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Calcite from
Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Djurleite2
Chalcopyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:550437
Long-form Identifier:1:3:550437:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Calcite in this Region
B Tangye Lode, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.1km (0.0 miles) ⓘB Tangye Lode, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘMagpie prospect (Magpie Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘLorena Gold Mine (Lorena Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘMonakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘSuccess Mine, Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘErnest Henry Cu-Au deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
38.8km (24.1 miles) ⓘLone Hand Mine, Malbon, Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘE1 deposit, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
45.6km (28.3 miles) ⓘSix Kangaroos Prospect, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
48.6km (30.2 miles) ⓘMount Lindsay Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
References
Cannell, James, Davidson, Garry J. (1998) A carbonate-dominated copper-cobalt breccia-vein system at the Great Australia Deposit, Mount Isa eastern succession. Economic Geology, 93 (8) 1406-1421 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.93.8.1406
Melchiorre, E. B., Williams, P. A. (2001) Stable Isotope Characterization of the Thermal Profile and Subsurface Biological Activity during Oxidation of the Great Australia Deposit, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. Economic Geology, 96 (7) 1685-1693 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.7.1685
Marshall, Lucas J., Oliver, Nicholas H. S., Davidson, Garry J. (2006) Carbon and oxygen isotope constraints on fluid sources and fluid–wallrock interaction in regional alteration and iron-oxide–copper–gold mineralisation, eastern Mt Isa Block, Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 41 (5) 429-452 doi:10.1007/s00126-006-0069-3
Munro-Smith, Vera (2006) Cobalt Mineralisation in Selected Australian Deposits. PhD, University of Western Sydney. 376 pp.
 
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