CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Mount Gunson
Longitude / Latitude: 137.25000 / -31.45000
Political location(s): Australia; Province or state: Queensland; Nearest community: Woomerav
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in fractured and brecciated quartzitic sandstone
Commodities: Cu; Ag
Geological ages: Adelaidean (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: epicontinental basin; stable (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-conglomerate; Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: red bed; Depositional setting: shallow marine; Metamorphic grade: amphibolite
Individual lithologies:mudstone
sandstone
breccia
Host rock stratigraphy:Whyalla Sandstone, Woocalla Dolomite Members
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in fractured and brecciated quartzitic sandstone; several orebodies: Main open cut, Cattle grid, East & West lagoon; ore occurs at interface between Pandurra fm & Whyalla sandstone
References:
Donnelly, T. H., 1972
Sulphur Isotope Studies of the Mount Gunson Copper Deposits Pernalty Lagoon, South Australia
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 7, p. 314 - 322

Gersteling, R. W.; Heape, J. M., 1975
The Cattle Grid Orebody, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Section Adelaide, in South Australia Conference 1975, Part A: Adelaide and Port Pirie, Edited by Anonymous, Report, Australia Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Clunies Ross House, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 600 p, p. 103 - 112

Johns, R. K., 1968
Geology and Mineral Resources of the Andamooka-Torrens Area
Bulletin, Geological Survey of South Australia, Publication code 41, 103 p.

Johns, R. K., 1974
Base Metal Mineralization in the Pernatty Lagoon Region
Report of Investigations, Geological Survey of South Australia, Publication code 42, 28 p.

Maiden, K. J.; Innes, A. H.; King, M. J.; Master, S.; Pettitt, I., 1984
Regional Controls on the Localization of Stratabound Copper Deposits-Proterozoic Examples from Southern Africa and South Australia
Precambrian Research, Volume 25, p. 99 - 118

Preiss, W. V., 1981
Stratigraphy Correlation and Sedimentary History of Adelaidean (Late Proterozoic) Basins in Australia
Precambrian Research, Volume 15, p. 255 - 304

Rowlands, N. J., 1974
The Gitology of Some Adelaidean Stratiform Copper Occurrences
in Gisements Stratiformes et Provinces Cupriferes, Liege 1974, Edited by Bartholomé, P.; de Magnée, I.; Evrard, P.; Moreau, J., Centenaire de la Societe Geologique de Beligique, Societe Geologique de Belgique, 427 p., 2 maps, p. 419 - 427

Production data: Report period: until 1989; 65 metric ton metal; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Ag: 100 percent
weight-commodity information:Ag: 65 metric ton
Reference: Tonkin, D. G.; Creelman, R. A., 1990: Mount Gunson Copper Deposits; in Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea, Edited by Hughes, F. E., Monograph, The Australasian Istitute of Mining and Metallurgy, Victoria, 14, 1828 p, p. 1037 - 1043
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: until 1989; 149,275 metric ton metal; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 100 percent
weight-commodity information:Cu: 149,275 metric ton
Reference: Tonkin, D. G.; Creelman, R. A., 1990: Mount Gunson Copper Deposits; in Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea, Edited by Hughes, F. E., Monograph, The Australasian Istitute of Mining and Metallurgy, Victoria, 14, 1828 p, p. 1037 - 1043
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1983-01 until 1983-12; 903,738 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: Y
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.53 percent
Reference: Perkin, D. J., 1986: Copper; in Australian Mineral Industry Review for 1983, Edited by Department of Resources and Ennergy; Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology, Geophysics, Australian Mineral Industry Annual Review, Australian Government Publishing Service, 340 p, p. 107 - 119
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1974-08 until 1980-01; 58,491 metric ton metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 99.999 percent
weight-commodity information:Cu: 58,491 metric ton
Reference: Anonymous, 1980: Copper in South Australia; Report, Publication code 80/29
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1941 until 1943; 33,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 5.5 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1980: Copper in South Australia; Report, Publication code 80/29
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1898 until 1937; 3,330 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 8 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1980: Copper in South Australia; Report, Publication code 80/29
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1983-03-31; 1,130,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.7 percent
Reference: Perkin, D. J., 1986: Copper; in Australian Mineral Industry Review for 1983, Edited by Department of Resources and Ennergy; Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology, Geophysics, Australian Mineral Industry Annual Review, Australian Government Publishing Service, 340 p, p. 107 - 119
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1970; 3,300,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource - Main zone
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1980: Copper in South Australia; Report, Publication code 80/29
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1983; 140,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource ? - additional discovery NW of Main zone
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.6 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1983: Mt. Gunson - More Ore Extends Mine Life; Mining Journal, December issue, p. 401
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1983; 400,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource ? - NW of Cattle Grid
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.2 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1983: Mt. Gunson - More Ore Extends Mine Life; Mining Journal, December issue, p. 401
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1972; 5,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: drill indicated resource - Cattle Grid
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.2 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1980: Copper in South Australia; Report, Publication code 80/29
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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