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Pyrite from
Dugald River Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dugald River Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:599238
Long-form Identifier:1:3:599238:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘQueen Sally Mine, Kajabbi, Three Rivers, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
32.9km (20.5 miles) ⓘReferee Mine, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
44.5km (27.6 miles) ⓘLime Creek mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
57.2km (35.6 miles) ⓘMary Kathleen Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
59.5km (37.0 miles) ⓘMount Colin mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
60.3km (37.5 miles) ⓘSunset mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘErnest Henry Cu-Au deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
63.1km (39.2 miles) ⓘMount Lindsay Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
64.0km (39.7 miles) ⓘGreat Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
66.0km (41.0 miles) ⓘTrouser Springs, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
References
Edwards, A.B.; Baker, G. (1953) Scapolitization in the Cloncurry district of north-western Queensland. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 1 (1-2). p.1-33. doi:10.1080/14400955308527845
Taylor, G.F., Scott, K.M. (1983) Weathering of the zinc-lead lode, Dugald River, northwest Queensland: II. surface mineralogy and geochemistry. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 18 (2) 111-130 doi:10.1016/0375-6742(83)90060-2
Xu, G. (1997) Microstructural evidence for an epigenetic origin of a Proterozoic zinc-lead-silver deposit, Dugald River, Mount Isa Inlier, Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 32 (1) 58-69 doi:10.1007/s001260050072
Singer, Donald A., Berger, Vladimir I., Moring, Barry C. (2009) Sediment-Hosted Zinc-Lead Deposits of the World - Database and Grade and Tonnage Models. Open-File Report 2009-1252. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20091252
 
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