Turner's Prospect (Turner's Copper Prospect), The Gardens Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 23° 19' 53'' South , 134° 14' 56'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -23.3314363913, 134.248925297 |
Located half-way between the Winnecke Goldfield, and Sliding Rock, and south of the track linking the two. No access track to the prospect could be seen.
Malachite and chalcocite, with trace gold, in coarse grained amphibolite hosted by the Sliding Rock Metamorphics. Very sparse disseminated mineralisation. Tanami Exploration around 2006 stated mineralisation was adjacent to an ironstone unit, within pelitic and psamopelitic gneiss. The western most diggings showed doleritic amphibolite calcrete cemented ironstone breccia, with best results 1.55 g/t Au and 1.8% Cu.
The prospect is located on EL 9529 and contains three small diggings, and a shallow inclined shaft. The workings show the amphibolite cut by pegmatite veins, planar magnetite seams, beryl in some of the quartz veining, with malachite and azurite dominating the dumps.
Mineral List
8 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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References
Freytag, I.B. (1994) E.L. 8164 - Rankins N.T. Review of Past Work and Exploration Opportunities, Roebuck Resources NL, Technical Report No.379.
Rohde, C. (2006) Third Combined Annual Report Exploration Licences 9529, 10360, 10404, 22759, 22918, 23650 Winnecke Project. For Year Ending 1 April 2006, Tanami Exploration NL.
Rohde, C. (2005) Second Combined Annual Report. Exploration Licences 9529, 10360, 10404, 22625, 22759, 22918, 23650. Winnecke Project. For Year Ending 1 April 2005, Tanami Exploration NL.
Rohde, C. (2006) Third Combined Annual Report Exploration Licences 9529, 10360, 10404, 22759, 22918, 23650 Winnecke Project. For Year Ending 1 April 2006, Tanami Exploration NL.
Rohde, C. (2005) Second Combined Annual Report. Exploration Licences 9529, 10360, 10404, 22625, 22759, 22918, 23650. Winnecke Project. For Year Ending 1 April 2005, Tanami Exploration NL.