Bendigo (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −3.07 ± 0.54 ε | −3.8 / −2.3 ε | 6 | silver-bearing native gold Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 6 analyses, -3.80 to -2.30 (M45071 -2.70; M43937 -3.30; M24258 -3.80; M7864 -2.90; M7866 -3.40; M52063 -2.30). Detail: M45071 (Bendigo, Au 92.07 %, Ag 7.93 %, Cu 18 ppm, ± 0.01); M43937 (Bendigo, Au 88.88 %, Ag 11.12 %, Cu 12 ppm, ± 0.10); M24258 (Bendigo, Au 92.28 %, Ag 7.72 %, Cu 53 ppm, ± 0.03); M7864 (Mount Barker, Bendigo, Au 96.20 %, Ag 3.79 %, Cu 88 ppm, ± 0.05); M7866 (Mount Barker, Bendigo, Au 86.65 %, Ag 13.35 %, Cu 17 ppm, ± 0.06); M52063 (Kangaroo Flat, Bendigo, Au 96.92 %, Ag 3.06 %, Cu 188 ppm, ± 0.04). 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). Bendigo (goldfield), isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/bendigo-champ-aurifere/ (accessed 2026-10-21).
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title = {Bendigo (goldfield), isotope signatures},
author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/bendigo-champ-aurifere/},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-21}
}Updated : 2026-10-21