| Reference Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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| Title | Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits - PhD |
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| Authors | Munro-Smith, Vera | Author |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Page(s) | 376 |
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| Publisher | University of Western Sydney | Place | Sydney |
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| Original Entry | Vera Munro-Smith (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney. |
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| Classification | Not set | LoC | Not set |
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 15932315 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:15932315:3 |
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| GUID | 0 |
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| Full Reference | Munro-Smith, Vera (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD, University of Western Sydney. 376 pp. |
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| Plain Text | Munro-Smith, Vera (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD, University of Western Sydney. 376 pp. |
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| Abstract/Notes | Investigations have been carried out for a number of cobalt deposits in Australia including three from the Mt Isa Block in Queensland, several deposits in New South Wales, and one deposit each in the Northern Territory and South Australia, with respect to the identification of cobalt-bearing mineralisation and possible modes of formation.
The deposits studied cover a range of deposit and mineralisation types including hydrothermal (e.g., cobaltite, Esperanza, Queensland; arsenopyrite, Dome Rock, South Australia) and sedimentary (secondary mineralisation such as the manganese wads at Bungonia, New South Wales). Deposits that were studied previously by the author
(MSc thesis) in the Mt Isa Block have been used for comparison of mineralisation and temperatures of formation.
The determination of the temperatures of formation of mineralisation, in particular with respect to cobaltite and arsenopyrite, by means of the application of the FeAsSCoAsS- NiAsS ternary phase diagram and the arsenopyrite geothermometer, has helped
lead to deductions concerning the modes of deposition. Other deposit features such as structural constraints and associated mineralisation aided in the formalisation of conclusions. Many of the deposits are hydrothermal in nature and contain high temperature phases including molybdenite and uraninite. The latter represent geochemical and mineralogical clues which show that many of the ores were emplaced by igneous processes associated with granites.
The findings of this study suggest that despite high percentages of substituting species in arsenopyrite, derived temperatures, from the application of the binary and ternary geothermometers, are comparable. It was noted that the presence of pyrrhotite and/or lΓΆllingite to act as buffers in the system is an important constraint on the
comparability of derived temperatures.
Potential processing applications for the extraction of cobalt from ores are briefly discussed, with respect to the type and cobalt content of mineralisation identified. The Esperanza and the Selwyn copper-gold deposits show the greatest potential for economic cobalt recovery. |
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| Locality | Mineral(s) |
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| Bungonia deposit, Argyle Co., New South Wales, Australia | β Birnessite, β Despujolsite, β Heterogenite, β Kaolinite, β Lithiophorite, β Monazite-(Ce), β Quartz, β Rutile, β Todorokite |
| Carcoar Mine (Carcoar cobalt mine; Wilsons mine; Wilsons quarry), Carcoar, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia | β Allanite Group, β Annabergite, β Arsenopyrite, β Autunite, β Azurite, β BastnΓ€site-(Ce), β Biotite, β Chalcopyrite, β Cobaltite, β Covellite, β Epidote, β Erythrite, β Galena, β Glaucodot, β LΓΆllingite, β Malachite, β Molybdenite, β Molybdite, β Pyrite, β Pyrrhotite, β Quartz, β Rutile, β Scorodite, β Titanite, β Torbernite, β Uraninite |
| Federal lode (Pulganbar Mercury deposit), Gordonbrook, Drake Co., New South Wales, Australia | β Azurite, β Calcite, β Chalcopyrite, β Cinnabar, β Magnetite, β Malachite, β Pyrite, β Quartz, β Stibnite, β Tetrahedrite Subgroup |
| Flintoffs Copper Mine, Gordonbrook, Drake Co., New South Wales, Australia | β Arsenopyrite, β Azurite, β BastnΓ€site-(La), β Calcite, β Chalcocite, β Cinnabar, β Cobaltite, β Covellite, β Erythrite, β Galena, β Glaucodot, β Hematite, β Magnetite, β Malachite, β Pyrite, β Quartz, β Safflorite, β Siderite, β Torbernite, β Uraninite |
| Pulganbar No. 1, Gordonbrook, Drake Co., New South Wales, Australia | β Calcite, β Chalcopyrite, β Chlorite Group, β Cinnabar, β Galena, β Molybdenite, β Pyrite, β Quartz, β Rutile, β Siderite, β Sphalerite, β Tetrahedrite Subgroup |
| Webbs Silver Mine, Emmaville, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia | β Arsenopyrite, β Chalcopyrite, β Clinochlore, β Covellite, β Cubanite, β Famatinite, β Fluorapatite, β Fluorite, β Galena, β Muscovite, β Native Bismuth, β Native Gold, β Native Silver, β Pyrite, β Pyrrhotite, β Quartz, β Rutile, β Sphalerite, β Stannite, β Tetrahedrite Subgroup |
| Consols Mine (ABH Consols Mine; Australian Broken Hill Consols Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia | β Acanthite, β Allargentum, β Anglesite, β Argentopyrite, β Arsenopyrite, β Azurite, β Bindheimite, β Biotite, β Bournonite, β Breithauptite, β Brochantite, β Calcite, β Cerussite, β Chalcedony, β Chalcopyrite, β Cinnabar, β Cobalt-bearing Calcite, β Cobaltite, β Costibite, β Covellite, β Dyscrasite, β Erythrite, β Galena, β Goethite, β Hematite, β LΓΆllingite, β Magnetite, β Malachite, β Marcasite, β Molybdenite, β Native Antimony, β Native Gold, β Native Nickel, β Native Silver, β Nickeline, β Nickelskutterudite, β Paracostibite, β Paradocrasite, β Proustite, β Pyrargyrite, β Pyrite, β Pyrolusite, β Pyrostilpnite, β Pyrrhotite, β Quartz, β Safflorite, β Siderite, β Skutterudite, β Sphalerite, β Stephanite, β Stibarsen, β Stibnite, β Stilpnomelane, β Stromeyerite, β Tetrahedrite Subgroup, β Ullmannite, β Willyamite |
| Marshalls Monarch Mine (Marshalls Caledonian; White Lead Mine), Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia | β Almandine, β Arsenopyrite, β Chalcopyrite, β Galena, β Hedenbergite, β Hematite, β Magnetite, β Manganese-bearing Hedenbergite, β Molybdenite, β Monazite Group, β Native Silver, β Pyrite, β Quartz, β Rutile, β Sphalerite, β Tremolite |
| Lady Bevys Mine (Lady Bevis Mine), Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia | β Acanthite, β Almandine, β Arsenopyrite, β Chalcopyrite, β Ecandrewsite, β Galena, β Ilmenite, β Magnetite, β Molybdenite, β Monazite Group, β Native Silver, β Pyrite, β Pyrrhotite, β Quartz, β Rutile, β Sphalerite, β Tremolite, β Zircon |
| Pioneer Mine (Pioneer Extended), Thackaringa District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia | β Arsenopyrite, β Chalcopyrite, β Cobaltite, β Covellite, β Cubanite, β Fluorapatite, β Galena, β Gersdorffite, β Marcasite, β Orthoclase, β Pyrite, β Pyrrhotite, β Quartz, β Siderite, β Sphalerite, β Tetrahedrite Subgroup, β Valleriite, β Zircon |
| Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia | β Anatase, β Anglesite, β Aurichalcite, β Azurite, β Biotite, β Bornite, β Brochantite, β Cerianite-(Ce), β Cerussite, β Chalcocite, β Chalcopyrite, β Chrysocolla, β Clinochlore, β Cobaltite, β Coronadite, β Covellite, β Cuprite, β Digenite, β Epidote, β Galena, β Gersdorffite, β Goethite, β Graphite, β Hematite, β Heterogenite, β Jarosite, β Kaolinite, β Libethenite, β Linnaeite, β Ludjibaite, β Malachite, β Marcasite, β Molybdenite, β Monazite Group, β Muscovite, β Neotocite, β Plumbogummite, β Pseudomalachite, β Pyrite, β Pyromorphite, β Pyrrhotite, β Quartz, β Rutile, β Siderite, β Siegenite, β Sphalerite, β Tenorite, β Thorianite, β Tremolite, β Wulfenite, β Zircon |
| Esperanza Z5 Mine (Esperanza deposit), Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia | β Anilite, β Arsenopyrite, β Biotite, β Bornite, β Chalcocite, β Chalcopyrite, β Chlorite Group, β Cobaltite, β Covellite, β Digenite, β Djurleite, β Enargite, β Galena, β Gibbsite, β Goethite, β Kaolinite, β Marcasite, β Molybdenite, β Monazite Group, β Orthoclase, β Pyrite, β Quartz, β Rutile, β Sphalerite, β Zircon |
| Desolation prospect, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | β Azurite, β Baryte, β Chalcopyrite, β Chrysocolla, β Clinoclase, β Conichalcite, β Cornetite, β Covellite, β Erythrite, β Galena, β Goethite, β Hematite, β Heterogenite, β Heterogenite-3R, β Libethenite, β Malachite, β Marcasite, β Molybdenite, β Native Copper, β Native Gold, β Olivenite, β Orthoclase, β Pseudomalachite, β Pyrite, β Pyrrhotite, β Quartz, β Rutile, β Tungstite |
| Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | β Calcite, β Chalcopyrite, β Dolomite, β Native Gold, β Pyrite |
| Lorena Gold Mine (Lorena Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | β Albite, β Arsenopyrite, β Azurite, β Bismuthinite, β Calcite, β Chalcocite, β Chalcopyrite, β Conichalcite, β Covellite, β Geerite, β Goethite, β Hematite, β Malachite, β Monazite Group, β Native Gold, β Pyrite, β Quartz, β Rutile, β Scorodite, β Wupatkiite |
| Queen Sally Mine, Kajabbi, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | β Albite, β Allanite Group, β Arsenopyrite, β Azurite, β Biotite, β Calcite, β Chalcocite, β Chalcopyrite, β Cobaltite, β Conichalcite, β Covellite, β Epidote, β Erythrite, β Fluorapatite, β Galena, β Glaucodot, β Goethite, β Hematite, β Heterogenite, β Malachite, β Molybdenite, β Native Copper, β Orthoclase, β Pyrite, β Pyrrhotite, β Quartz, β Rutile, β Scorodite, β Sphalerite, β Titanite, β Zircon |
| Straight 8 deposit (Straight Eight Mine), Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | β Ankerite, β Biotite, β Bornite, β Calcite, β Chalcopyrite, β Cobaltite, β Fluorapatite, β Molybdenite, β Pyrite, β Quartz, β Zircon |
| Success Mine, Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | β Azurite, β Baryte, β Bornite, β Brochantite, β Calcite, β Chalcopyrite, β Cuprite, β Digenite, β Djurleite, β Erythrite, β Galena, β Glaucodot, β Goethite, β Gypsum, β Ilmenite, β Malachite, β Monazite Group, β Native Copper, β Pyrite, β Quartz, β Siderite, β Spherocobaltite, β Zircon |
| Mobs lease prospect, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | β Albite, β Baryte, β Biotite, β Calcite, β Chalcopyrite, β Cobaltite, β Fluorapatite, β Ilmenite, β Lanthanite-(Ce), β Magnetite, β Molybdenite, β Pyrite, β Quartz, β Uraninite, β Wolframite Group |
| Plume prospect, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | β Actinolite, β Arsenopyrite, β Augite, β BastnΓ€site-(Ce), β Biotite, β Bismuthinite, β Calcite, β Chalcopyrite, β Chlorite Group, β Cobaltite, β Fluorapatite, β Ilmenite, β Molybdenite, β Monazite Group, β Muscovite, β Native Bismuth, β Orthoclase, β Pyrite, β Pyrrhotite, β Quartz, β Rutile, β Sphalerite, β Synchysite, β Titanite, β Xenotime, β Zircon |
| Slate Ridge prospect, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | β Arsenopyrite, β Chalcocite, β Chalcopyrite, β Chlorite Group, β Cobaltite, β Monazite Group, β Pyrite, β Quartz, β Siderite, β Xenotime |
| Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia | β Actinolite, β Agardite-(Y), β Andalusite, β Arseniosiderite, β Arsenopyrite, β Arthurite, β Brochantite, β Chalcocite, β Chalcopyrite, β Chrysocolla, β Clinoclase, β Cobaltaustinite, β Conichalcite, β Cornwallite, β Cuprite, β Dioptase, β Epidote, β Erythrite, β Euchroite, β Goethite, β Heterogenite, β Jarosite, β Lavendulan, β Liroconite, β LΓΆllingite, β Magnetite, β Metazeunerite, β Mixite, β Native Gold, β Nickelaustinite, β Olivenite, β Opal, β Paratacamite, β Pyrite, β Pyrophanite, β Pyrrhotite, β Quartz, β Scorodite, β Smolyaninovite, β Staurolite, β Tenorite |
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