Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model64: Skarn Au
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlIntrusive Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
GangueGarnet, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone,Chert,Andesite · Chillagoe Formation
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock
AlterationContact Metamorphism
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10085212
MRDS IDW700772
Alternate namesMungana
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.11368, 144.39882
References
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.THEODORE, T.G., ORRIS, G.J., HAMMARSTROM, J.M., AND BLISS, J.D., 1991, GOLD-BEARING SKARNS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1930, 61 P.TORREY, C.E., KARJALAINEN, H., JOYCE, P.J., ERCEG, M., AND STEVENS, M., 1986, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE RED DOME (MUNGANA) GOLD SKARN DEPOSIT, NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, IN MACDONALD, A.J., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF GOLD'86, AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD: TORONTO, 1986, P. 3-22.THEODORE AND OTHERS, 1991.