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Galena from
Nimbus Discovery Mine, Boorara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nimbus Discovery Mine, Boorara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1073747
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1073747:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘGolden Ridge Gold Mine (Waterfall), 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
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘGreat Boulder Gold Mine (Phantom Lode; Great Boulder South; Great Boulder North; Great Boulder Extended), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘNorth Kalgurli Gold Mine, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘHannan South deposit, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
16.0km (10.0 miles) ⓘHidden Secret Gold Mine (Hidden Treasure), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘRising Sun Gold Mine, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
17.0km (10.6 miles) ⓘMount Charlotte Gold Mine, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
17.3km (10.8 miles) ⓘMount Percy Gold Mine, Mullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘMystery Gold Mine (Mystery Zone), Mullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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.
 
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