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): |
Maroochydore |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Western Australia; Nearest community: Telfer mine (100 km S) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine |
Geologic province: |
Paterson Province |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Mineralization styles: |
stratabound |
Geological ages: |
Late Proterozoic |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone (carbonaceous and dolomitic)Individual lithologies: | shale |
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Mineralogy: |
(mineralization): chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite |
References: |
Reed, A.R.; Vearncombe, J.R.; Groves, D.I.; Koning, C.D.; Hannan, K., 1995 |
Timing of copper mineralization at Maroochydore, Paterson Province, Western Australia: implications for the genesis of sediment-hosted copper deposits |
Mineralium Deposita |
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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: 1996; 17 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: inferred resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 1.35 percent Co: 0.07 percent | Cutoff grade-commodity: | Cu: 1 percent | Reference: Legge, P., 1996: Oceania; SEG Newsletter, October, 1996 issue, p. 33 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 1996; 167 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resourcesGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 0.53 percent | Cutoff grade-commodity: | Cu: 0.2 percent | Reference: Legge, P., 1996: Oceania; SEG Newsletter, October, 1996 issue, p. 33 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |