CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
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 carbonates
Individual lithologies:limestone (dolomitic)
Host rock stratigraphy:Napier formation
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

Production data: Report period: from 1948 until 1966; 11,033 short ton ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Weight-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%

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