 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Serpentinization and Talc-CarbonateAlteration at Black Swan, Western Australia D. I. Gi•ov•.s,D. R. HuDsoN, ^ND T....at Black Swan consist of the relatively uncommon assemblagemillerite-pyrite-magnetite-"violarite",with...previously unrecordedassemblagepyrite-vaesite-"violarite"occurring in some talc-carbonate rocks. Although...mineralized serpentiniteand with disseminated"violarite" in near-barren serpentinite. Progressive release...metavolcanic association and rock associaTaE Black Swan nickel prospectis situatedin the a felsicmet |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 313–326 Hypogene violarite of exsolution origin from Mount Keith, Western Australia: field evidence for...for a stable pentlandite ^violarite tie line B. A. GRGURIC* Geology and Resource Evaluation Department...Centre, W.A. 6986, Australia ABSTR ACT In most documented occurrences, violarite (FeNi2S4) occurs as...predicted the possible existence of a stable violarite–pentlandite tie line, though there has been little...line. This paper documents the occurrence of violarite-pentlandite+pyrite assemblages which, on the basis |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | reassessment of mining tailings, Black Swan Nickel Mine, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Liangqi Lei a a,b,* ,...Park, GPO Box U1987, Bentley, Perth 6845, Western Australia b Received 22 June 2004; accepted 21 September...testing of mine tailings sourced from the Black Swan Ni Mine located near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Acid–base...(CTDSF) and massiveore tailings from the Silver Swan Tailings Dam Storage Facility (SSTDSF). All of the...was observed 3 a, after the development of the Black Swan Nickel project. This delayed production of acid |  | Barnes, S. J., Godel, B. M., Locmelis, M., Fiorentini, M. L., Ryan, C. G. (2011) Extremely Ni-rich Fe–Ni 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 fluorescence...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 sulfide assemblage of pentlandite...millerite-bearing assemblages, such as those from the Black Swan nickel deposit, may also have primary origins |  | | 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 |  | 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...recycled from the sulfide orebodies. Keywords Black Swan . Komatiite . Sulfur isotopes . Alteration . |  | | 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...millerite-bearing assemblages in talc carbonates. The Black Swan disseminated ores in contrast are dominated by |  | | 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. • All analyticalvaluesare expressed on a...the percentof the total nickel mined to date in Western mineralizeddunitic lensesare not specificallyassoAustralia |  | | 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) | | Mineral Resources, PO Box 7229, Karawara, WA 6152, Australia; jian.li@csiro.au (J.L.); peter.austin@csiro.au...the oxidative transformations of pentlandite to violarite and then to vaesite, the latter phase not previously...dry) from Poseidon Nickel Limited (Subiaco, WA, Australia) was screened to −75 µm 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...10, 249 4 ofits 24 decrease in abundance, from violarite, which is also consistent with published data |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | awaruite, heazlewoodite, pentlanditc,millerite, and violarite but few, if any, iron sulfides. Using the Dumont...northsulfidedeposits.Early progressreportsconcerning western Quebec, 60 km northeast of the towns of bothobjectives...pentlandite, py = pyrite, tr = troilite, vl: violarite, vs = vaesite. 8 In the subsequent analysisthe...seem essentialto the present argument. Only the violarite of apparent "hydrothermal" origin is included;...pyrite, qtz -- quartz, sp = serpentine, vl = violarite.) Opaque mineral assemblages Nonopaque mineral |  | Grguric, Ben A., Seat, Zoran, Karpuzov, Andrei A., Simonov, Oleg N. (2013) The West Jordan deposit, a newly-discovered type 2 dunite-hosted nickel sulphide system in the northern Agnew–Wiluna belt, Western Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 51. 79-92 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.12.003 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | system in the northern Agnew–Wiluna belt, Western Australia Ben A. Grguric a, b,⁎, Zoran Seat a, Andrei...Department, Norilsk Nickel Australia, P.O. Box 906, West Perth, WA 6872, Australia Centre for Exploration...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, Australia Exploration Department...northern Agnew–Wiluna greenstone belt of Western Australia, is a newlydiscovered Type 2 dunite-hosted...Agnew–Wiluna greenstone belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia (Fig. 1). It represents a large tonnage, low-grade |  | 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 Ni–Cu 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...consisting of pyrite, pentlandite, millerite, violarite, and chalcopyrite accompanied by abundant magnetite...magnetite and the presence of millerite- and violarite-bearing, pyrrhotite-free sulfide assemblages indicate...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 |  | Vukmanovic, Zoja, Reddy, Steven M., Godel, Bélinda, 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 Département des Sciences Appliquées, Unité d'enseignement...Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, & ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rocks at Mount Keith, Agnew-Wiluna belt, Western Australia Martin J. Gole Received: 4 July 2013 / Accepted:...Associates, 8 Landor Road, Gooseberry Hill, WA, Australia 6076 e-mail: mgole@westnet.com.au the ultramafic...carbonate-altered disseminated mineralization at Black Swan with the dissimilarities attributed to compositional...is described. Because Mount Keith is an operating mine there is a wealth of close-spaced assay data and...marginal ultramafic rocks within 20–30 m of the western contact were either carbonate-altered or serpentinized |  | 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 Ó Springer-Verlag 2004 Abstract The Black Swan Ultramafic Succession hosts a number of magmatic... the most economically significant is the Silver Swan massive sulfide orebody, associated with the basal...hybrid layer. Primary contacts between the Silver Swan massive sulfide orebody and overlying ultramafic rocks...ore emplacement. The disseminated Cygnet and Black Swan orebodies show a number of distinctive features |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ni–Cu–PGE-sulphides at Albion Downs (Agnew-Wiluna Belt, Western Australia): a case study on the development of PGE lithogeochemical...within the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt of Western Australia, which contains one of the most highly Ni-endowed...Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia School of Geosciences, Monash...Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia 3 BHP Billiton Mineral Exploration, Perth, WA 6000, Australia 2 *Corresponding...flanks of mineralised sequences at Perseverance and Black Swan11 display negative correlations between Pd |  | | 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 © 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Area, Western Australia DAVID J. PORTER' Universityof Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009...6009, Australia AND KEITH G. MCKAY" Pennzoilof AustraliaLtd., 76 ThomasStreet, West Perth, WesternAustralia6005...WesternAustralia6005, Australia Abstract The Forrestaniagroupof nickelsulfideoccurrences of the ArcheanSouthernCrossprovince...primary sulfides,with developmentof pyrite-, violarite-,and magnetite-richores. Nickel valuesand Ni/Cu...Forrestanianickel sulfidedepositsare located Amax Exploration(Australia)Inc. (Amax) locatedand of ultramaficrocksin 380 |  | Xia, Fang, Brugger, Joël, Chen, Guorong, Ngothai, Yung, O’Neill, Brian, Putnis, Andrew, Pring, Allan (2009) Mechanism and kinetics of pseudomorphic mineral replacement reactions: A case study of the replacement of pentlandite by violarite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (7) 1945-1969 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.01.007 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | case study of the replacement of pentlandite by violarite Fang Xia a, Joël Brugger b,c, Guorong Chen d...Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Department of Mineralogy, South Australian Museum...Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia c School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University...University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia d Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry...the replacement of pentlandite, (Fe,Ni)9S8, by violarite (NiFe)3S4, and describe the mechanisms and kinetic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | host rocks of 14 nickel sulfide depositsin Western Australia. The depositsrange from low-grade dissemi...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-...else- Block of the Precambrian shield of Western Australia are in stratiformvolwhere (Mertie, 1969). |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Monash University, PO Box 28E, Victoria 3800, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...deposit is located in the 700 Ma Zeehan Basin of western Tasmania, on the eastern margin of the Dundas Trough...sedimentation and carbonate deposition represented by the Black River Dolomite, Savage Dolomite, Success Creek Group...the deposits of the Zeehan–Dundas field. The Magnet Mine was the largest known of this type at 630,000 t...Avebury nickel sulfide deposit is located on the western margin of the Late Precambrian to the Early Devonian |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTICLE Thermomechanical erosion at the Alexo Mine, Abitibi greenstone belt, Ontario: implications...the 2,720–2,710-Ma Kidd-Munro Assemblage of the western Abitibi greenstone belt in Dundonald Township,...ca loped, marked by a <1-cm-thick selvedge of black aphanitic komatiite and clearly transgresses pillow...et al. (1999). Section ES (eastern section: Alexo Mine) is the location of the stratigraphic column in...penetratively deformed. Until 2001, most of the mine horizon remained covered by quaternary glacial deposits |  | Konnunaho, J., Hanski, E., Wing, B., Bekker, A., Lukkari, S., Halkoaho, T. (2016) The Hietaharju PGE-enriched komatiite-hosted sulfide deposit in the Archean Suomussalmi greenstone belt, eastern Finland. Ore Geology Reviews, 72. 641-658 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.08.022 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | felsic volcanic rocks and graphitic (±sulfide) black schists belonging to the Saarikylä Formation. The...sulfide-bearing metasedimentary rocks (phyllites, black schists and felsic schists). The formation has been...abundant ore minerals and NU marcasite-pyrite and violarite are common alteration products of these minerals...sulfur isotope fractionation. Sulfides from the black shale, phyllite and felsic schist samples from close...volcanic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits of Western Australia (Fig. 12; Bekker et al., NU 2009), but are |
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