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Pyrite from
Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery gossan; Poseidon deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, 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 Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery gossan; Poseidon deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:389822
Long-form Identifier:1:3:389822:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
South Windarra deposit, Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery gossan; Poseidon deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
13.9km (8.7 miles) ⓘLancefield North prospect, Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘSouth Windarra deposit, Windarra Ni Mine (Mount Windarra; Windarra; Discovery gossan; Poseidon deposit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘLancefield Gold Mine (Beria Consuls; Summit), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘChatterbox Gold Mine, Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘCork Tree Well Gold Mine (Corktree Well; Delta), Erilstoun Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘAdmiral Hill Mine, Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
30.8km (19.1 miles) ⓘEuro Gold Mine (Sterling; Central Euro), Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘSickle Gold Mine, Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
33.4km (20.7 miles) ⓘIda H Gold Mine, Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
35.2km (21.9 miles) ⓘWestralia Gold Mine, Mount Morgans Gold Mine, Mount Margaret Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Watmuff, I.G. (1974) Supergene alteration of the Mt Windarra nickel sulphide ore deposit, Western Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 9 (3). p.199-221. doi:10.1007/bf00203996
Groves, DI; Hall, SR (1978) Argentian pentlandite with parkerite, joseite A and the probable Bi-analogue of ullmannite from Mount Windarra, Western Australia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 16 (1). 1-7
Marston, R. J. (1984) Nickel mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14. Geological Survey of Western Australia
 
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