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The Granites

Producer in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066756
MRDS ID TC43054
Record type Site
Current site name The Granites

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 130.3324, -20.58003 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 550 KM W OF ALICE SPRINGS., Estiamted Location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northern Territory*(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Northern Territory*

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR THE TOWN OF THE GRANITES. IN TANAMI DESERT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 130.3324, -20.58003
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Posgold (Division Of Normandy Poseidon,
    Last year 1993

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 2320000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.2 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Total resources 1000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.2 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, NEIL, 1993, AUSTRALIA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW--1993, P. 135-142.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, G.N., 1991, AUSTRALIA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW--1991, P. 69-78.

  • Production

    STEWART, 1993; STEWART, 1991.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOLOMON AND GROVES, 1994; STEWART, 1991; STEWART, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU IS HOSTED BY SILICATE, SILICATE-SULFIDE, CARBONATE, AND OXIDE FACIES OF BANDED IRON FORMATION. THE SEQUENCE IS METAMORPHOSED TO HORNFELS FACIES AND SUBSEQUENTLY RETROGRESSED. THE AU MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BOTH EARLY AND LATE IN DEFORMATION HISTORY AND MAY BE RELATED TO REGIONAL METAMORPHISM AND EARLY GRANITE MAGMATISM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-95 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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