CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
592 Australia (Queensland) 18.32 S -- 138.35 E Lawn Hill Area 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): Lawn Hill Area
Political location(s): Australia; Province or state: Queensland; Nearest community: Lawn Hill
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; in quartzite
Geologic province: Lawn Hill Platform
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Middle Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; quartzite
Individual lithologies:quartzite
Host rock stratigraphy:Torpedo Creek Quartzite, Mcnamara Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in quartzite; minor mineralization/ generally shows as malachite staining
References:
Hutton, L. J.; Sweet, I. P., 1982
Geological Evolution, Tectonic Style, and Economic Potential of the Lawn Hill Platform Cover, Northwest Queensland
Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, Volume 7, p. 125 - 134


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