Proterozoic copper-gold systems of the Curnamona Province - members of a global family?.
Created: 29 Oct 2024 Revised: 07 Dec 2024

Copper-gold systems of the Curnamona Province show many of the characteristics of major Cu-Au Fe-oxide systems in other Proterozoic terranes. Large and economic Cu-Au deposits, however, have remained elusive in the province, despite discoveries...

Copper-gold systems of the Curnamona Province show many of the characteristics of major Cu-Au Fe-oxide systems in other Proterozoic terranes. Large and economic Cu-Au deposits, however, have remained elusive in the province, despite discoveries in recent years of significant gold and copper mineralisation at the Portia, White Dam and Kalkaroo prospects. A descriptive framework of the mineralising systems across the region is a foundation for developing targeting criteria for major Cu-Au deposits. During this study within the Broken Hill Exploration Initiative (BHEI) undertakings, a whole-of-system approach has been adopted in an attempt to identify and map the key regional to local-scale 'ingredients' in the Cu-Au systems. Additionally, new geochronological and stable isotope results have placed quite rigorous constraints on the relationships between Cu-Au-mineralising, tectonic and magmatic processes in the Curnamona Province. Full results of BHEI investigations so far completed on Cu-Au systems in the Curnamona Province have been published during the last 3 years, and the relevant references are cited.

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Record No mesac18899
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - MESA Journal
Contributor Australian Geological Survey Organisation;University of New England. Department of Earth Sciences
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Geological Province Curnamona Province
Mine Name Kalkaroo prospect;White Dam prospect;Waukaloo prospect;Green and Gold prospect;Walparuta prospect;Wilkins prospect;Mundi Mundi prospect;Copper Blow prospect
Stratigraphy Willyama Supergroup
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Geographic Locality: South Australia;New South Wales
Doc No: MESAJ 019 p: 048-050

Geographic Locality: South Australia;New South Wales Doc No: MESAJ 019 p: 048-050

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac18899
Citation Skirrow, R.G.;Ashley, P.M. Proterozoic copper-gold systems of the Curnamona Province - members of a global family?. Departmental Publication - Mesa Journal. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac18899

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