CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
97 Australia (Queensland) 21.40.49 S -- 140.29.00 E Starra; Selwyn Cu; Au; Co; W
 
Database name: World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits
Compilers: Sunil S. Gandhi
Release date: 2015-03-04
   
Deposit name(s): Starra; Selwyn
Political location(s): Australia; Province or state: Queensland; Subprovince or locality: Cloncurry district; Nearest community: Mount Isa (160 km SE)
Deposit clan (type): Cloncurry-type
Deposit (sub) types: intrusion-related; Magmatic hydrothermal deposits in deformed and metamorphosed iron-formation, mainly of Paleo- and Meso-Proterozoic age
Deposit status: past producer; Size category: 6.9 Mt
Geologic province: Mount Isa Inlier
Geologic subprovince: Eastern Mount Isa Inlier
Geologic district: Cloncurry
Commodities: Cu; Au; Co; W
Geological ages: Late Mesoproterozoic (alteration)
Regional tectonic structure: fault system Tectonic structure name: Mount Dore
shear Tectonic structure name: Starra Shear
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; iron formation
Radiometric ages: Object dated: Alteration Signature; Age - Ma: 1,502; +2; -2; Dating method: Ar-Ar; Concentrate: biotite; Event dated: alteration (hypogene); Reference: Perkins, C.; Wyborn, L. A. I., 1998: Age of Cu-Au Mineralization, Cloncurry District, Eastern Mt. Isa Inlier, Queensland, As Determined by 40Ar/39Ar Dating; Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 45, p. 233 - 246
Links to other databases: OZMIN; Key value: 335458
References:
Adshead-Bell, N. S., 1998
Evolution of the Starra and Selwyn High-Strain Zones, Eastern Fold Belt, Mount Isa Inlier: Implications for Au-Cu Mineralization
Economic Geology, Volume 93, p. 1450 - 1462

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

Blake, D. H.; Stewart, A. J., 1992
Stratigraphic and Tectonic Framework, Mount Isa Inlier
Australian Geological Survey Organization Bulletin, Volume 243, p. 1 - 11

Davidson, G. J., 1989
Starra and Trough Tank: Iron Formation Hosted Gold-Copper Deposits of Northwest Queensland, Australia
Ph. D thesis, University of Tasmania, 380 p.

Davidson, G. J.; Large, R. R.; Kary, G. L.; Osborne, R., 1989
The Deformed Iron-Formation Hosted Starra and Trough Tank Au-Cu Mineralisation: a New Association from the Proterozoic Eastern Succession of Mt. Isa, Australia
Economic Geology, Volume Monog, p. 135 - 150

Davidson, G. J., 1994
Host Rocks to the Stratabound Iron-Formation-Hosted Starra Gold-Copper Deposit, Australia. I. Sodic Lithologies
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 29, p. 237 - 239

Page, R. W.; Sun, S. -S., 1998
Aspects of Geochronology and Crustal Evolution in the Eastern Fold Belt, Mt. Isa Inlier
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 45, p. 343 - 361

Perkins, C.; Wyborn, L. A. I., 1998
Age of Cu-Au Mineralization, Cloncurry District, Eastern Mt. Isa Inlier, Queensland, As Determined by 40Ar/39Ar Dating
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 45, p. 233 - 246

Rotherham, J. F.; Blake, K. L.; Cartwright, I.; Williams, P. J., 1996
Stable Isotope Evidence for the Origin of the Starra Au-Cu Deposit, Cloncurry District
Contribution 55, in MIC'96: New Developments in Metallogenic Research in the McArthur-Mount Isa-Conclurry Minerals Province, Edited by Baker, T; Rotheringham, J.; Richmond, J.; Mark, G.; Williams, P., Contribution 55, James Cook University, North Queensland Economic Geology Research Unit, p. 123 - 126

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

Switzer, C.; Laing, W. P.; Rubenach, M. J. , 1988
The Proterozoic Starra Au + Cu Ironstone Deposit - Syntectonic Mineralization in a Folded Early Regional Zone of Decollement
in Gold 88: Geological Society of Australia Bicentennial, Edited by Geological Society of Australia, Abstracts, Geological Society of Australia, p. 212 - 214

Williams, P. J., 1998
Metalliferous Economic Geology of the Mt. Isa Eastern Succession, Queensland
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 45, p. 329 - 341

Williams, P. J.; Dong, G.; Pollard, P. J.; Perring, C. S., 1999
Fluid Inclusion Geochemistry of Cloncurry (Fe)-Cu-Au Deposits
in Mineral Deposits: Process to Processing (Volumes 1 and 2), Edited by Stanley, C. J., 5th Biennial SGA Meeting and 10th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium/London/United Kingdom/22-25 Aug 1999, SGA and International Association for Genesis of Ore Deposits, A. A. Balkema/Rotterdam/Brrokfield/1999, 1475 p, p. 111 - 114

Williams, P. J.; Skirrow, R. G., 2000
Overview of Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Deposits in the Curnamona Province and Cloncurry District (Eastern Mount Isa Block), Australia
Section Australasia, in Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective, Volume 1, Edited by Porter, T. M., Australian Mineral Foundation, Adelaide, Australia, PGC Publishing, Adelaide, 349 p, p. 105 - 122

Resource data:
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Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.

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: 1995; 7.4 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: resources and reserves
Grade-commodity information:Au: 3.8 grams/metric ton
Cu: 1.9 percent
Reference: Rotherham, J. F.; Blake, K. L.; Cartwright, I.; Williams, P. J., 1998: Stable Isotope Evidence for the Origin of the Mesoproterozoic Starra Au-Cu Deposit, Cloncurry District, Northwest Queenslland; Economic Geology, Volume 93, p. 1435 - 1449
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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