Nickel deposits publications

The following publications detail the work involved in the development of CSIRO’s Nickel deposits.

Reviews and book chapters

Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 2000, ‘Metamorphism of komatiite-hosted nickel sulfide deposits’, In: Metamorphosed and Metamorphogenic Ore Deposits, Spry PG, Marshall B, Vokes FM (eds), Chapter 9, In: Reviews in Economic Geology, 11: 203-215.

Barnes SJ, Hill RET, Perring CS, Dowling SE, 1999, ‘Komatiite flow fields and associated Ni-sulphide mineralisation with examples from the Yilgarn Block, Western Australia’, In: Dynamic Processes in Magmatic Ore Deposits and their Application in Mineral Exploration, Keays RR, Lesher CM, Lightfoot PC, Farrow CEG (eds),Geological Association of Canada Short Course, 13: 159-194.

Buck PS, Vallance SA, Perring CS, Hill RET, Barnes SJ, 1998, ‘Maggie Hays nickel deposit’, In: Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean Mineral Deposits, Berkman DA, Mackenzie DH (eds), Austral. Inst. Min. Met., Monogr 22: 357-363.

Dowling SE, Hill RET, 1998, ‘Exploration model – komatiite hosted nickel sulphide deposits, Australia’, In: Earth Evolution, Australian Environments and Resources, Jubilee Volume, AGSO Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, 17: 121-127.

Hill RET, 1997, ‘Komatiite volcanology and associated nickel sulphide deposits’, In: Mineral Deposits: Research, Exploration, Where do they Meet?, Papunen H (ed), Proc. 4th Biennial SGA Meeting, Turku, Finland 11-13 August, 4 pages.

Buck PS, Vallance SA, Perring CS, Hill RET, Barnes SJ, 1996, ‘Geology of the Maggie Hays komatiitic nickel sulphide deposit, Western Australia’, In: Nickel ’96: Mineral to Market, Grimsey EJ, Neuss I, Kalgoorlie, WA, November 27-29, Austral. Inst. Min. & Metall., Report 6: 111-120.

Hill RET, Barnes SJ, Perring CS, 1996, ‘Komatiite volcanology and the volcanological setting of associated nickel deposits’, In: Nickel ’96: Mineral to Market, Grimsey EJ, Neuss I, Kalgoorlie, WA, November 27-29, Austral. Inst. Min. & Metall., Report 6: 91-95.

Hill RET, Barnes SJ, Perring CS, Gole MJ, Dowling SE, 1994, ‘The Physical volcanology of komatiites in the Archaean Yilgarn Block, Western Australia’, In: Australian Research on Ore Genesis Symposium, December 12-14, Adelaide South Australia – Proceedings Volume, Australian Mineral Foundation, pp.4.1-4.5.

Barnes SJ, Hill RET, Perring CS, 1993, ‘The classification and volcanological setting of komatiite-hosted nickel sulphide deposits’, In: Crustal evolution, metallogeny and exploration of the Eastern Goldfields, Williams PR, Haldane JA (eds), Australian Geological Survey Organisation, Canberra, AGSO Record 54: 153-158.

Hill RET, Barnes SJ, 1993, ‘Minerals from lava’, New Scientist, 1883: 26.

Hill RET, Barnes SJ, Gole MJ, Dowling SE, 1993, ‘Recent advances in the understanding of komatiite volcanology in the Norseman-Wiluna Greenstone Belt’, Extended Abstract in: An International Conference on Crustal Evolution, Metallogeny and Exploration of the Eastern Goldfields, AGSO Record 54: 7-13.

Morris PA, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1993, ‘Eruptive environment and geochemistry of Archaean ultramafic, mafic and felsic volcanic rocks of the Eastern Yilgarn Craton’, International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior, General Assembly Canberra 1993, Excursion Guide, Australian Geological Survey Organisation, Canberra, AGSO Record 62, 40 pages.

Hill RET, Gole MJ, 1990, ‘Nickel sulfide deposits of the Yilgarn Block’, In: Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea, Hughes FE (ed), Austral. Inst. Mining & Metall., pp.557-559.

Hill RET, Barnes SJ, Gole MJ, Dowling SE, 1990, ‘Physical volcanology of komatiites between Kalgoorlie and Wiluna, Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn Block, WA’, Excursion Guide Book No.1 (2nd edition), GSA, WA Division, 100 pages.

Hill RET, Barnes SJ, Gole MJ, Dowling SE, 1990, ‘The physical volcanology of komatiites in the Norseman-Wiluna Belt’, In: Third International Archaean Symposium, Excursion Guidebook, Ho SE, Glover JE, Myers JS, Mulling JR, Geology Dept. and University Extension, University of WA, Publ. 21: 361-397.

Hill RET, Gole MJ, Barnes SJ, 1989, ‘Olivine adcumulates in the Norseman – Wiluna greenstone belt, Western Australia: implications for the volcanology of komatiites’, In: Magmatic Sulphides – the Zimbabwe Volume, Prendergast MD, Jones MJ (eds), Inst. Mining Metall., London, pp.189-206.

Hill RET, Gole MJ, Barnes SJ, 1988, ‘Dunites in the Norseman-Wiluna Greenstone Belt, Western Australia. Implications for the Volcanology of Komatiites’, Special Bulletin of Inst. Min. and Metall., Proceedings of 5th Magmatic Sulfides Field Conference, IGCP Project 161, In: Magmatic Sulfides – The Zimbabwe Volume, pp.189-206.

Hill RET, 1983, ‘An experimental study of phase relations at 600°C in a portion of the Fe-Ni-Cu-S system and its application to natural sulfide assemblages’, Trans. Inst. Mining & Metall., Special Issue on IGCP Nickel Field Conference, Perth, May, 1982.

Hill RET, 1982, ‘The Six Mile Well deposit’, In: Regional Geology and Nickel Deposits of the Norseman-Wiluna Belt, Western Australia, Groves DI, Lesher CM (eds), West. Austral. Geol. Dept. Ext. Serv., Publ. 7, Perth, C102-C109.

Papers

Barnes SJ, Hill RET, Evans NJ, 2004, ‘Komatiites and nickel sulfide ores of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Block, Western Australia. 3. Komatiite geochemistry, and implications for ore forming processes’, Mineralium Deposita, 39: 729-751.

Barnes SJ, Hill RET, Perring CS, Dowling SE, 2004, ‘Lithogeochemical exploration for komatiite-associated Ni-sulfide deposits: strategies and limitations’, Mineralogy and Petrology, 82: 259-293.

Dowling SE, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, Hicks J, 2004, ‘Komatiites and nickel sulfide ores of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Block, Western Australia. 2. Geology and genesis of the orebodies’, Mineralium Deposita, 39: 707-728.

Hill RET, Barnes SJ, Dowling SE, Thordarson T, 2004, ‘Komatiites and nickel sulfide orebodies of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Block, Western Australia. 1. Petrology and volcanology of host rocks’, Mineralium Deposita, 39: 684-706.

Hill RET, 2001, ‘Komatiite volcanology, volcanological setting and primarygeochemical properties of komatiite-associated nickel deposits’, Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 1: 365-382.

Hill RET, Barnes SJ, Dowling SE, 2001, ‘Komatiites of the Norseman-Wiluna Greenstone Belt, Western Australia: a field guide’, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Record 2001/10, 71 pages.

Perring CS, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1996, ‘Geochemistry of komatiites from Forrestania, Southern Cross Province, Western Australia: evidence for crustal contamination’, Lithos, 37: 181-197.

Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1995, ‘Poikilitic chromite in komatiitic cumulates’, Mineralogy and Petrology, 54: 85-92.

Hill RET, Barnes SJ, Gole MJ, Dowling SE, 1995, ‘The volcanology of komatiites as deduced from field relationships in the Norseman-Wiluna greenstone belt, Western Australia’, Lithos, 34: 159-188.

Perring CS, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1995, ‘The physical volcanology of Archaean komatiite sequences from Forrestania, Southern Cross Province, Western Australia’, Lithos, 34: 189-207.

Dowling SE, Hill RET, 1992, ‘The distribution of PGE in fractionated Archaean komatiites, Western and Central Ultramafic Units, Mt. Keith Region, Western Australia’, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 39: 349-364.

Gole MJ, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1990, ‘Partial melting and recrystallization of Archaean komatiites by residual heat from rapidly accumulated flows’, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 105: 704-714.

Gole MJ, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1989, ‘The geology of the Agnew nickel deposit, Western Australia’, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Bulletin, 82, 46-56.

Barnes SJ, Gole MJ, Hill RET, 1988, ‘The Agnew Nickel Deposit, Western Australia: part II. Sulfide geochemistry, with emphasis on the platinum-group elements’, Economic Geology, 83: 537-550.

Barnes SJ, Gole MJ, Hill RET, 1988, ‘The Agnew Nickel Deposit, Western Australia: part I. Structure and stratigraphy’, Economic Geology, 83: 524-536.

Barnes SJ, Hill RET, Gole MJ, 1988, ‘The Perseverance Ultramafic Complex, Western Australia: the product of a komatiite lava river’, Journal of Petrology, 29: 305-331.

Gole MJ, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1987, ‘The role of fluids in the metamorphism of komatiites, Agnew Nickel Deposit, Western Australia’, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 96: 151-162.

Hill RET, Gole MJ, Barnes SJ, 1987, ‘Physical volcanology of komatiites between Kalgoorlie and Wiluna, Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn Block, WA’, Excursion Guide Book No. 1, GSA, WA Division, 73 pages.

CSIRO reports

The following publications are major significant CSIRO research reports which were initially restricted to research sponsors.

Hill RET, Barnes SJ, Thordarson T, Dowling SE, Mattox T, 1999, ‘The Geology of the Black Swan Succession and associated orebodies’, Restricted CSIRO Exploration and Mining Report No.646R.

Barnes SJ, Hill RET, Kauahikaua J, Perring CS, 1997, ‘Thermomechanical erosion by lava flows and the genesis of komatiite-hosted nickel sulphide deposits’, In: Research Review: CSIRO Exploration and Mining, pp.16-18.

Perring CS, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1995, ‘Physical volcanology and geochemical variation of Forrestania komatiites as a guide to their prospectivity for nickel-sulphide mineralization’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.125R.

Hunter WM, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1994, ‘Ultramafic rocks of the Wiluna area: a guide to rock identification and interpretation’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.447R.

Perring CS, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1994, ‘The volcanology and genesis of komatiitic rocks and associated nickel sulphides at Maggie Hays, Southern Cross Province, Western Australia’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.122R.

Perring CS, Hill RET, 1993, ‘Preliminary report on the mineralogy and chemistry of sulphide phases at the Maggie Hayes Deposit, Lake Johnston’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.397R.

Perring CS, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1993, ‘Ultramafic rocks of the Lake Johnston area- a guide to rock identification and interpretation’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.445R.

Clayton W, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1992, ‘Geology and Ni mineralization of the Mt Hope area, Forrestania Greenstone Belt’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.330R.

Perring CS, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1992, ‘The genesis of nickel sulphide mineralization and its relationship to the physical volcanology of komatiites in the Forrestania Greenstone Belt, Southern Cross Province, western Australia’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.321R.

Perring CS, Barnes SJ, Hill RET, 1991, ‘Ultramafic Rocks of the Forrestania Area. A Guide to Rock Identification and Interpretation’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.230R.

Dowling SE, Hill RET, 1990, ‘”Rivers of Fire”, The Physical Volcanology of Komatiites in the Mt Keith Region, Norseman-Wiluna Greenstone Belt, Western Australia’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.EG103R.

Gole MJ, Hill RET, 1990, ‘The Refinement of Extrusive Models for the Genesis of Nickel Deposits: Implications from Case Studies at Honeymoon Well and the Walter Williams Formation’, Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia Report No.68, 161 pages.

Dowling SE, Hill RET, 1989, ‘Ultramafic Rocks of the Mt Keith Area. A Guide to Rock Identification and Interpretation’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.EG6R.

Dowling SE, Hill RET, 1989, ‘Results of diamond drilling, Western Ultramafic Complex, Mt Keith’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.EG21R.

Dowling SE, Hill RET, 1989, ‘Regional geological plans, sections and geochemical profiles, Mt Keith’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.EG100R.

Gole MJ, Hill RET, 1988, ‘Geology of the Honeymoon Well Area, Agnew-Wiluna Belt, Western Australia, with implications for nickel exploration’, Restricted CSIRO Report No.MG68R.

Barnes SJ, Gole MJ, Hill RET, 1986, ‘Ultramafic Rocks of the Agnew Area. A Guide to Rock Identification and Interpretation’, 17 pages.

Barnes SJ, Gole MJ, Hill RET, 1985, ‘A Preliminary Interpretation of the Stratigraphy and Structure of the Agnew Nickel Deposit’, Restricted CSIRO Investigation Report No.1621R.