Me No Savy Yard prospect, Margaret River Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 18° 29' 14'' South , 126° 37' 47'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -18.48723,126.62997 |
GeoHash: | G#: qudncd90h |
Locality type: | Prospect |
Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
Add this to the strange names list for Western Australian prospects. Near the junction of the Margaret and Gliddon Rivers. Small quartz veins a few inches wide, and a few feet long containing chalcopyrite. The Mindat co-ordinates are approximate.
Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Calymmian - Paleoproterozoic 1400 - 2500 Ma ID: 3184852 | Paleoproterozoic-Mesoproterozoic intrusive rocks Age: Proterozoic (1400 - 2500 Ma) Comments: King Leopold Orogen Lithology: Intrusive igneous rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Orosirian 1800 - 2050 Ma ID: 760923 | Amhurst Metamorphics - schist and gneiss Age: Orosirian (1800 - 2050 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Amhurst Metamorphics Description: Medium to high grade metasediments and granitoids, sillimanite-garnet-cordierite-K-feldspar-plagioclase schist, granofels and migmatite: metamorphosed equivalent of Marboo Formation Comments: metasedimentary siliciclastic; high grade metamorphic rock; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Metasedimentary siliciclastic; high grade metamorphic rock Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
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