Mailman Hill, Eulaminna (Murrin Murrin mining centre), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 28° 53' 31'' South , 121° 41' 41'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -28.89182,121.69476 |
| GeoHash: | G#: qdye9hrkv |
| Locality type: | Hill |
| Köppen climate type: | BWh : Hot deserts climate |
Mailman Hill is located 25 km east of Leonora and includes a significant section of the Keith Kilkenny Fault Zone (KKFZ) and a structurally complex mafic-felsic- sedimentary package considered highly prospective for gold and base metals. The area features the Murrin Greenstone Belt and the Keith Kilkenny Fault Zone. The Murrin Greenstone Belt consists of basalt, dolerite, gabbro and andesite with sedimentary rocks including chert and BIF. The metamorphic grade ranges from prehnite-pumpellyite to greenschist facies.
Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
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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| Neoarchean - Mesoarchean 2500 - 3200 Ma ID: 3188638 | Archean volcanic and intrusive rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 3200 Ma) Comments: Yilgarn Craton Lithology: Greenstone belt; mafic-ultramafic volcanic 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] |
| Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 891313 | felsic and mafic volcanics 74395 Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Description: Felsic and mafic volcanic rocks, some granite intercalations Comments: igneous felsic volcanic; igneous mafic volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous felsic volcanic; igneous mafic volcanic 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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Mailman Hill, Eulaminna, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia