Ballarat (goldfield)
Central Victoria, Bendigo Zone (Western Lachlan Orogen), Australia
Orogenic goldAu
- Type
- Orogenic gold in quartz veins in Ordovician turbidites
Deposit of the Paleozoic Victorian goldfields, chevron-folded and cut by reverse faults; gold mostly deposited before the Devonian granites. Coordinates not published (map only).
ε107Ag in ε units (parts per 10,000) Values of the same system
Standard : NIST SRM 978a
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −0.33 ± 1.8 ε | −1.6 / 0.95 ε | 2 | silver-bearing native gold Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 analyses, -1.60 to +0.95 (M11078 -1.60; M39912 +0.95). Detail: M11078 (Ballarat, Au 96.26 %, Ag 3.73 %, Cu 114 ppm, ± 0.05); M39912 (Canadian Gully, Ballarat, Au 99.30 %, Ag 0.67 %, Cu 248 ppm, ± 0.08). ε107Ag = deviation of 107Ag/109Ag from SRM 978a in parts per ten thousand, opposite in sign to ε109Ag. | Voisey et al. (2019), Extreme silver isotope variation in orogenic gold systems implies m… |
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Cite this page
IsoFind Atlas (2026). Ballarat (goldfield), isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/ballarat-champ-aurifere/ (accessed 2026-10-21).
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title = {Ballarat (goldfield), isotope signatures},
author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/ballarat-champ-aurifere/},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-21}
}Updated : 2026-10-21