Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlStructure - Ductile Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite
GangueAnkerite, Dolomite, Magnetite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockGreenstone,Basalt
Tectonic settingYilgarn Craton Late Archean Greenstone Belt
AlterationSericitic
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10107234
MRDS IDTC43067
Alternate namesSuperpit, Includes: Paringa, Fimiston, Klagurli, Perseverance, Lakeview,, Great Boulder, Chaffers
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-30.7461, 121.53253
References
SOLOMON, M., AND GROVES, D.I., 1994, THE GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF AUSTRALIA'S MINERAL DEPOSITS: OXFORD, OXFORD MONOGRAPHS ON GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS 24, 951 P.BOULTER, C.A., FOTIOS, M.G., AND PHILLIPS, G.N., 1987, THE GOLDEN MILE, KALGOORLIE: A GIANT GOLD DEPOSIT LOCALIZED IN DUCTILE SHEAR ZONES BY STRUCTURALLY INDUCED INFILTRATION OF AN AURIFEROUS METAMORPHIC FLUID: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82, NO. 7, P 1661-1678.STEWART,, G.N., 1991, AUSTRALIA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW--1991, P. 69-78.STEWART, 1991; SOLOMON AND GROVES, 1994.SOLOMON AND GROVES, 1994; STEWART, 1991.