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): |
Wave Hill |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Northern Territory; Nearest community: Wave Hill (10 km NW) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; malachite staining occurs in chert of wickham fm |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Carpentarian - Adelaidean (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; conglomerate-chertIndividual lithologies: | chert conglomerate | Host rock stratigraphy: | Wickham Formation, Watite Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) malachite staining occurs in chert of Wickham fm |
References: |
Bultitude, R. J., 1973 |
Wave Hill-Northern Territory-Sheet SE |
Department of Minerals and Energy, Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, 52-8, Scale 1:250000 |
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