Hampton East Location 48, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia (original) (raw)

Hampton East Location 48, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australiai

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Hampton East Location 48 - not defined -
Kambalda Nickel mines Group of Mines
Kambalda Town
Coolgardie Shire Shire
Western Australia State
Australia Country

Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):

31° 9' 41'' South , 121° 38' 52'' East

Latitude & Longitude (decimal):

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:226:9

a7f203e0-efe2-480f-ae1e-93ef62952cfb

3km north of Durkin shaft

Type locality for glaukosphaerite. It was actually found earlier at other Western Australian nickel mines, but not of a sufficient quantity to be fully identified.

At the location, disseminated and massive mineralisation occurs near the base of a serpentinized unit in a zone of extreme talc-carbonate alteration. Pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, chromite, and trace galena is the primary assemblage. Violarite, secondary pyrite and magnetite form the supergene enrichment. In the oxidized zone is glaukosphaerite, nickeloan malachite, goethite, quartz, wad, and nickeloan chrysotile in a weathered talcose outcrop.

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15 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

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ⓘ ChalcopyriteFormula: CuFeS2References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ ChromiteFormula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ ChrysotileFormula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ GalenaFormula: PbSReferences: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ Glaukosphaerite (TL)Formula: (Cu,Ni)2(CO3)(OH)2Type Locality: References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ GoethiteFormula: α-Fe3+O(OH)References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ MagnetiteFormula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ MalachiteFormula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ PentlanditeFormula: (NixFey)Σ9S8References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ PyriteFormula: FeS2References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ PyrrhotiteFormula: Fe1-xSReferences: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ QuartzFormula: SiO2References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ SphaleriteFormula: ZnSReferences: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ TalcFormula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ ViolariteFormula: Fe2+Ni3+2S4References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01
ⓘ 'Wad'References: Pryce, M. W., Just, J. (1974) Glaukosphaerite: A new nickel analogue of rosasite. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (307) 737-743 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.01

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