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Yannery Hill Copper mine, Karratha, City of Karratha, Western Australia, Australiai
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Yannery Hill Copper mineMine (Abandoned)
Karratha- not defined -
City of KarrathaShire
Western AustraliaState
AustraliaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
21° 4' 23'' South , 116° 56' 0'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
-21.07332,116.93339
GeoHash:
G#: qs70hgsr1
GRN:
S15E77
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2021
KΓΆppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Karratha11,728 (2011)38.4km
Millars Well2,197 (2014)38.8km
Nickol4,289 (2014)39.1km
Roebourne2,112 (2013)40.1km
Dampier1,369 (2014)51.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
122948
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:122948:9
GUID (UUID V4):
c8be23a1-2c35-4060-afce-f7c47a8f1e44


An abandoned copper mine.

Blatchford 1912 states large copper deposit similar to Whim Creek. Discovered by Kelly and party although no date is mentioned. On the surface was a series of lodes of malachite, being nine lodes running parallel across a 300 foot wide belt. In 1912 only shallow costeaning had taken place, and a shaft down to 32 feet. This was on a lode 7 feet thick containing malachite, cuprite, and unhelpfully 'etc'. Valued at a significant 30% Cu. The lodes strike north-west to south-east, dipping steeply north-east.

Hosted by chloritic schist, weakly pyritic, and a kaolinized oxidised zone, adjacent to the ore horizon. The main workings are in a trough in a syncline, workings following the folds in this syncline. There is an extensive stratabound ore horizon, one metre thick, and 50 metres above the base of the schist. The horizon is massive limonite with malachite, chalcocite, cuprite and quartz.

Intermittent production 1920-1958 of 1132 tonnes of copper ore averaging 21% Cu, then 1951-1968 at 1911.8 tonnes of cupreous ore averaging 12.87% from the oxidised and supergene zone.

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8 valid minerals.

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β“˜ Andalusite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
β“˜ Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
β“˜ 'Chlorite Group'
β“˜ Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
β“˜ Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
β“˜ 'Limonite'
β“˜ Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
β“˜ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜ Muscovite var. Sericite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Chalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
β“˜Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Cuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Andalusite9.AF.10Al2(SiO4)O
β“˜Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜var. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Unclassified
β“˜'Chlorite Group'-
β“˜'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Oβ“˜ CupriteCu2O
Oβ“˜ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Alβ“˜ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Alβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alβ“˜ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Siβ“˜ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ ChalcociteCu2S
Sβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
KPotassium
Kβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kβ“˜ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuβ“˜ ChalcociteCu2S
Cuβ“˜ CupriteCu2O
Cuβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2

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References

Blatchford, T. (1912) Mineral Resources of the North West Division. Investigations in 1912, Geological Society of Western Australia, State Government of Western Australia, Bulletin 52.
Marston, R. J. (1979) Copper mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 13. Geological Survey of Western Australia
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