Windabout deposit, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, South Australia, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Windabout deposit | Deposit |
Mount Gunson Copper mines | Group of Mines |
Pernatty Lagoon | Lagoon |
South Australia | State |
Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 24' 53'' South , 137° 7' 53'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Woomera | 293 (2013) | 37.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
250332
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:250332:8
GUID (UUID V4):
67e71118-cb11-4592-bad3-c4a9befb8586
An unmined copper deposit about 6km N of the Cattle Grid mine, Mt Gunson.
The Windabout deposit is a totally concealed, flat lying body of copper sulphide mineralisation at about 65 metres average depth. Like the MG 14 deposit, it is hosted in carbonate-rich sedimentary rocks at the top of the Tapley Hill Formation shale, but Windabout is larger, with areal dimensions of 1.5 km by 0.8 km. Economic copper mineralisation averages approximately 2.7 m in thickness, ranging from 1.5 to 8 m. The mineralised zone dips gently northwards from 50 metres depth in the south east to 80 metres deep at its northern extremity.
Like MG 14, there is evidence of vertical zonation in the copper sulphides, from high tenor bornite-chalcocite and the cobalt sulphide carrolite in the upper carbonate-rich beds, to lower tenor chalcopyrite in the darker mudstone facies beneath. The Windabout sulphides are coarser grained than those at MG 14.
A JORC compliant resource was estimated by F J Hughes, a consultant of Stuart Metals NL, in 1997. This Indicated Resource is 18.7 million tonnes averaging 1% copper, 0.05% cobalt and 10 g/t silver.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 References: |
ⓘ Carrollite Formula: CuCo2S4 References: |
ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S References: |
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Carrollite | 2.DA.05 | CuCo2S4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
S | Sulfur | |
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S | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
S | ⓘ Carrollite | CuCo2S4 |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Co | Cobalt | |
Co | ⓘ Carrollite | CuCo2S4 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
Cu | ⓘ Carrollite | CuCo2S4 |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Adelaide SuperbasinBasin
- South Australia
- Cariewerloo BasinBasin
- Gawler CratonCraton
- Stuart ShelfBasin
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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