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Chemical mineralogy of cobalt and gold in the Mt Isa block

Several deposits in the Mt Isa - Cloncurry region have been studied, including those held by Australian Resources near Selwyn (Plume, Slate Ridge, Mobs Lease and Straight Eight),in particular, with respect to cobalt and gold mineralisation. Cobalt is associated with pyrite, pyrrhotite and arsenic sulfosalts. Other cobalt deposits in the Eastern Fold Belt of the Mt Isa Block were studied; these include the Queen Sally, Lorena and the Great Australia mine. Varying styles of Co-bearing mineralisation were encountered. In the Queen Sally mine a curious vanadium - substituted heterogenite has been found. This is only the world's second reported occurrence of this mineral of the halotrichite group. At the Great Australia, primary Co mineralisation has been shown to be confined to one generation of cobaltian pyrite. Several generations of pyrite are noted for this and other deposits. / Master of Science (Hons)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/235328
Date January 1998
CreatorsMunro-Smith, Vera, University of Western Sydney, Faculty of Science and Technology
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
SourceTHESIS_FST_XXX_Munro-Smith_V.xml

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