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): |
Mammoth (deposit name) |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Queensland |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated |
Deposit status: |
producer |
Geologic province: |
Western Fold Belt |
Geologic district: |
Mt. Isa Inlier |
Commodities: |
Cu; Fe |
Mineralization styles: |
fracture fillings |
Geological ages: |
Proterozoic (mineralization) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstone (with minor quartzite)Host rock stratigraphy: | Whitworth Quartzite |
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Mineralogy: |
(ore): chalcopyrite, bornite, chalcocite |
Links to other databases: |
Geological Survey of Queensland - MINOCC; Key value: 494258 |
References: |
Clark, D.J.; Gemmell, J.B.; Norman, M.; Hespe, A.M., 2001 |
Textural and geochemical distinction between supergene and hypogene Cu sulfide phases at the Mammoth copper deposit, Queensland, Australia |
in Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century, Edited by Piestrzynski, A., Proceedings of the Sixth Biennial SGA Meeting, SGA, Swets and Zeitlinger Publishers Lisse, 6, p. 219 - 222 |
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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: 2001; 16,800,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yesGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3.4 percent | Reference: Clark, D.J.; Gemmell, J.B.; Norman, M.; Hespe, A.M., 2001: Textural and geochemical distinction between supergene and hypogene Cu sulfide phases at the Mammoth copper deposit, Queensland, Australia; in Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century, Edited by Piestrzynski, A., Proceedings of the Sixth Biennial SGA Meeting, SGA, Swets and Zeitlinger Publishers Lisse, 6, p. 219 - 222 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |