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Small deposits containing high platinum and palladium grades occur to the east of Broken Hill, New South Wales. Gossan samples have been examined from Mulga Springs, Little Darling Creek and Round Hill (Moorkaie Hill) to identify any platinum group minerals present. Platinum mineralogy is simple, being confined to braggite, sperrylite and native platinum, the latter being derived from oxidation of sperrylite. Palladium mineralogy is much more complex. Species found include Pd-Cu alloys, froodite, mertieite II, paolovite and several unnamed phases corresponding to (Cu,Pd)3Bi, Pd20(Te,Bi)7, Pd8(Te,Bi)3 and Pd3(Te,Hg)3. Copper¬palladium oxides also occur, associated with goethite, malachite and chrysocolla. Secondary base metal mineralogy is also described. This is the first detailed report of the platinum group mineralogy of these deposits.
Author(s): Elvy SB, Gray ND, McAndrew J, Williams PA, French DR
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Australian Journal of Mineralogy
Year: 1998
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Pages: 33-39
Print publication date: 01/01/1998
ISSN (print): 1323-7640
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of Victoria
