Scotty prospect, Bulloo Downs Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 24° 2' 39'' South , 119° 39' 41'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -24.04433,119.66163 |
| GeoHash: | G#: qetp4yygw |
| Locality type: | Prospect |
| Köppen climate type: | BWh : Hot deserts climate |
Located 10 kilometres east south-east of the Bulloo Downs homestead.
Stringers and dissemination of chrysocolla, and malachite, in a shear in dolerite. The source states when inspected in the mid 1970's, that the prospect is near a creek crossing, containing several shallow shafts and costeans. In 1970, the mine produced 4.13 tonnes of cupreous ore at 18.73% Cu.
Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
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| Stenian - Ectasian 1000 - 1400 Ma ID: 926934 | Backdoor Formation Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1400 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Backdoor Formation Description: Shale, siltstone, minor fine-grained sandstone, chert, mudstone, dolostone. Comments: argillaceous detrital sediment; sedimentary carbonate; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Argillaceous detrital sediment; sedimentary carbonate 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] |
| Mesoproterozoic 1000 - 1600 Ma ID: 3193042 | Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Bangemall Group Comments: Bangemall Basin Lithology: Carbonate,shale,sandstone 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] |
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