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Huston, D. | Doublier, M. | Downes, P.M.
Abstract
Herein we present the results of a national compilation of mineral deposits (available in Excel or CSV format) for Australia. The deposits were selected as they have substantial endowment (i.e. pre-mining mineral resource) and/or detailed geological information is available. For each deposit (or, in some cases, district) the dataset includes information on: 1. Name (including synonyms), location and GA identifying numbers; 2. Tectonic province that hosts the deposit; 3. Type(s) and age(s) of mineralising events that produced/affected the deposit (including metadata on ages); 4. The metal/mineral endowment of the deposit; 5. Host rocks to the deposit; 6. Spatially and/or temporally associated magmatic rocks; 7. Spatially and temporally associated alteration assemblages (mostly proximal, but, in some cases, regional assemblages); 8. The Fe-S-O minerals present in the deposit and relative abundances where known; 9. Sulfate minerals present; 10. Peak metamorphic grade; 11. Data sources; and 12. Comments. This document presents more detailed descriptions of the metadata presented in the compilation. The dataset is presented in Appendix A. Appendix B presents a national classification of geological provinces based mostly on existing State survey classifications; Appendix C presents a deposit classification based on the classification proposed by Hofstra et al. (2021); and Appendix D presents mineral abbreviations used in the dataset.
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- theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
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- EARTH SCIENCESOre Deposit PetrologyGeochronology
- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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- Australia
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- Mineral deposits
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2021-08-31T03:45:09
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This report provides metadata on data provided in accompanying spreadsheets. The data were compiled in 2020-2021 from internal and external references
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This report provides metadata on data provided in accompanying spreadsheets. The data were compiled in 2020-2021 from internal and external references
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[-54.75, -9.2402, 112.92, 159.11]
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