SchorlTourmaline Hill granite pegmatites, Umberatana, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Photo: Patrick Gundersen Latitude: 30°14'29"S
Longitude: 139°10'35"E
Cluster of alkaline to peralkaline granitic pegmatites occuring in the Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks. Located 17km Northwest of Arkaroola Village and 4km East of Umberatana Station, these are the western extention of a series of pegmatite plugs that follow a west-north-west trend along the southern boundary of Arkaroola.
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References
- Coats, R. P. and Blissett, A. H. (1971): Regional and Economic Geology of the Mount Painter Province. Geological Survey of South Australia Bulletin 43.
- Lottermoser B.G. (1987): A fluid inclusion study of the Tourmaline Hill Granite, Umberatana, South Australia: Implications for hydrothermal activity and wallrock metasomatism. Mineralogy and Petrology. 36, 135-148
- Teale G.S. & Lottermoser, B.G. (1987): Palaeozoic granites of the Umberatana region, South Australia: the role of volatiles in the crystallization of some alkaline-peralkaline granites. Geologische Rundschau. 76 (3), 857-868
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