Fe sulfides...research on the alkalic Cu-Au porphyry deposits of Australia has suggested that systematic vertical and lateral | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | porphyry copper-gold deposit in Northparkes, Australia (Lickfold et al., 2003). Likewise, Imai (1994)...1982; 1986). consisting of chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite associated with felsite dike in the Mount Kinabalu...Sipalay deposit is situated, Cebu where the Atlas mine consisting of the Biga, Carmen and Lutopan deposits...Cotabato Trench on the south-western part and the Sulu Trench on the western portion (Fig. 1). The sinistral...porphyry copper-gold deposit in Northparkes, Australia (Lickfold et al., 2003). The bornite pods in the | | | Report (issue) | pyrites deposits (including pyrite, marcasite, or pyrrhotite deposits, that commonly contain some copper and...sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and...different states and Alaska California Auschwitz mine, Lake County - 2, 4 Coso Range deposits, Inyo County...County - 13 Crater (Last Chance Range) mine, Inyo County - 9, 11, 15, 16, 17 Elgin mine, Colusa County -...Sonoma County - 1, 18 Leviathan mine, Alpine County - 7, 17 Sulphur Bank mine, Lake County - 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 | | | Report (volume) | U.S. Geological Survey, along with prices of the last offerings, are given in the current-year issues...and geological provinces in the cordillera of western North America 10 Map showing worldwide distribution...complexly zoned garnets from oxidized skarn, Surprise Mine, Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of garnet...Photomicrograph showing massive garnet partly replaced by pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite 18 Graphs showing distributions...such as at Fortitude, Nevada, and at Red Dome, Australia. Under the classification of Au-bearing skarns | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Limestoneand Galena FissureOre Depositsof the U.S. Mine, Bingham MiningDistrict,Utah CYauSW. ,F•m.r)A•r•...limestonereplacement and Galena fissure depositsof the U.S. mine range from -t-3.8 to --8.0 permil; the mean is...sulfur isotopic Geology and Ore Bodies of the U.S. Mine composition,generally not exceeding 10 perrail....mineis in the southernpart of the district. The mine composition, physicaloccurrence, and locationwithin...replacementore bodiesin the a mine or district. easternhalf of the Last Chancestock (late Eocene age) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Victoria 3145, Australia b 1034 Geelong Road, Mount Clear, Ballaarat, Victoria 3350, Australia Received 8...an extensive fold belt along much of eastern Australia (i.e. the Tasman Orogenic Belt). In Victoria,...revival. Keywords: Gold: Slate-belt: Victoria: Australia; Metamorphic; Fluid: Structure I. Introduction...Victoria, and the Lachlan Fold Belt, in southeast Australia. This paper aims to synthesize and reinterpret...province The Tasman Orogenic Belt of Eastern Australia (Fig. 2) includes many late Precambrian to late | | | Report (Issue volume) | + 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia and™ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 4. Industrial...New Zealand Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and 1982 Eds D.A. Berkman and W. Ryall Ed. D | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | easternone, are: Whitman, Union Companion-Red Jacket,Last Chance,Wallingford, and Valley View. All have in generala...feet. To date the Union Companion-RedJacket and the Last Chancehave furnishedmost of the productionfor this...feet. The sameadit hasbeenextended to intersectthe Last Chancevein some 3000 feet to the west. The outcropof...by a long raise. Most of the upper workingsof the Last Chancevein are in the metamorphicrocks,whereasgranodioriteis...the upper 5oo feet of the veins but having in the Last Chancevein a maximum downwardextension of over2o00 | | | Report (issue) | Chalcopyrite, chromite, magnetite, pentlandite, pyrite, pyrrhotite Gangue minerals: Geologic description: Duke...the hornblende pyroxenite; and rare specks of pyrrhotite, pyrite, pentlandite, and chalcopyrite (Irvine...and Elliott, 1980 Reporter(s): H.C. Berg (USGS) Last report date: 02/02/99 Page 4 Alaska Resource...and Elliott, 1980 Reporter(s): H.C. Berg (USGS) Last report date: 02/02/99 Page 6 Alaska Resource...Data File PR003 Site name(s): Hyder Mica; Last Chance; Nakat Mica; Nakat Feldspar; Pegmatite Mica; | | Bierlein, F. P., Arne, D. C., McKnight, S., Lu, J., Reeves, S., Besanko, J., Marek, J., Cooke, D. (2000) Wall-Rock Petrology and Geochemistry in Alteration Halos Associated with Mesothermal Gold Mineralization, Central Victoria, Australia. Economic Geology, 95 (2) 283-311 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.95.2.283 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mesothermal Gold Mineralization, Central Victoria, Australia F. P. BIERLEIN,†,* D. C. ARNE, S. MCKNIGHT, J...Ballarat, P.O. Box 663, Ballarat, Victoria 3353, Australia S. REEVES, School of Earth Sciences, University...University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia J. BESANKO, J. MAREK, AND D. COOKE Minerals Industry...Ballarat, P.O. Box 663, Ballarat, Victoria 3353, Australia Abstract Integrated petrological and geochemical...Tarnagulla, Maldon, Fosterville) in central Victoria, Australia, reveal that hydrothermal alteration in the hosting | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Figure 1. Postcard view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS...rare minerals and interesting ore deposits. The western third covers two provinces, the Rocky Mountains...at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral County continue to be productive sources...in Butte. of gold in the Deer Lodge Valley of western Montana (Keys 1868). While returning to Iowa from | | | Report (volume) | Interstate-Callahan mine_________________ Success mine __________________________ Rex mine____________________________...the 900-foot level of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine _____________________________ I.. Geologic sections...Plans of lower levels of Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine, showing relations of ore bodies to faults_______________...the Hunter mine___________ XIV. Morning mill and mine portal_____________________ XV. View of Mullan,...area______________ 4. Longitudinal section through the Morning mine, showing the principal stopes__________ ________________ | | | Report (volume) | Radioactive Minerals in Washington, Idaho, and Western Montana 1952-1955 By PAULL. WEIS, FRANK C. ARMSTRONG...radioactive minerals in Washington,. Idaho, and western Montana, 1952-1955, by Paul L. Weis, Frank C. Armstrong...mine_____________________________________ Galena mine ____________________ -----_____________ 11 11 11...________ ------ __ ------_____________________ Last Chance propertY---------------------------------VVo...ILLUSTRATIONS Par PLATE 2. Meta-autunite from the Daybreak mine, Spokane County, VV ash _______________________ |
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