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 Kelly |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Queensland |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in dolostone containing minor carbonaceous matter |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Mesoproterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | siltstone (dolomitic - carbonaceous) mudstone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Gch Unit-Gunpowder Creek-Paradise Creek Formations |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in dolostone containing minor carbonaceous matter; deposit type uncertain; Cu localized during sedimentation or diagenesis; Cu restricted mainly to dolomitic units but also in chert horizons-pcz |
References: |
Bampton, K. F.; Collins, A. R.; Glasson, K. R.; Guy, B. B., 1977 |
Geochemical Indications of Concealed Copper Mineralization in an Area Northwest of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia |
Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Volume 8, p. 169 - 188 |
Guy, B. B., 1975 |
Stratiform Copper Mineralization in the Proterozoic Dolomites of Northwestern Queenslan, Australia |
Economic Geology, Volume 70, p. 1414 - 1425 |
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