Database name: |
World Mississippi Valley-type deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
D. F. Sangster |
Release date: |
2015-02-06 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Narlarla |
Longitude / Latitude: |
124.72900 / -17.26111 |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Western Australia |
Deposit clan (type): |
Mississippi Valley-type |
Deposit status: |
past producer |
Geologic province: |
Lennard Shelf |
Commodities: |
Zn; Pb; Ag |
Mineralization styles: |
veins; bedded replacement |
Geological ages: |
Late Devonian (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental marginal platform (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | limestone (dolomitic) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Napier formation |
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Alteration signatures: |
chloritization: cloritization; What was altered: dolomitic limestone |
Mineralogy: |
sphalerite, galena, marcasite, pyrite, bravoite, covellite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, bornite (massive replacement): chlorite (supergene): cerussite, smithsonite, hydrozincite |
References: |
Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005 |
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective |
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p |
Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005 |
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective |
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607 |
Ringrose, C. R., 1984 |
The Geology and Genesis of the Narlarla Lead-Zinc Deposits, Napier Range, W. A. |
in The Canning Basin, Symposium, Perth, W. A., June 27-29, 1984, Edited by Purcell, P. G., Symposium, Geological Society of Australia, Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, 582 p, p. 455 - 462 |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1948 until 1966; 11,033 short ton ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: SWeight-commodity information: | Pb: 2,115 metric ton Zn: 2,867 metric ton Ag: 1,162 kilogram | Reference: Ringrose, C. R., 1984: The Geology and Genesis of the Narlarla Lead-Zinc Deposits, Napier Range, W. A.; in The Canning Basin, Symposium, Perth, W. A., June 27-29, 1984, Edited by Purcell, P. G., Symposium, Geological Society of Australia, Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, 582 p, p. 455 - 462 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |