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): |
Mount Oxide |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Queensland |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in crush-zone in bed of concretionary sandy shale |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Mesoproterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstoneIndividual lithologies: | shale (carbonaceous - siliceous) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Gunpowder Creek Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in crush-zone in bed of concretionary sandy shale; deposit type uncertain; on western limb of major syncline in slightly metamorphosed sed rocks |
References: |
Carter, E. K.; Brooks, J. H.; Walker, K. R., 1961 |
The Precambrian Mineral Belt of North-Western Queensland |
Bulletin, Australia Department of National Development, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Publication code 51-1, 344 p., 2 maps. |
Guy, B. B., 1975 |
Stratiform Copper Mineralization in the Proterozoic Dolomites of Northwestern Queenslan, Australia |
Economic Geology, Volume 70, p. 1414 - 1425 |
Plumb, K. A.; Derrick, G. M., 1975 |
Proterozoic of Kimberley (W.A.) to Mount Isa (Qld.) Region-Regional Geology |
in Economic Geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea Part 1: Metals, Edited by Knight, C. L., Monograph, Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 5, 1126 p, p. 217 - 252 |
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Production data: |
Report period: until 1958; 43,770.76 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 21 percent | Reference: Carter, E. K.; Brooks, J. H.; Walker, K. R., 1961: The Precambrian Mineral Belt of North-Western Queensland; Bulletin, Australia Department of National Development, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Publication code 51-1, 344 p., 2 maps. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |
Resource data: |
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
Estimate date: 1958; 181,436 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: maximum reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 4 percent | Reference: Carter, E. K.; Brooks, J. H.; Walker, K. R., 1961: The Precambrian Mineral Belt of North-Western Queensland; Bulletin, Australia Department of National Development, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Publication code 51-1, 344 p., 2 maps. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |