Yarraloola (Robe Hill), Yarraloola Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
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Yarraloola (Robe Hill) | - not defined - |
Yarraloola Station | - not defined - |
Ashburton Shire | Shire |
Western Australia | State |
Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
21° 36' 33'' South , 115° 53' 48'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
109716
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:109716:3
GUID (UUID V4):
9014a92e-62a0-41a2-9f31-454998cfadef
Located 6.9 km south west of Yarraloola Homestead. The source states the deposit is on a low isolated hill on the banks of the Robe River. Probably Robe Hill itself, these days a short distance west of the North West Coastal Highway.
Vertical sedimentary rocks traversed by large lenticular quartz veins, but with no definitive lode. Malachite, cuprite and minor bismuth is noted in the source. The mineralised zone is 1-5 metres wide, striking north-east, dipping 40-75 degrees north-west.
Marston states it is two zones, joining to the north into a crag 10 metres high. The country rock is reddened weathered pyritic quartz-feldspar-mica-chlorite schist, with a cherty horizon, containing lenses and interlacing veinlets of quartz. The source states the best mineralisation is in the southern part of the east zone, up to 20 metres wide by 150 metres long, of limonite-quartz lenses, veins and pods, 1-5 metres long and up to 50 cms thick.
Cobalt rich pyrite dominates, with chalcopyrite, Fe bearing sphalerite, and galena.
There was minor copper production in 1963, but earlier mining remains unrecorded. Explored by Great Boulder across 1970-1973.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
8 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Bismuth Formula: Bi |
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' |
ⓘ Cuprite Formula: Cu2O |
ⓘ 'Feldspar Group' |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ 'Limonite' |
ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
ⓘ 'Manganese Oxides' |
ⓘ 'Mica Group' |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Bismuth | 1.CA.05 | Bi |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Cuprite | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Mica Group' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Manganese Oxides' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Bi | Bismuth | |
Bi | ⓘ Bismuth | Bi |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Ashburton BasinBasin
- Gascoyne ProvinceGeologic Province
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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