Geology of the Cattlegrid mine, [March] 1972 - [December] 1982.
Created: 13 Nov 2024 Revised: 13 Nov 2024

This report is intended to be a convenient single reference to the Cattlegrid ore deposit geology. It represents an updated summary of a large amount of data, gleaned largely from internal company reports. The subject matter relates mainly to the...

This report is intended to be a convenient single reference to the Cattlegrid ore deposit geology. It represents an updated summary of a large amount of data, gleaned largely from internal company reports. The subject matter relates mainly to the geology of the mine pit area, but the report also includes sections on regional setting, deposit evaluation and ore reserves. Exploration research aspects, mill production reports and ore concentrate output shipping summaries are also included. The orebody is a concealed, sandstone-hosted copper (-zinc-lead) sulphide deposit with an economically significant silver content. The stratiform mineralisation is hosted primarily by a localised closely-fractured and brecciated zone developed about the disconformity between the Pandurra Formation and Whyalla Sandstone, and its margins extend upwards and downwards into these units. The breccia zone is considered to be part of a palaeo-weathering profile, of palaeo-permafrost origin. The source of the copper metal is considered to be the pre-Adelaidean volcanic basement. At Cattlegrid, it has been found that copper is the best geochemical indicator, and that IP surveys have proven to be the best geophysical indicator, to buried mineralisation. Within the orebody the assemblage of minerals that has been identified comprises pyrite, marcasite, arseniferous pyrite, carrollite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, bornite, digenite, djurleite, chalcocite, galena, wittichenite and native bismuth.

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Record No mesac33390
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor CSR Minerals Div., Exploration Group
Sponsor
Tenement
Tenement Holder CSR Ltd;Mount Gunson Mines Pty Ltd
Operator Mount Gunson Mines Pty Ltd
Geological Province Stuart Shelf
Mine Name Cattlegrid copper deposit;Cattlegrid open pit mine
Stratigraphy
Commodity copper
Notes
Geographic Locality: Mount Gunson;Pernatty Lagoon
Doc No: Env 05429 p: 4-129
Drillhole: PDH M250 - M350;N150 - N150;I150 - I350

Geographic Locality: Mount Gunson;Pernatty Lagoon Doc No: Env 05429 p: 4-129 Drillhole: PDH M250 - M350;N150 - N150;I150 - I350

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac33390
Citation Govey, A.L.;Flood, B. Geology of the Cattlegrid mine, [March] 1972 - [December] 1982. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac33390

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