West Kundip Mn prospect, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 33° 41' 38'' South , 120° 8' 15'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -33.69401,120.13759 |
GeoHash: | G#: qdj2mf1w0 |
Locality type: | Prospect |
Köppen climate type: | Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate |
Manganese deposit.
8 kilometres south of Ravensthorpe. Occurs at the contact between the Archaean Ravensthorpe Greenstone Belt and the Proterozoic Mt Barren Group. Manganese mineralisation is hosted by a dolomite unit, dipping south 5-10 degrees, and part of a locally east-west striking metamorphosed Proterozoic sedimentary sequence immediately adjacent to the Archaean basement contact. Massive surface manganese covers 100-200 metres long by 10-20 metres wide.
It is part of several high grade manganese deposits in the Ravensthorpe area, including Mt Chester only a few kilometres east, and a couple further west in the Fitzgerald River National Park. All have been known since the early 1900's but were never developed largely due to a lack of a decent port at Hopetoun. All are located now in national parks or class A reserves, containing rare flora. Gaining approval for large scale open pit mining at these locations would be difficult.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 Reference: Galaxy Resources Ltd. Media Release, 28 April 2008. |
ⓘ Dolomite var: Manganoan Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 Reference: Galaxy Resources Ltd. Media Release, 28 April 2008. |
ⓘ 'Manganese Oxides' Reference: Galaxy Resources Ltd. Media Release, 28 April 2008. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
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ⓘ | 'Dolomite' | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
ⓘ | var: Manganoan Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Manganese Oxides' | - |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 14 - ANHYDROUS NORMAL CARBONATES | |||
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AB(XO3)2 | |||
ⓘ | Dolomite | 14.2.1.1 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | var: Manganoan Dolomite | - | CaMg(CO3)2 |
ⓘ | 'Manganese Oxides' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
C | ⓘ Dolomite (var: Manganoan Dolomite) | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | ⓘ Dolomite (var: Manganoan Dolomite) | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Mg | ⓘ Dolomite (var: Manganoan Dolomite) | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Ca | ⓘ Dolomite (var: Manganoan Dolomite) | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 704604 | colluvium 38491 Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Description: Colluvium and/or residual deposits, sheetwash, talus, scree; boulder, gravel, sand; may include minor alluvial or sand plain deposits, local calcrete and reworked laterite Comments: regolith; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Regolith Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
Mesoproterozoic 1000 - 1600 Ma ID: 3186846 | Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Mount Barren Formation Comments: Albany-Fraser Orogen Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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