CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
98 Australia (Queensland) 20.57.17 S -- 140.58.48 E Eloise Cu; Au; Ag
 
Database name: World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits
Compilers: Sunil S. Gandhi
Release date: 2015-03-04
   
Deposit name(s): Eloise
Political location(s): Australia; Province or state: Queensland
Deposit clan (type): Cloncurry-type
Deposit status: producer; Size category: medium
Geologic province: Mount Isa Inlier
Geologic subprovince: Eastern Mount Isa Inlier
Geologic district: Cloncurry
Commodities: Cu; Au; Ag
Geological ages: Late Mesoproterozoic (mineralization)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: discovery and development) Discovered 1988; concealed by 60-70 m of sediments of the Eromanga basin; underground mine statred in 1995; first 4 years of production: 55156 t Cu, 938 kg Au and 14633 kg Ag from 1.33 Mt of ore. Data published in 1999; proven reserves: 196000 t grading 4.56 % Cu, probable reserves: 344000 t grading 4.14 % Cu; plus indicated resources of 90000 t at 4.57 % Cu and inferred resources at 5.71 % Cu.
Links to other databases: OZMIN; Key value: 336037
References:
Anonymous, 2007
OZMIN
Australian Geological Surveys Organization, Australian National Datasets, Internet

Anonymous, 2013
OZMIN
Australian Geological Surveys Organization, Australia National Datasets, Internet

Baker, T., 1998
Alteration, Mineralization and Fluid Evolution at the Eloise Cu-Au Deposit, Cloncurry District, Northwest Queensland, Australia
Economic Geology, Volume 93, p. 1213 - 1236

Davidson, G. J.; Large, R. R. , 1994
Gold Metallogeny and the Copper-Gold Association of the Australian Proterozoic
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 29, p. 208 - 223

Davidson, G. J., 1998
Variations in Copper-Gold Styles Through Time in the Proterozoic Cloncurry Goldfield, Mount Isa Iinlier: a Reconnaissance View
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 45, p. 445 - 462

Sleigh, D. W. W., 2002
The Selwyn Line Tabular Iron-Copper-Gold System, Mount Isa Inlier, NW Queensland, Australia
Section Australasia, in Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective, Volume 2, Edited by Porter, T. M., Australian Mineral Foundation, Adelaide, Australia, PGC Publishing, Adelaide, 377 p, p. 77 - 94

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: 2004-12-30; 531,000 long ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: proven+probable reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.97 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 2007: OZMIN; Australian Geological Surveys Organization, Australian National Datasets, Internet
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Associated mine(s): Eloise (4)

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