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Using tourmaline to identify base metal and tungsten mineralising processes in the Jervois mineral field and Bonya Hills, Aileron Province
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Title
Using tourmaline to identify base metal and tungsten mineralising processes in the Jervois mineral field and Bonya Hills, Aileron Province,
Creator
McGloin, M. V.,
Weisheit, A,
Trumbull, R. B,
Maas, R,
Issued by
Northern Territory Geological Survey,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
NTGS Record,
Date
2019,
Location
Arunta Region,
Aileron Province,
Abstract
This Record documents the study of tourmaline as an indicator of palaeoenvironmental conditions and mineralising processes in the northeastern Aileron Province, central Australia. Field and petrographic observations coupled with geochemical, isotopic (11B/10B) and chronologic data have been used to constrain the origin and timing of tourmaline in tourmalinites, pegmatites, and quartz veins. The analysed tourmaline in the tourmalinites is associated with metamorphosed synsedimentary base metal and silver mineralisation in the Jervois mineral field, while the tourmaline in pegmatites and quartz veins is associated with epigenetic tungsten and copper mineralisation in the Bonya Hills area. This study provides an enhanced understanding of the mineral systems operating during the Palaeoproterozoic in the northeastern Aileron Province. The results have implications for the tectonic setting and the assessment of the mineral potential for the North Australian Craton between ca 1.80-1.70 Ga.,
Notes
Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),
Available from GEMIS - Geoscience Exploration and Mining Information System,
Language
English,
Subject
Silver,
Copper,
Petrography,
Mineralisation,
Aileron Province,
Lead,
Isotope Geochemistry,
Tourmaline,
Zinc,
Pegmatite,
Tungsten,
Arunta Region,
Publisher name
Northern Territory Government,
Place of publication
Darwin,
Series
NTGS Record,
Volume
2019-001,
File type
application/pdf,
application/vnd.ms-excel,
ISBN
9780724573424 (PDF),
ISSN
1443-1149,
Use
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),
Copyright owner
Northern Territory Government,
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ,
Related links
https://geoscience.nt.gov.au/gemis/ntgsjspui/handle/1/88169 [GEMIS] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/794592 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/914477
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/914476 ,
Territory Stories
Using tourmaline to identify base metal and tungsten mineralising processes in the Jervois mineral field and Bonya Hills, Aileron Province
Details:
Title
Using tourmaline to identify base metal and tungsten mineralising processes in the Jervois mineral field and Bonya Hills, Aileron Province,
Creator
McGloin, M. V.,
Weisheit, A,
Trumbull, R. B,
Maas, R,
Issued by
Northern Territory Geological Survey,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
NTGS Record,
Date
2019,
Location
Arunta Region,
Aileron Province,
Abstract
This Record documents the study of tourmaline as an indicator of palaeoenvironmental conditions and mineralising processes in the northeastern Aileron Province, central Australia. Field and petrographic observations coupled with geochemical, isotopic (11B/10B) and chronologic data have been used to constrain the origin and timing of tourmaline in tourmalinites, pegmatites, and quartz veins. The analysed tourmaline in the tourmalinites is associated with metamorphosed synsedimentary base metal and silver mineralisation in the Jervois mineral field, while the tourmaline in pegmatites and quartz veins is associated with epigenetic tungsten and copper mineralisation in the Bonya Hills area. This study provides an enhanced understanding of the mineral systems operating during the Palaeoproterozoic in the northeastern Aileron Province. The results have implications for the tectonic setting and the assessment of the mineral potential for the North Australian Craton between ca 1.80-1.70 Ga.,
Notes
Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),
Available from GEMIS - Geoscience Exploration and Mining Information System,
Language
English,
Subject
Silver,
Copper,
Petrography,
Mineralisation,
Aileron Province,
Lead,
Isotope Geochemistry,
Tourmaline,
Zinc,
Pegmatite,
Tungsten,
Arunta Region,
Publisher name
Northern Territory Government,
Place of publication
Darwin,
Series
NTGS Record,
Volume
2019-001,
File type
application/pdf,
application/vnd.ms-excel,
ISBN
9780724573424 (PDF),
ISSN
1443-1149,
Use
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),
Copyright owner
Northern Territory Government,
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ,
Related links
https://geoscience.nt.gov.au/gemis/ntgsjspui/handle/1/88169 [GEMIS] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/794592 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/914477
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/914476 ,