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): |
Kamarga |
Political location(s): |
Australia; Province or state: Queensland |
Deposit clan (type): |
Mississippi Valley-type |
Deposit status: |
deposit |
Commodities: |
Zn; Pb |
Mineralization styles: |
veins; breccia cement; disseminated; open space filling |
Geological ages: |
Late Paleoproterozoic (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental platform (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow marineIndividual lithologies: | algal dolostone dolomitic siltstone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Gunpowder Creek formation |
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Mineralogy: |
pyrite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, jordanite, dolomite, quartz, pyrobitumen, fluorite |
References: |
Jones, D.; Bull, S.; McGoldrick, P., 1999 |
The Kamarga Deposit: A Large Low Grade Stratabound Zinc Resource in the Proterozoic 'Carpentaria Zinc Belt' of Northern Australia |
in Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing; Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial SGA Meeting and the Tenth Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, London, Aug 22-25, 1999, Edited by Stanley, C. J., Proceedings (Two Volumes), Society ofr Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits, Rotterdam ; Brookfield, VT : A.A. Balkema, 1999, V 2, 1468 p, p. 873 - 876 |
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 |
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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: 1986; 50 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimatedGrade-commodity information: | Zn+Pb: 3 percent |
Also containing | Estimate date: 1986; 10 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimatedGrade-commodity information: | Zn+Pb: 7.5 percent | Reference: Jones, D.; Bull, S.; McGoldrick, P., 1999: The Kamarga Deposit: A Large Low Grade Stratabound Zinc Resource in the Proterozoic 'Carpentaria Zinc Belt' of Northern Australia; in Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing; Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial SGA Meeting and the Tenth Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, London, Aug 22-25, 1999, Edited by Stanley, C. J., Proceedings (Two Volumes), Society ofr Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits, Rotterdam ; Brookfield, VT : A.A. Balkema, 1999, V 2, 1468 p, p. 873 - 876 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% | Reference: Jones, D.; Bull, S.; McGoldrick, P., 1999: The Kamarga Deposit: A Large Low Grade Stratabound Zinc Resource in the Proterozoic 'Carpentaria Zinc Belt' of Northern Australia; in Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing; Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial SGA Meeting and the Tenth Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, London, Aug 22-25, 1999, Edited by Stanley, C. J., Proceedings (Two Volumes), Society ofr Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits, Rotterdam ; Brookfield, VT : A.A. Balkema, 1999, V 2, 1468 p, p. 873 - 876 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |