Quartzite Well, Mulgul Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Quartzite Well | Well |
Mulgul Station | - not defined - |
Meekatharra Shire | Shire |
Western Australia | State |
Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
24° 39' 2'' South , 118° 22' 45'' East
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Mindat Locality ID:
121009
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:121009:8
GUID (UUID V4):
42cabc59-69d9-4fd0-aa15-e1b094aab887
Located 25kms north-west of Mulgul Homestead.
A number of prospects occur within the central bend of the Quartzite Well Fault. They occur as anomalous lead-zinc mineralization within tectonic breccias in a steep dipping fault zone. The mineralization occurs within siliceous and carbonaceous shales.
Ferguson states the Quartz Well Fault is a reverse east trending fault, containing galena, sphalerite and pyrite, in sandstone, dolomite, shale, phyllite of the Lower Gap Well Formation, at its contact with the Jillawarra Formation.
The surface shows a 1.4 kilometre long ferruginous gossan, grading at 1.86% lead and 260 g/t Ag. At depth is galena and sphalerite in silica and pyrite veins, associated with milky white silica in thin veins up to 15 cms in diameter often forming crustiform spherical structures, containing blotches of chalcopyrite. Discovered by Amoco in 1974, and explored by them until 1978.
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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:
ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ Covellite Formula: CuS |
ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
ⓘ | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
S | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
Cu | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Edmund BasinBasin
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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