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): |
Myall Creek |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Queensland; Nearest community: Whyalla |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; as replacement of pyrite and clastic grains in ss |
Geologic province: |
Stuart Shelf of Gawler Craton |
Commodities: |
Cu; Pb; Zn |
Geological ages: |
Adelaidean (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | dolosiltstone (carbonaceous) sandstone (white) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Tapley Hill Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) as replacement of pyrite & clastic grains in ss; mineralization covers area of 3 square km; Cu in basal few metres of fm; sulphides formed by biogenic sulphate reduction in quasi-closed system |
References: |
Lambert, I. B., 1984 |
Genesis of Copper Mineralization Myall Creek Prospect, South Australia |
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 19, p. 266 - 273 |
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