Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Amelia Dolomite |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Northern Territory; Nearest community: Bauhinia Downs |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; disseminated in siltstone/dolostone and quartzite |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Middle Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; quartzite-carbonate-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | siltstone dolostone quartzite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Amelia Dolomite overlain by Tatoola Sandstone |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated in siltstone/dolostone & quartzite; vicinity of mountain home on Bukalara plateau on Bauhinia downs; dissem malachite & chalcopyrite occur in two stratigraphic horizons |
References: |
Jackson, M. J., 1984 |
Personal Communication |
Generated 2015-01-27 17:13:04 with GQuery -- 3.7 ADO (3.19..3.22 -- 2008-12-16) GlobalDB System, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada
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