CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
250 Australia (Queensland) 19.51 S -- 139.08 E Mount Kelly Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
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-siltstone
Individual lithologies:siltstone (dolomitic - carbonaceous)
mudstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Gch Unit-Gunpowder Creek-Paradise Creek Formations
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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