| Locality type: | Pit |
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| Species: | Pyrite |
| Formula: | FeS2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyrite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Nimbus Discovery Mine, Boorara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1073746 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1073746:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite |
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| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | ⓘBoorara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 12.5km (7.7 miles) | ⓘIdaho Gold Mine (Idaho Pit; Idaho Extended; Aberdare; Star of Aberdare; South Star; Morning Star; Morning Star Extended; Ilannans Golden Morning Star), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 12.6km (7.8 miles) | ⓘQueen Margaret Gold Mine, Bulong Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 13.4km (8.3 miles) | ⓘLake View Consols Gold Mine (Lake View and Star), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 13.5km (8.4 miles) | ⓘAssociated Gold Mine, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 13.7km (8.5 miles) | ⓘStrathfield Gold Mine (North Strathfield; Castle Corner; Storm King; Stratford), Bulong Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 13.7km (8.5 miles) | ⓘPerseverance Gold Mine (Boulder Perseverance Mine), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 13.8km (8.6 miles) | ⓘFimiston Open Pit mine (Super Pit gold mine), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 13.8km (8.6 miles) | ⓘBoulder Main Reef Gold Mine (Great Boulder Main Reef; Boulder South Extended), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 13.8km (8.6 miles) | ⓘKalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| References |
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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. |
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