RB 70/00107 Report on the Wheal Motley copper prospect, Manunda 1:63 360 sheet - A. Tiver.
Published: 20 Jul 1970 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024

Unworked mine reveals copper of limited extent laterally occurring as minor narrow veins and impregnations of malachite and azurite in interbedded quartzite and pebbly siltstone. Copper carbonates may have formed from sparsely dispersed sulphides...

Unworked mine reveals copper of limited extent laterally occurring as minor narrow veins and impregnations of malachite and azurite in interbedded quartzite and pebbly siltstone. Copper carbonates may have formed from sparsely dispersed sulphides in the oxidized zone. Testing by trenching warranted in northern part of prospect.

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Record No rb7000107
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement MC 5748
Tenement Holder
Operator
Geological Province Adelaide Geosyncline
Mine Name Wheal Motley Mine
Stratigraphy
Commodity copper
Notes
Notes: 70/00771
Geographic Locality: Oak Park
Doc No: RB 70/00107

Notes: 70/00771 Geographic Locality: Oak Park Doc No: RB 70/00107

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/rb7000107
Citation Forbes, B.G. 1970. RB 70/00107 Report on the Wheal Motley copper prospect, Manunda 1:63 360 sheet - A. Tiver. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7000107

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Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
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