3D model for Stuart Shelf sedimentary copper [mineralisation stratigraphic setting].
Created: 10 Dec 2024 Revised: 07 Apr 2025

Sedimentary-hosted copper deposits are the second most important source of copper in the world, as well as being the most important source of cobalt, and fourth among all classes of ore deposits in production of silver. The Neoproterozoic...

Sedimentary-hosted copper deposits are the second most important source of copper in the world, as well as being the most important source of cobalt, and fourth among all classes of ore deposits in production of silver. The Neoproterozoic sedimentary succession of the Adelaide Rift Complex, including the Stuart Shelf, is considered to have high potential for hosting further undiscovered such copper resources. As part of the GSSA’s Sedimentary Copper Project that is underway in collaboration with the CSIRO, the subject modelled spatial dataset provides important stratigraphic surfaces, rendered in 3D, for a project Area of Interest located within the Stuart Shelf. These surfaces, listed from the deepest to the shallowest, include: 1) Top of the Pandurra Formation; 2) Top of the Beda Basalt, 3) Top of the Tapley Hill Formation; 4) Base of the Whyalla Sandstone. Each surface has been constructed using information obtained either from drillholes with stratigraphic logs (extracted from SA_GEODATA, that have encountered the relevant stratigraphic units) or from mapped outcrops, with 2D distributions based on SARIG 1:100,000 surface geology. Data recorded along airborne EM survey flight lines were also used for defining parts of the top of Pandurra Formation surface. These four stratigraphic surfaces were modelled because both the Pandurra Formation and Beda Basalt are potential copper sources, the Tapley Hill Formation is a potential host, and the base of the Whyalla Sandstone represents an upper limit to the extent of known stratabound sedimentary-hosted copper deposits on the Stuart Shelf. All surfaces have been constructed in SKUA-GOCAD 19.

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Record No mesac29766
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Model
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Contributor Government of South Australia. Department for Energy and Mining;Geological Survey of South Australia. 4D Geoscience Atlas of South Australia Team
Sponsor MinEx CRC
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Stratigraphy
Commodity
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    Geographic Locality: Central South Australia
    Doc No: GDP 00121

    Geographic Locality: Central South Australia Doc No: GDP 00121

    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/model/mesac29766
    Citation Gouthas, G.;Krapf, C.B.E.;Fabris, A.J. 3D model for Stuart Shelf sedimentary copper [mineralisation stratigraphic setting].
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/model/mesac29766

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    Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
    Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[135.5,-34.5],[138.5,-34.5],[138.5,-29],[135.5,-29],[135.5,-34.5]]]}
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