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Zircon from
Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:947619
Long-form Identifier:1:3:947619:6
GUID (UUID V4):f9472cb9-4680-4d88-9246-81cef7c1ebed
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
42.2km (26.2 miles) Waroona mineral sands prospect, Waroona, Waroona Shire, Western Australia, Australia
51.2km (31.8 miles) Keysbrook mineral sands mine, Serpentine-Jarrahdale Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
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Danyushevsky4 2 NU University of Adelaide, S.A., 5005, Australia Deep Exploration Technology Cooperative Research...of Adelaide, North 3 MA Terrace, SA 5005, Australia Dept. of Geology, State University of New York...CODES, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia PT ED 4 Abstract AC 4 March 2013 CE Revised...Hilltop (NV, USA) and the Archean Boddington Cu-Au deposit (Western Australia). Whereas W and CEs are affected...and is NU also traceable by measurable Au. At Boddington, granite-derived fluids dilute Re in precursor
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Minerals Division, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o...December 2010 Keywords: Island arc Geodynamics Australia Archean Proterozoic Continent assembly a b s...including both the Yilgarn and Pilbara Cratons of Western Australia. The recognition of ancient island arcs can...island arcs now preserved in Australia. Beginning in the Archean, Australia evolved to its present configuration...blocks, by convergent plate margin processes. In Australia, possibly the best example of an Archean island
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Technology, P.O. Box U1987, Perth, W.A. 6001, Australia Received 12 May 1994; revisedversion accepted...seismic, gravity and magnetic traverse across the western margin of the Yilgarn Craton, undertaken approximately...to east, are herein defined as the Balingup, Boddington and Lake Grace terranes. The Balingup Terrane...the Darling Fault Zone. The boundary with the Boddington Terrane to the east is not precisely defined...in the west to 2300-2600 Ma in the east. The Boddington Terrane contains a sequence of Archaean shelf
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metal deposits in the Archean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia P. Duuring a,⁎, K.F. Cassidy b , S.G. Hagemann... Canada V6T1Z4 b Geoscience Australia, Canberra, A.C.T., 2601, Australia Centre for Exploration Targeting...Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6009, Australia Received 8 April 2005; accepted...with Archean granitoids in the Yilgarn Craton of Australia are historically considered to be orogenic (Cassidy...dating of magmatic and hydrothermal events (e.g., Boddington, Nevoria, Chalice) have led to the possibility
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mafic dykes at 2.62 Ga in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: links to cratonisation and the Zimbabwe Craton...mafic dykes at 2.62 Ga in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: links to cratonisation and the Zimbabwe Craton...mafic dykes at 2.62 Ga in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: links to cratonisation and the Zimbabwe Craton...Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia 2. The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR)...Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia 3. Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan
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Controlson the Locationof Au-Cu Mineralization at the Boddington GoldMine,WesternAustralia ANDREW H. ALLIBONE...Australasia,P.O. Box 250, West Deakin, A.C.T. 2600, Australia DAVID BURTON, GERARD ANDERSON,PETER W. EDWARDS...AluminaPry.Ltd.,Boddington GoldMine,P.O.Box48, Boddington, Western Australia 6390,Australia C. MARK FANNING...G.P.O.Box4, Canberra, A.C.T.0200,Australia Abstract The Boddington goldmineishostedin Archcan volcanic...oftheYilgarn craton, Western Australia. TotalAucontent oftheBoddington gold mine(pastproduction plusin
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duricrust: Insight into laterite formation at Boddington, WA M.A. Wells, M. Danišík, B.I.A. McInnes,...duricrust: Insight into laterite formation at Boddington, WA, Chemical Geology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j...duricrust: Insight into laterite formation at Boddington, WA by MA Wells1*, M Danišík1,2, BIA McInnes1...de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, Perth WA, Australia RI (martin.wells@curtin.edu.au) PT Affiliations:...WA, Australia 3 Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, East Perth WA, Australia NU
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Tectonic Zone, Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia: implications for gold endowment in shear...Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, is physically linked along strike to the...28E, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia Keywords Yilgarn Craton . Western Australia . Orogenic gold . Deformation...University, PO Box 28E, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia Introduction F. P. Bierlein Tectonics Special...Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia F. P. Bierlein (*)
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South Au-Cu (Co-Bi) Deposit, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia: Thermodynamic Constraints on the Formation...Maylands, Western Australia 6051, Australia of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, 35...35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia 3 Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia Abstract...Goldfields Orogen of the Archean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Two epidote-quartz-calcite-magnetite orebodies
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Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, W.A., Australia 6009 RICHARD J. GOLDFARB, United...ROBERT, Barrick Gold of Australia Ltd., 10th Floor, 2 Mill St., Perth, W.A., Australia 6000 AND CRAIG J....Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, W.A., Australia 6009 Abstract Metamorphic belts...Michibayashi, 1995, and Robert and Poulsen, 1997; Boddington in Roth, 1992, Allibone et al., 1998, and McCuaig...mineralization (e.g., Kalgoorlie and Boddington, Western Australia; Timmins and Hemlo, Canada). The major
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andGeophysics, TheUniversity of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6907,Australia Abstract Orogenie lodegolddeposits...in Table1.Themajority of datedgold SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology, in the context of reledeposits ...analyzedfor Pb isotopecompositions SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology. These new dataallow lodegold(e.g...Yilgarn craton, characterized by eventistheSouth Western gneiss terrain(Fig.1),whereboth igneous charnocldtes...SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS 1120OE POST-ARCHEAN NORTH WESTERN GNEISS TERRAIN N I Wiluna 200 k m I •'d o
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Centre, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin...Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia Abstract 6 The use of detrital rutile as an indicator of...trace element chemistry, mineral exploration, Western Australia, 30 principal component analysis, hierarchical..., 2007; Luvizotto et al., 2009b). Rutile, like zircon, 49 is a refractory mineral that survives long...as many different ore types as possible in Western Australia including 139 from known Au, Au-Cu, lamprophyre
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BHP-Billiton, GPO Box 1777, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia NU b SC R Centre for Ore Deposit and...Tasmania, PrivateBag79, Hobart, Tasmania7001, Australia MA Abstract CE P TE D A review of previous...deposits. In some deposits (e.g. Witwatersrand, Boddington Cadia, Sukhoi Log or Carlin) the different enrichment...the stockworks are present at the Mt. Charlotte mine. CE P TE D MA A recent study has also highlighted...turbidites in the Victorian Goldfield area, southern Australia. Recent research by (Thomas et al., 2011), based
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the Pinjarra Orogen, began to form along the western edge of the Yilgarn Craton. Most of the rocks that...Gondwana about 250 million years later. It included Australia, Antarctica, Greater India, New Zealand, South...part of this time, around 295 million years ago, Australia was close to the South Pole and extensive icecaps...to south, and Greater India drifted away from Australia as a result. Magma was generated as the crust...15 Minions later, as Antarctica centered from Australia. This splitting of the Earth’s crust caused the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tonalite intrusions at Mt. Shea, Kalgoorlie, Australia: implications for the origin of gold–pyrite–tennantite...richer in gold (1.5–4.5 g/t). At the Hannan South mine, the skarns consist of epidote, calcite, chlorite...(*) 12a Belgrave Street, Maylands, Western Australia 6051, Australia e-mail: andreas@v-app.com.au faulting...Epidote . Copper . Gold . Mt. Shea . Kalgoorlie . Australia Skarn terminology Introduction The Cu–Au epidote...youngest Archean orogen of the Yilgarn craton, Western Australia. The skarns are located in a greenstone block
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Regolith geology of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: implications for exploration R. R. ANAND*...Avenue, Technology Park, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia. CONTENTS Abstract Introduction Weathering Regolith...and the most resistant primary minerals (quartz, zircon, chromite, muscovite and talc), although neoformation...incised during the final stages of rifting between Australia and Antarctica during the Early–Middle Tertiary...in the humid region of the Darling Range of the western Yilgarn, ferruginous duricrusts of various morphologies
Report (chapter)
supercontinent: evidence from the Yilgarn craton, Western Australia John S. Myers Geological Society, London,...Yilgarn craton, Western Australia J O H N S. M Y E R S Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain...Plain Street, East Perth, Western Australia 6004 Abstract: The Yilgarn craton consists of granites, greenstones...described below from the Yilgarn craton of Western Australia. Yilgarn craton The Yilgarn craton is bounded...Southern Cross and Murchison Provinces and the Western Gneiss Terrain (Gee et al. 1981). These were broad
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granulite-facies Archaean rocks at Dowerin, Western Australia P. J. DOWNES* AND A. W. R. BEVAN Department...Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000 ABSTR ACT ...southwestern region of the Archaean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. The deposit is situated in the northern part...granulite-facies terrains, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Introduction T HE alexandrite gem-variety...deposit (31º12.3`S, 117º02.63`E) near Dowerin, Western Australia, was Ž rst reported by Simpson (1932) and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences (2002) 49, 623–660 Mineral systems of Australia: an overview of resources, settings and processes...WALSHE2 1 2 Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. CSIRO Division of Exploration...and Mining, PO Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia. Australia produces more than 22 mineral commodities...variety of deposit types, but >90% of the value of mine production is obtained from just 10 commodities...relative timing of critical events. KEY WORDS: Australia, geodynamics, giant deposits, metallogeny, mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
framework and metal deposits of southwestern Australia J.S. Myersa and M.E. Barleyb aGeological Survey...WesternAustralia, 100 Plain Street, Perth, W.A. 6004, Australia bKey Centrefor Teachingand Research in Strategic...Universityof WesternAustralta, Nedlands, W.A. 6009, Australia (Received May 10, 1991; accepted after revision...framework and metal deposits of southwestern Australia. Precambrian Res., 58: 345-354. The Proterozoic...evolution and metal deposits of southwestern Australia reflect a dynamic history of repeated aggregation
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Fremantle, WA 6160 3 Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth WA 6004 4 Centre...Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia 5 Centre for Exploration Targeting...Targeting, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Abstract Archean alkali-rich...Superterrane (EGST) of the Archean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, into two major (High-Ca and Low-Ca) and three...the observed occurrence of gold in the buffer. Boddington (McCuaig et al, 2001; Duuring et al., 2007),
Report (volume)
gneiss-hosted gold model (No. 37c) is based on the Tumco mine group and American Girl-Padre y Madre mines in the...epithermal gold model (37d) is based on the Mesquite mine, southern California, which occurs in breccia fillings...made of the amount of gold remaining when a placer mine changes from smallvolume mining (such as panning...are poorly defined, deposits from Guyana, Western Australia, and Surname. Like the thorium-rare-earth...minerals: ±barite±apatite±magnetite ±rutile±anatase±zircon (Staatz, 1974). 13 Model 11 d-Con. STRUCTURE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
through the regolith in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia R. R. ANAND* AND C. R. M. BUTT CSIRO Earth...Avenue, Technology Park, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia. The Yilgarn Craton is one of the world’s principal...regolith-dominated terrains occur elsewhere in Australia and, indeed, in other continents, many of the...1440-0952 online Ó 2010 Geological Society of Australia DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2010.522823 1016 R. R...a generally low relief, except along its south western margin, where an escarpment (the Darling Range)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
timing of Late Archaean arc magmatism along the western margin of the Yilgarn Craton J.R. WIJBRANS1, H...Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA 6102, Australia (s.wilde@curtin.edu.au; r.pidgeon@curtin.edu.au)...in generally high-grade rocks at the western margin of the Western Gneiss Terrain raises significant questions...these greenschist facies rocks at Mt. Saddleback (Boddington) and Morangup Hill (Toodyay), in close proximity...re-investigation of the two belts, with SHRIMP U–Pb zircon dating of felsic lavas and tuffaceous rocks from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
timing of Late Archaean arc magmatism along the western margin of the Yilgarn Craton J.R. WIJBRANS1, H...Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA 6102, Australia (s.wilde@curtin.edu.au; r.pidgeon@curtin.edu.au)...in generally high-grade rocks at the western margin of the Western Gneiss Terrain raises significant questions...these greenschist facies rocks at Mt. Saddleback (Boddington) and Morangup Hill (Toodyay), in close proximity...re-investigation of the two belts, with SHRIMP U–Pb zircon dating of felsic lavas and tuffaceous rocks from
 
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