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Nimbus Discovery Mine, Boorara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° 47' 17'' South , 121° 38' 57'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
-30.78808,121.64936
GeoHash:
G#: qdw8b5nq7
GRN:
S21E75
Type:
Pit
Köppen climate type:
BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Stoneville2,841 (2016)14.2km
Boulder5,178 (2017)15.1km
Williamstown161 (2018)16.4km
Kalgoorlie31,107 (2014)17.4km
Coolgardie802 (2016)49.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
109671
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:109671:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Nimbus deposit; Nimbus-Discovery Zone


Located approximately 15 km south-east of Kalgoorlie.

An open pit gold, silver and zinc mine.

Originally mined from 2003-2007 from the Discovery Pit and the shallower East Pit, producing 3.6 million oz of silver at an average grade of 352 g/t silver.

In April 2012, MacPhersons Reward Gold Limited acquired the deposit and announced it was re-opening the mine, initially as four shallow pits mining an oxide resource, then joining all four as a superpit mining the primary ore. It had discovered a new ore resource 20-70 metres below the floor of the Discovery Pit, as well as new polymetallic resources around the East Pit, a new gold resource in the Boorara Shear Zone, 1 kilometre south-west and several gold, silver and zinc prospects in the immediate area. These include Brindabella (Ag-Zn), Diggers Dam (Au), Tramways (Ag-Zn), Chapple (Au), Dawn (Au), Boorara (Au), Condor (Ag-Zn), and Gretel (Ag-Zn).

At the Discovery/ East Pits ten sulphide lenses have been discovered as VHMS massive sulphide bodies and disseminated silver-zinc mineralisation.

The principal Ag-bearing mineral in the oxide zone is chlorargyrite (Mulholland et al. 1988).

Mulholland et al. (1988) also mentions a "complex Pb-Fe-Sb-Cu sulpho-arsenate."

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34 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ Ankerite
Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
ⓘ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
References:
I. R. Mulholland, A. Cowden, I. P. Hay, J. C. Ion & A. L. Greenaway (1998): Nimbus silver-zinc deposit. In: Berkman, D.A. & Mackenzie, D.H., eds., Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean mineral deposits, Monograph 22, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 273-277.
Hollis, S. P., Mole, D. R., Gillespie, P., Barnes, S. J., Tessalina, S., Cas, R. A. F., ... & Yeats, C. J. (2017). 2.7 Ga plume associated VHMS mineralization in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton: Insights from the low temperature and shallow water, Ag-Zn-(Au) Nimbus deposit. Precambrian Research, 291, 119-142.
Caruso, S., Fiorentini, M. L., Hollis, S. P., LaFlamme, C., Baumgartner, R. J., Steadman, J. A., & Savard, D. (2018). The fluid evolution of the Nimbus Ag-Zn-(Au) deposit: An interplay between mantle plume and microbial activity. Precambrian Research, 317, 211-229.
Hollis, S. P., Foury, S., Caruso, S., Johnson, S., Barrote, V., & Pumphrey, A. (2021). Lithogeochemical and Hyperspectral Halos to Ag-Zn-Au Mineralization at Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Minerals, 11(3), 254.
ⓘ Boulangerite
Formula: Pb5Sb4S11
References:
I. R. Mulholland, A. Cowden, I. P. Hay, J. C. Ion & A. L. Greenaway (1998): Nimbus silver-zinc deposit. In: Berkman, D.A. & Mackenzie, D.H., eds., Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean mineral deposits, Monograph 22, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 273-277.
Hollis, S. P., Mole, D. R., Gillespie, P., Barnes, S. J., Tessalina, S., Cas, R. A. F., ... & Yeats, C. J. (2017). 2.7 Ga plume associated VHMS mineralization in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton: Insights from the low temperature and shallow water, Ag-Zn-(Au) Nimbus deposit. Precambrian Research, 291, 119-142.
Caruso, S., Fiorentini, M. L., Hollis, S. P., LaFlamme, C., Baumgartner, R. J., Steadman, J. A., & Savard, D. (2018). The fluid evolution of the Nimbus Ag-Zn-(Au) deposit: An interplay between mantle plume and microbial activity. Precambrian Research, 317, 211-229.
Hollis, S. P., Foury, S., Caruso, S., Johnson, S., Barrote, V., & Pumphrey, A. (2021). Lithogeochemical and Hyperspectral Halos to Ag-Zn-Au Mineralization at Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Minerals, 11(3), 254.
ⓘ Bournonite
Formula: PbCuSbS3
References:
I. R. Mulholland, A. Cowden, I. P. Hay, J. C. Ion & A. L. Greenaway (1998): Nimbus silver-zinc deposit. In: Berkman, D.A. & Mackenzie, D.H., eds., Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean mineral deposits, Monograph 22, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 273-277.
Hollis, S. P., Mole, D. R., Gillespie, P., Barnes, S. J., Tessalina, S., Cas, R. A. F., ... & Yeats, C. J. (2017). 2.7 Ga plume associated VHMS mineralization in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton: Insights from the low temperature and shallow water, Ag-Zn-(Au) Nimbus deposit. Precambrian Research, 291, 119-142.
Caruso, S., Fiorentini, M. L., Hollis, S. P., LaFlamme, C., Baumgartner, R. J., Steadman, J. A., & Savard, D. (2018). The fluid evolution of the Nimbus Ag-Zn-(Au) deposit: An interplay between mantle plume and microbial activity. Precambrian Research, 317, 211-229.
Hollis, S. P., Foury, S., Caruso, S., Johnson, S., Barrote, V., & Pumphrey, A. (2021). Lithogeochemical and Hyperspectral Halos to Ag-Zn-Au Mineralization at Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Minerals, 11(3), 254.
ⓘ Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
ⓘ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
References:
I. R. Mulholland, A. Cowden, I. P. Hay, J. C. Ion & A. L. Greenaway (1998): Nimbus silver-zinc deposit. In: Berkman, D.A. & Mackenzie, D.H., eds., Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean mineral deposits, Monograph 22, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 273-277.
Hollis, S. P., Mole, D. R., Gillespie, P., Barnes, S. J., Tessalina, S., Cas, R. A. F., ... & Yeats, C. J. (2017). 2.7 Ga plume associated VHMS mineralization in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton: Insights from the low temperature and shallow water, Ag-Zn-(Au) Nimbus deposit. Precambrian Research, 291, 119-142.
Caruso, S., Fiorentini, M. L., Hollis, S. P., LaFlamme, C., Baumgartner, R. J., Steadman, J. A., & Savard, D. (2018). The fluid evolution of the Nimbus Ag-Zn-(Au) deposit: An interplay between mantle plume and microbial activity. Precambrian Research, 317, 211-229.
Hollis, S. P., Foury, S., Caruso, S., Johnson, S., Barrote, V., & Pumphrey, A. (2021). Lithogeochemical and Hyperspectral Halos to Ag-Zn-Au Mineralization at Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Minerals, 11(3), 254.
ⓘ Chlorargyrite
Formula: AgCl
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
ⓘ Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘ Cinnabar
Formula: HgS
ⓘ Covellite
Formula: CuS
ⓘ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
ⓘ Enargite
Formula: Cu3AsS4
ⓘ Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'
ⓘ 'Freibergite Subgroup'
Formula: (Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C2+2)Sb4S12S0-1
ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
References:
I. R. Mulholland, A. Cowden, I. P. Hay, J. C. Ion & A. L. Greenaway (1998): Nimbus silver-zinc deposit. In: Berkman, D.A. & Mackenzie, D.H., eds., Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean mineral deposits, Monograph 22, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 273-277.
Hollis, S. P., Mole, D. R., Gillespie, P., Barnes, S. J., Tessalina, S., Cas, R. A. F., ... & Yeats, C. J. (2017). 2.7 Ga plume associated VHMS mineralization in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton: Insights from the low temperature and shallow water, Ag-Zn-(Au) Nimbus deposit. Precambrian Research, 291, 119-142.
Caruso, S., Fiorentini, M. L., Hollis, S. P., LaFlamme, C., Baumgartner, R. J., Steadman, J. A., & Savard, D. (2018). The fluid evolution of the Nimbus Ag-Zn-(Au) deposit: An interplay between mantle plume and microbial activity. Precambrian Research, 317, 211-229.
Hollis, S. P., Foury, S., Caruso, S., Johnson, S., Barrote, V., & Pumphrey, A. (2021). Lithogeochemical and Hyperspectral Halos to Ag-Zn-Au Mineralization at Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Minerals, 11(3), 254.
ⓘ 'Glass'
ⓘ Jalpaite
Formula: Ag3CuS2
ⓘ 'Leucoxene'
ⓘ 'Limonite'
ⓘ 'Manganese Oxides'
ⓘ Marrite
Formula: AgPbAsS3
ⓘ Meneghinite
Formula: Pb13CuSb7S24
ⓘ Millerite
Formula: NiS
ⓘ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Muscovite var. Fuchsite
Formula: K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Native Gold
Formula: Au
ⓘ Native Gold var. Electrum
Formula: (Au,Ag)
ⓘ Owyheeite
Formula: Ag3Pb10Sb11S28
ⓘ Pentlandite
Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8
ⓘ 'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
ⓘ Pyrargyrite
Formula: Ag3SbS3
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
References:
I. R. Mulholland, A. Cowden, I. P. Hay, J. C. Ion & A. L. Greenaway (1998): Nimbus silver-zinc deposit. In: Berkman, D.A. & Mackenzie, D.H., eds., Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean mineral deposits, Monograph 22, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 273-277.
Hollis, S. P., Mole, D. R., Gillespie, P., Barnes, S. J., Tessalina, S., Cas, R. A. F., ... & Yeats, C. J. (2017). 2.7 Ga plume associated VHMS mineralization in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton: Insights from the low temperature and shallow water, Ag-Zn-(Au) Nimbus deposit. Precambrian Research, 291, 119-142.
Caruso, S., Fiorentini, M. L., Hollis, S. P., LaFlamme, C., Baumgartner, R. J., Steadman, J. A., & Savard, D. (2018). The fluid evolution of the Nimbus Ag-Zn-(Au) deposit: An interplay between mantle plume and microbial activity. Precambrian Research, 317, 211-229.
Hollis, S. P., Foury, S., Caruso, S., Johnson, S., Barrote, V., & Pumphrey, A. (2021). Lithogeochemical and Hyperspectral Halos to Ag-Zn-Au Mineralization at Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Minerals, 11(3), 254.
ⓘ Pyrostilpnite
Formula: Ag3SbS3
ⓘ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
References:
Hollis, S. P., Mole, D. R., Gillespie, P., Barnes, S. J., Tessalina, S., Cas, R. A. F., ... & Yeats, C. J. (2017). 2.7 Ga plume associated VHMS mineralization in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton: Insights from the low temperature and shallow water, Ag-Zn-(Au) Nimbus deposit. Precambrian Research, 291, 119-142.
Caruso, S., Fiorentini, M. L., Hollis, S. P., LaFlamme, C., Baumgartner, R. J., Steadman, J. A., & Savard, D. (2018). The fluid evolution of the Nimbus Ag-Zn-(Au) deposit: An interplay between mantle plume and microbial activity. Precambrian Research, 317, 211-229.
Hollis, S. P., Foury, S., Caruso, S., Johnson, S., Barrote, V., & Pumphrey, A. (2021). Lithogeochemical and Hyperspectral Halos to Ag-Zn-Au Mineralization at Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Minerals, 11(3), 254.
ⓘ Rutile
Formula: TiO2
ⓘ Siegenite
Formula: CoNi2S4
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
References:
I. R. Mulholland, A. Cowden, I. P. Hay, J. C. Ion & A. L. Greenaway (1998): Nimbus silver-zinc deposit. In: Berkman, D.A. & Mackenzie, D.H., eds., Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean mineral deposits, Monograph 22, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 273-277.
Hollis, S. P., Mole, D. R., Gillespie, P., Barnes, S. J., Tessalina, S., Cas, R. A. F., ... & Yeats, C. J. (2017). 2.7 Ga plume associated VHMS mineralization in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton: Insights from the low temperature and shallow water, Ag-Zn-(Au) Nimbus deposit. Precambrian Research, 291, 119-142.
Caruso, S., Fiorentini, M. L., Hollis, S. P., LaFlamme, C., Baumgartner, R. J., Steadman, J. A., & Savard, D. (2018). The fluid evolution of the Nimbus Ag-Zn-(Au) deposit: An interplay between mantle plume and microbial activity. Precambrian Research, 317, 211-229.
Hollis, S. P., Foury, S., Caruso, S., Johnson, S., Barrote, V., & Pumphrey, A. (2021). Lithogeochemical and Hyperspectral Halos to Ag-Zn-Au Mineralization at Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Minerals, 11(3), 254.
ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'
Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
References:
I. R. Mulholland, A. Cowden, I. P. Hay, J. C. Ion & A. L. Greenaway (1998): Nimbus silver-zinc deposit. In: Berkman, D.A. & Mackenzie, D.H., eds., Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean mineral deposits, Monograph 22, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 273-277.
Hollis, S. P., Mole, D. R., Gillespie, P., Barnes, S. J., Tessalina, S., Cas, R. A. F., ... & Yeats, C. J. (2017). 2.7 Ga plume associated VHMS mineralization in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton: Insights from the low temperature and shallow water, Ag-Zn-(Au) Nimbus deposit. Precambrian Research, 291, 119-142.
Caruso, S., Fiorentini, M. L., Hollis, S. P., LaFlamme, C., Baumgartner, R. J., Steadman, J. A., & Savard, D. (2018). The fluid evolution of the Nimbus Ag-Zn-(Au) deposit: An interplay between mantle plume and microbial activity. Precambrian Research, 317, 211-229.
Hollis, S. P., Foury, S., Caruso, S., Johnson, S., Barrote, V., & Pumphrey, A. (2021). Lithogeochemical and Hyperspectral Halos to Ag-Zn-Au Mineralization at Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Minerals, 11(3), 254.
ⓘ 'Tourmaline'
Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
ⓘ Ullmannite
Formula: NiSbS
ⓘ Viaeneite
Formula: (Fe,Pb)4S8O
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold
var. Electrum		1.AA.05(Au,Ag)
ⓘ1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘJalpaite2.BA.45Ag3CuS2
ⓘPentlandite2.BB.15(NixFey)Σ9S8
ⓘCovellite2.CA.05aCuS
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
ⓘMillerite2.CC.20NiS
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘCinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
ⓘSiegenite2.DA.05CoNi2S4
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
ⓘUllmannite2.EB.25NiSbS
ⓘViaeneite2.FD.10(Fe,Pb)4S8O
ⓘPyrargyrite2.GA.05Ag3SbS3
ⓘPyrostilpnite2.GA.10Ag3SbS3
ⓘBournonite2.GA.50PbCuSbS3
ⓘ'Freibergite Subgroup'2.GB.05(Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C2+2)Sb4S12S0-1
ⓘ'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'2.GB.05Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
ⓘMeneghinite2.HB.05bPb13CuSb7S24
ⓘBoulangerite2.HC.15Pb5Sb4S11
ⓘOwyheeite2.HC.35Ag3Pb10Sb11S28
ⓘMarrite2.JB.15AgPbAsS3
ⓘEnargite2.KA.05Cu3AsS4
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘChlorargyrite3.AA.15AgCl
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘChromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘCassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
ⓘRutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘAnkerite5.AB.10Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
ⓘEpidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘMuscovite
var. Fuchsite		9.EC.15K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
ⓘ9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘvar. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Chlorite Group'-
ⓘ'Feldspar Group'-
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'Tourmaline'-AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
ⓘ'Leucoxene'-
ⓘ'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
ⓘ'Glass'-
ⓘ'Manganese Oxides'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Hⓘ Muscovite var. FuchsiteK(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
BBoron
Bⓘ TourmalineAD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
CCarbon
Cⓘ AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Oⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
Oⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Oⓘ Muscovite var. FuchsiteK(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ RutileTiO2
Oⓘ TourmalineAD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Oⓘ Viaeneite(Fe,Pb)4S8O
Oⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
NaSodium
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Alⓘ Muscovite var. FuchsiteK(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Siⓘ Muscovite var. FuchsiteK(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Siⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ BoulangeritePb5Sb4S11
Sⓘ BournonitePbCuSbS3
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ CinnabarHgS
Sⓘ CovelliteCuS
Sⓘ EnargiteCu3AsS4
Sⓘ Freibergite Subgroup(Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C22+)Sb4S12S0-1
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ JalpaiteAg3CuS2
Sⓘ MarriteAgPbAsS3
Sⓘ MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24
Sⓘ MilleriteNiS
Sⓘ OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28
Sⓘ Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Sⓘ PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ PyrostilpniteAg3SbS3
Sⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sⓘ SiegeniteCoNi2S4
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
Sⓘ Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Sⓘ UllmanniteNiSbS
Sⓘ Viaeneite(Fe,Pb)4S8O
ClChlorine
Clⓘ ChlorargyriteAgCl
KPotassium
Kⓘ Muscovite var. FuchsiteK(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Caⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Caⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ RutileTiO2
CrChromium
Crⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Crⓘ Muscovite var. FuchsiteK(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
FeIron
Feⓘ AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Feⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Feⓘ Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Feⓘ Viaeneite(Fe,Pb)4S8O
CoCobalt
Coⓘ SiegeniteCoNi2S4
NiNickel
Niⓘ MilleriteNiS
Niⓘ Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Niⓘ SiegeniteCoNi2S4
Niⓘ UllmanniteNiSbS
CuCopper
Cuⓘ BournonitePbCuSbS3
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cuⓘ CovelliteCuS
Cuⓘ EnargiteCu3AsS4
Cuⓘ Freibergite Subgroup(Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C22+)Sb4S12S0-1
Cuⓘ JalpaiteAg3CuS2
Cuⓘ MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24
Cuⓘ Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Asⓘ EnargiteCu3AsS4
Asⓘ MarriteAgPbAsS3
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
AgSilver
Agⓘ ChlorargyriteAgCl
Agⓘ Native Gold var. Electrum(Au,Ag)
Agⓘ Freibergite Subgroup(Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C22+)Sb4S12S0-1
Agⓘ JalpaiteAg3CuS2
Agⓘ MarriteAgPbAsS3
Agⓘ OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28
Agⓘ PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
Agⓘ PyrostilpniteAg3SbS3
SnTin
Snⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ BoulangeritePb5Sb4S11
Sbⓘ BournonitePbCuSbS3
Sbⓘ Freibergite Subgroup(Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C22+)Sb4S12S0-1
Sbⓘ MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24
Sbⓘ OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28
Sbⓘ PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
Sbⓘ PyrostilpniteAg3SbS3
Sbⓘ Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Sbⓘ UllmanniteNiSbS
AuGold
Auⓘ Native Gold var. Electrum(Au,Ag)
Auⓘ Native GoldAu
HgMercury
Hgⓘ CinnabarHgS
PbLead
Pbⓘ BoulangeritePb5Sb4S11
Pbⓘ BournonitePbCuSbS3
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS
Pbⓘ MarriteAgPbAsS3
Pbⓘ MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24
Pbⓘ OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28
Pbⓘ Viaeneite(Fe,Pb)4S8O

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References

MINEDEX Database 2006.
Fimiston Mining Annual Report, 2003
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Mulholland, I.R., Cowden, A., Hay, I.P., Jon, J.C., Greenaway, A.L. (1998) Nimbus silver-zinc deposit. In: Berkman, D.A. & Mackenzie, D.H., eds., Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean mineral deposits, Monograph 22, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 273-277.
Diggers and Dealers Conference Presentation (2012) Kalgoorlie. McPhersons Resources Ltd. (17 Apr 2012).
Hollis, S.P., Mole, D. R., Gillespie, P., Barnes, S.J., Tessalina, S., Cas, R.A.F., Hildrew, C., Pumphrey, A., Goodz, M.D., Caruso, S., Yeats, C.J., Vereeten, A., Belford, S.M., Wyche, S., Martin, L.A.J. (2017) 2.7 Ga plume associated VHMS mineralization in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton: Insights from the low temperature and shallow water, Ag-Zn-(Au) Nimbus deposit. Precambrian Research, 291, 119-142.
Caruso, S., Fiorentini, M. L., Hollis, S. P., LaFlamme, C., Baumgartner, R. J., Steadman, J. A., & Savard, D. (2018). The fluid evolution of the Nimbus Ag-Zn-(Au) deposit: An interplay between mantle plume and microbial activity. Precambrian Research, 317, 211-229.
Hollis, S. P., Foury, S., Caruso, S., Johnson, S., Barrote, V., & Pumphrey, A. (2021). Lithogeochemical and Hyperspectral Halos to Ag-Zn-Au Mineralization at Nimbus in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Minerals, 11(3), 254.
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