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): |
Admiral Bay |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Western Australia |
Deposit clan (type): |
Mississippi Valley-type |
Deposit status: |
deposit |
Commodities: |
Zn; Pb; Ag |
Mineralization styles: |
massive replacement; disseminated |
Geological ages: |
Early Ordovician (host rocks) Late Silurian (mineralization) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental basin-intracratonic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | limestone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Goldwyer formation |
(2) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | limestone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Nita formation |
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Alteration signatures: |
dolomitization: dolomitization; What was altered: dolostone |
Mineralogy: |
galena, barite, fluorite, calcite, quartz, pyrite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, siderite, dolomite |
References: |
Connor, A. G., 1990 |
Admiral Bay Zinc-Lead Deposit |
in Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea (2 Volumes), Edited by Hughes, F. E., Monograph, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 14, 1828 p, p. 1111 - 1114 |
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 |
McCracken, S. R.; Etminan, H.; Connor, A. G.; Williams, V. A., 1996 |
Geology of the Admiral Bay Carbonate-Hosted Zinc-Lead Deposit, Canning Basin, Western Australia |
in Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits, Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Volume, Edited by Sangster, D. F., Special Publication, Society of Economic Geologists, 4, 664 p, p. 330 - 349 |
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Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
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: 1996; 120 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: inferredGrade-commodity information: | Zn: 6.4 percent Pb: 2.3 percent Ag: 32 grams/metric ton |
Additional resources | Estimate date: 1996; 20 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: inferredGrade-commodity information: | Pb: 16.9 percent Zn: 0.4 percent Ag: 57 grams/metric ton | Reference: McCracken, S. R.; Etminan, H.; Connor, A. G.; Williams, V. A., 1996: Geology of the Admiral Bay Carbonate-Hosted Zinc-Lead Deposit, Canning Basin, Western Australia; in Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits, Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Volume, Edited by Sangster, D. F., Special Publication, Society of Economic Geologists, 4, 664 p, p. 330 - 349 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% | Reference: McCracken, S. R.; Etminan, H.; Connor, A. G.; Williams, V. A., 1996: Geology of the Admiral Bay Carbonate-Hosted Zinc-Lead Deposit, Canning Basin, Western Australia; in Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits, Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Volume, Edited by Sangster, D. F., Special Publication, Society of Economic Geologists, 4, 664 p, p. 330 - 349 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |