| Deposit ID | 10084836 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W700049 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Harbour Lights |
| Geographic coordinates: | 121.38255, -28.86285 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Western Australia(province)
Australia(country)
Australia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Australia | Western Australia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | 121.38255, -28.86285 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1983 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 5500000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W700049 |
MINING MAGAZINE, 1985, HARBOUR LIGHTS: V. 153, NO. 5, P. 387-389
MINING MAGAZINE, 1985
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DISSEMINATED AU IN QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINS IN THE HANGING WALL ZONE (UP TO 8 M WIDE IN TALC-CHLORITE SCHIST). THE CENTRAL ZONE HAS QUARTZ-SULFIDE-CARBONATE-REPLACEMENT VEINS IN BIOTITE-SERICITE-CHLORITE-FUCHSITE SCHIST AND WITH DISSEMINATED AU IN THE SULFIDES; ZONE IS UP TO 20 M WIDE. THE FOOTWALL (UP TO 6 M WIDE) HAS QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINS IN TACL CHLORITE SCHIST. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1988 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |
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