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 Gunson |
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: amphiboliteIndividual lithologies: | mudstone sandstone breccia | Host rock stratigraphy: | Whyalla Sandstone, Woocalla Dolomite Members |
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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 |
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Production data: |
Report period: until 1989; 65 metric ton metal; Provisional entry?: yesGrade-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?: yesGrade-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?: YGrade-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?: SGrade-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?: SGrade-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?: SGrade-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 resourceGrade-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 zoneGrade-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 zoneGrade-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 GridGrade-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 GridGrade-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% |
Associated group(s): |
Adelaidean District (2) |